Swirl's Harris

[Allspeeds]

Are your diaphragms lifting mate? Just a thought?

[clivegto]

9 hours ago, Allspeeds said:

Are your diaphragms lifting mate? Just a thought?

Just fitted brand new one's that came in the carb kit. Lifting the needles then fitting bigger mains seemed to make the biggest improvement. 

[clivegto]

Bigger main & pilot jets arrived, fit the 130 mains first to see what happens one thing at a time. Seemed to run good without the plenum so bolted it all back together. Runs pretty good through the rev range sat in the yard. Boost gauge is showing boost when revving up so am happy at the moment .   

[clivegto]

Getting to old for kneeling down nowadays so this evening I knocked up a bike bench from some scaffold board a mate gave me, some 4x4 fencing and a old railway sleeper.    

[GeorgeEI7KO]

On 9/13/2021 at 7:39 PM, clivegto said:

Getting to old for kneeling down nowadays so this evening I knocked up a bike bench from some scaffold board a mate gave me, some 4x4 fencing and a old railway sleeper.    

First thing to be made once i get this new shed sorted out

 

[clivegto]

Better picture of bench. Scaffold board, 4x4 fencing, 1/2 railway sleeper and 4 inch nails, verv simple but effective. 

[jonny1bump]

Steam powered now then Clive real old skool.

[clivegto]

4 hours ago, jonny1bump said:

Steam powered now then Clive real old skool.

Nowt rang wi steam lad. 

[jonny1bump]

Do have to agree there. 

[clivegto]

Went to start bike up and it ran like a bag of shit. Saw one of the old breathers that are now pressure pipes was kinked a d on further investigation I found some slivers of rubber in one of the float jets. Rubber had come from the inside of the fuel pipe where I had been swapping over to auxiliary tank hanging from the roof. 

[clivegto]

After fitting the new brembo clutch master cylinder the clutch still dragged  stripped the b12 clutch down for investigation. I had fitted a 1127 back gear to the clutch along with matching oil pump drive and alternator gear. Gear on the back sticks out a little which I hadn't noticed before so I robbed the one from my spare b12 engine a d swapped the other gears back. I could see the inner hub had been catching the outer hub a little bit, hopefully it will be alright now.      

[clivegto]

Stripped the scavang pump down to seal it up as it had been weeping oil a little.  

[wraith]

Always something to do  but at least you're getting somewhere 

[clivegto]

Yes mate it feels like it's going forward rather than backwards. 

[wraith]

1 hour ago, clivegto said:

Yes mate it feels like it's going forward rather than backwards. 

Yes sometimes it feels like you're just spinning your wheels and not getting anywhere. You're now making progress.

[clivegto]

I quite like spinning the back wheel when the bike runs properly 

[clivegto]

Rock'n Role, been for a test ride down the lane    

[clivegto]

Should have said the clutch now works perfectly bike feels fast on the road although the front end feels somewhat vague. 

[Wagola]

I fuckin love that bike @clivegto the colour scheme is spot on now you've changed the frame colour. Just one comment if I may ?? The seat unit looks set a bit too high ? Might be some of the camera angles as it looks better in some angles.  From the front and side on it looks ok. But from the rear angle the seat unit looks a bit big ? Just my opinion but what do I know ?

[clivegto]

@Wagola Seat unit would have looked better lower but I have long legs with failing knees hense the hight. I also tried to keep the angle of the seat unit to the angle of the tank. Also though why not show of the frame as its about the frame really. Plan is to try the handling out with the short wheel base then see what it's like on the extended swinging arm which I think will improve the looks. But hey ho we will see. 

[wraith]

2 hours ago, clivegto said:

 perfectly bike feels fast on the road although the front end feels somewhat vague. 

Try keeping the front wheel on the road instead of in the air, may help 

[clivegto]

Dropped the forks 6mm and slackened the back spring to set the static sag. Also fitted the Harris frame stickers   

[Wagola]

Gotta handle better after those stickers have been fitted !!

[clivegto]

3 minutes ago, Wagola said:

Gotta handle better after those stickers have been fitted !!

 been saving them for a long time 

Edited September 21, 2021 by clivegto

[MeanBean49]

38 minutes ago, clivegto said:

 been saving them for a long time 

Get some tywraps round them for a week, or be forever trying to stick them back down