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49 minutes ago, baldrick said:

id forgotten how puny the std magnum swingarms were till i saw that pic above.

They're beautifially made and designed, like the rest of the frame kit. Changing the bearings in one is a pain though and the bearings cost a fortune. I regret selling mine and if anyone has one spare they don't want I'm interested in buying it :).

Posted
1 hour ago, Dezza said:

They're beautifially made and designed, like the rest of the frame kit. Changing the bearings in one is a pain though and the bearings cost a fortune. I regret selling mine and if anyone has one spare they don't want I'm interested in buying it :).

Gary Bond might have one @Bondy

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Was a bit gutted to see the paint has started to lift round the filler cap on the tank again:(. After fitting the one way valve to the breather pipe I don't think it's been releasing pressure all the time especially on sunny day's. I'v made a new seal out of neoprene to replace the shrunken cork one. Sealed it up with blue hylomar on the seal and lock tite on the bolts. Then went off to meet up with @Turbomanglerat Squires to pick up a rather nice oilboiler LMC and Yoshimura starter cover cases:D

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I found that 3-bond is more effective than Hylomar for this application, especially for the threads on the retaining screws. It's a pig to get off though, which requires thinners and a bit of scotchbrite. I abandoned the one-way valve about 4 years ago after it stuck and the resulting pressure during a heatwave caused the tank to bulge underneath.

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Posted (edited)
14 hours ago, Dezza said:

I found that 3-bond is more effective than Hylomar for this application, especially for the threads on the retaining screws. It's a pig to get off though, which requires thinners and a bit of scotchbrite. I abandoned the one-way valve about 4 years ago after it stuck and the resulting pressure during a heatwave caused the tank to bulge underneath.

Chucked the one valve away today running a longer pipe from the breather outlet on the tank up the handle bars then a U back to the headstock of the frame. 

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Bike is running pretty well at the moment but did cut out the other night on the way to Barton bike night flicked the kill switch off then on big bang and away we went again. Never missed a beat today out and about with a couple of other Harris's which I absolutely loved :D IMG_20250705_152549.thumb.jpg.908de4edc0eac27d6a33c1b43bd00d00.jpg IMG_20250704_200830.thumb.jpg.ad22022e6cae51f8388812735e649d85.jpg IMG_20250703_103356.thumb.jpg.e60859f62abe9433262ea40c74c1b609.jpg IMG_20250705_134553.thumb.jpg.912eb4cfd2ac729d73a626b2908f35ff.jpg IMG_20250705_172216.thumb.jpg.649e7bbb8dcaef8bc1609dd4e84afb92.jpg

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Posted

Adventure Harris xD

Have a Garmin sat nav on my B1250 so order some more wires and brackets, bolted it to the handlebars using a China land riser :D 

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