Unknown B12 engine fire it up or investigate further

[fatblokeonbandit]

£70, and a tim of chum for yhe dog

[Reddragon]

Um how can i put it. NO ! I totally blame you for calling the bloody thing number 13 

[Reddragon]

Made friends with the bandit motor again the crack i thought i saw was a flaw in the casting but i did break the speedo trigger thing on the sprocket so that was where the piece of metal came from anyway its now in the frame 

[Reddragon]

Assistant mechanic very happy too and wanted to accept your offer Garry 

[fatblokeonbandit]

20 hours ago, Reddragon said:

Um how can i put it. NO ! I totally blame you for calling the bloody thing number 13 

I see, it should have been 12b then  Anyway crack on

[Reddragon]

12b doesn't really have the same ring to it though  

[Reddragon]

Nearly ready to try and fire this up, re the PAIRS system, will it still run ok without it blanked off ?

[Captain Chaos]

will run but like with 4 leaking exhaust gaskets

[Reddragon]

I'll try and get them blanked off then, i was gonna cut the pipes off and weld up the hole in the  middle as a quick fix 

[Reddragon]

Bit of redneck engineering on the PAIRS pipes, cut them off and flattened them in the Vice for a quick fix  

[Reddragon]

Then fitted the titanium downpipes from a gsxr 1000 , people say they fit with a bit of brute force, I'd say a lot of brute force 

Edited September 25, 2017 by Reddragon

[Reddragon]

Tatty powerscreen oil cooler coz that's all i had to hand , filled it with oil, pulled tbe leads and cranked it for about 10 secs 3 times to get some oil around the top end  hooked up a car battery and gave each carb a squirt of easy start ............ nothing. Pulled a plug, no spark,  checked one on tbe other coil, weak spark  . Cleaned the coil terminals, cleaned the earth and wiggled the clips on the battery , tried again a few pops , promising i thought, realised i didn't have the choke out  pulled it out pressed the button and vrooooom its alive! 

[Reddragon]

No rattles or knocking , popped and banged a bit but its on open carbs and no end can , very happy boy 

[Reddragon]

Hopefully there's a video link attached 

[Reddragon]

Or not lol 

[Reddragon]

The smoke was from a weeping oil line banjo 

Edited September 23, 2017 by Reddragon

[Roger P.]

14 hours ago, Reddragon said:

Bit of redneck engineering on the PAIRS pipes, cut them off and flattened them in the Vice for a quick fix  

Cut off the PAIR nubs, file flat, tap for 8mm hex bolt. Works fine but don't over torque.

[Reddragon]

I did that to the first one and threadlocked it in place then decided it was quicker to just crush them in the vice 

[Reddragon]

Not done much more on this but my bargain hunting skills came into play again when i saw a set of bst36s on the bay advertised as running rich even after cleaning, got them for £27 posted and these are not clean in my book 

[micktodd]

Ive got a punch bag in my garage  for anger  and the  chains it hangs from make a good hoist with couple of ratchet straps  ideal for  engine  fitting been a loner that i am lol

seriously good buy though

[Reddragon]

17 hours ago, micktodd said:

 

seriously good buy though

I've done really well so far bargain wise, the rolling frame was £250 from fatblokeonbandit already fitted with the banana swingarm and usd forks and came with a box of bits then

Engine £51

Loom and CDI £53

Coils £12

BSR36 Carbs £48 

Switchgear £18 

Pegs,hangers,brake and gear change £17

Downpipes £50 

 

[fatblokeonbandit]

bugger I should have charged much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reddragon]

Lol, I actually bid £350 but no one else bid , I figured I'd throw a grand at it and see what I got, but don't reckon I'm gonna get that high 

[Reddragon]

Didn't realise how long ago I posted on this,  still beavering away in the background but keep forgetting to take pics, I've just torn down the dry build ready for paint powder and polishing,  and I'm in it for  WAAAAAAY over the initial 1000 budget, partly due to custom yokes and a change to R1 forks , my assistant mechanic is sadly no longer with me , the big C took her in September last year