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They're a good unit at 90-ish hp out of the box with 100 achievable without spending a fortune. Unfortunately many have suffered from a lack of maintenance as they were very cheap bikes to buy not so long back so they got abused, neglected, and used as hacks/second bikes.
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Made progresses with the leaf/ladder sight in the last week or so .
Messed up few things I hope I'll be able to correct with more filing
Anyways that's how looks like at first assembly test
Windage adjusting knobs need to be modified and mounted on the opposite side.
The rear hinge tronuon have has three drilled holes, two of them need to be tap at M3 while the middle one will have a pin in it.
Two screws will be applied to keep a very thin sheet metal piece that will act as a spring, applying force to the up mentioned pin that will work as a detent for the other half of the hinge, either holding the sight opened or closed.
I need to make the middle plates and the piccantinny part, deburring everything, weld the parts together, grind and file flush, finally sandblasting and finally rust blueing.
Messed up few things I hope I'll be able to correct with more filing
Anyways that's how looks like at first assembly test
Windage adjusting knobs need to be modified and mounted on the opposite side.
The rear hinge tronuon have has three drilled holes, two of them need to be tap at M3 while the middle one will have a pin in it.
Two screws will be applied to keep a very thin sheet metal piece that will act as a spring, applying force to the up mentioned pin that will work as a detent for the other half of the hinge, either holding the sight opened or closed.
I need to make the middle plates and the piccantinny part, deburring everything, weld the parts together, grind and file flush, finally sandblasting and finally rust blueing.
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Three cars in a row today for Mot with nothing dangling off the mirror or stuck on the screen.
That didn't last, next two with a dashcam and phone holder.
Then the motherload, two dashcams, a suction rear view mirror and phone holder for the passenger plus a selection of dangling crap on the mirror.
Lovely aroma in the car of cigarettes and burnt clutch to go with the L plates, never seen them on front doors before unless they were advertising the Impact Driving School.
The day just went downhill after that, put my thumb through 3 sills.
Corrosion, the horror, the horror.......
That didn't last, next two with a dashcam and phone holder.
Then the motherload, two dashcams, a suction rear view mirror and phone holder for the passenger plus a selection of dangling crap on the mirror.
Lovely aroma in the car of cigarettes and burnt clutch to go with the L plates, never seen them on front doors before unless they were advertising the Impact Driving School.
The day just went downhill after that, put my thumb through 3 sills.
Corrosion, the horror, the horror.......
Coincidentally I saw an SUV yesterday with the L plates stuck bang in the centre of the rear doors.
Must be a trend. I must check the highway code.
Started changing the thermostat last night on newly acquired sprinter,very tight access,then , I dropped 2 m6 torx screws ,just. fell off the end of the bit,down amongst the cylinder block….i think,then I’m called to cook tea as wife’s ill in bed,it’s dark anyway so I’ll hunt in the daylight. Next morning I drag it away from the puddle with the forklift,no sign,my workman finds one in the radiator framework,the other is partially visible inside the crankshaft pulley,it fell through one of the apertures at the backside,not a chance of extracting,maybe on a steep bank? You hear it ***** after switching off!
On the plus side,radiator now signals 80degrees. Woop woop.
On the plus side,radiator now signals 80degrees. Woop woop.
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The 3TA is on the final stretch now. It's all back together, electrics are sorted and I've had it running but only on one cylinder. The usual selection of Brit bike oil leaks, but a couple are serious enough to require investigation, and the carb floods now and again.
So sort out the running issue, have a look at the float valve, and get it up to proper temperature for the first time in decades to see about tracking down the leaks.
It's always a long game getting something back to life after being dormant for that long, but it's all moving in the right direction.
I'll probably leave the 3TA for a day or two now while I get on with more urgent stuff. Parts for the scooter should be here today/tomorrow, likewise for the welder/gen set, and I could do with getting the engine out of the Raptor and stripped so that I can make up the parts list.
If I can find a bit of time this side of Christmas I'd like to get that GSX1100 crank reassembled into it's cross-plane long bang configuration too.
So sort out the running issue, have a look at the float valve, and get it up to proper temperature for the first time in decades to see about tracking down the leaks.
It's always a long game getting something back to life after being dormant for that long, but it's all moving in the right direction.
I'll probably leave the 3TA for a day or two now while I get on with more urgent stuff. Parts for the scooter should be here today/tomorrow, likewise for the welder/gen set, and I could do with getting the engine out of the Raptor and stripped so that I can make up the parts list.
If I can find a bit of time this side of Christmas I'd like to get that GSX1100 crank reassembled into it's cross-plane long bang configuration too.
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WIll you have time for a Christmas break?
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No I don't think so. Well, that's the story I'll be telling anyway.WIll you have time for a Christmas break?
I'll be spending quite a bit of time in
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Just apply a bit of localised heat to the other side so they match
Guessing that's the bottom end of the Raptor?
Guessing that's the bottom end of the Raptor?
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It is, just stripping the bottom end now and then I can start pricing it up.Just apply a bit of localised heat to the other side so they match
Guessing that's the bottom end of the Raptor?
A full gasket set and seals are over £200:00 so it's going to be an expensive rebuild, but that's what you get when you abuse machinery, treat maintenance as an optional extra, keep starting it to see if it's repaired itself and then to cap it off tell the workshop you eventually take it to "It just cut out. No, there weren't any noises."
Is it worth more in parts of they walk away?It is, just stripping the bottom end now and then I can start pricing it up.
A full gasket set and seals are over £200:00 so it's going to be an expensive rebuild, but that's what you get when you abuse machinery, treat maintenance as an optional extra, keep starting it to see if it's repaired itself and then to cap it off tell the workshop you eventually take it to "It just cut out. No, there weren't any noises."
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They go for six to seven grand in working condition, so it's worth rebuilding. You'd think they were worth looking after too.
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It's a heated SafetyKleen wash on contract, they swap the fluid every month or so, works pretty well when it's hot to be fair. I needed to make sure all the I's were dotted and T's crossed when I moved into the new workshop, as much for peace of mind as anything. Council, insurance, environmental health etc, any of them can walk in the door and I can hit them with the certs for whatever.
