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Are the switches waterproof?.
CRB
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this bad-boy will not see rain..............
otherwise the horn/main beam could be a distraction for fellow motorists when they short out !!!
Nah he's from Wales. It never rains there
I will not make it out of the garage.
Nice view while (not) riding it.
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yeah did cross my mind Pete, was touch and go at one point and thought I'd have to get it in the lat. Luckily the sprocket I'm using as a recessed face one side which normally faces out. Flipping it over gave me another 4mm to play with.
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Nice, I'll take it.
Please.
The Twin will rise again.
Please.
The Twin will rise again.
Farside
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The tank has 2 x outlets and a real deep tunnel. As I'm not running any sort of fuel level lamp etc , it'll just be one tap for main and the other for reserve. They'll both be linked into the both carbs, but It means I should get some sort of warning before it runs dry....??? The tank holds just under 10l so that wont last long with a 1000cc V-twin !!!
10L? Ain't looks deceiving?
I think, all Tonti Guzzis had twin taps and a crossover fuel pipe, to single carburetor inlets. Both taps were main and reserve, so it only got funny when there was not enough fuel to fill from both sides and the leaning was excessive.
Put your reserve tap on the left side, much easier to reach it when moving.....
I have similar concerns with my XS650, using an XS400 tank - originally, the 650 tank had two outlets, but the 400 only one. I soldered in a pair of outlets at the bottom rear of each leg, and blanked off the original hole. On the left, a standard Indian Enfield On/Off/Res and on the right, a trad British Off/Res.
This gives me the normal options on the left and then a last-gasp couple of litres on the right, allowing me to use it all, if needs be.
Surprisingly, the 650 tank was only 15L and the 400 is 17L.
Hah... I take it you've never had a stuck open throttle?
You'll soon change your mind about lack of killswitch.
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Hah... I take it you've never had a stuck open throttle?
You'll soon change your mind about lack of killswitch.
Freezing day......pulling out on MZ125......will not stop revvvvvving.......big truck.........
All was well. I got the other side of the road with the clutch in, and switched it off, via the headlamp mounted switch.
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Hah... I take it you've never had a stuck open throttle?
You'll soon change your mind about lack of killswitch.
Oh yes! Built a Honda 50 up with a mate when we were 11 using his auto clutch engine with broken kickstart in a non step through frame. Bump starting down the side of our house it started straight away then the revs soar like the throttle was stuck wide open with me sat sidesaddle. Front brake now useless as it's starting to wheelie I hung on as far as the front gate then let go and it went out the gate into the road dragging the back mudguard to the middle of the road and fell over. Throttle worked fine when we picked the bike up but the slide, spring and carb top really need to be in the carb to have any control over the revs!
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Hah... I take it you've never had a stuck open throttle?
You'll soon change your mind about lack of killswitch.
LOL.............I raced motocross for 5 years, throttles wedged wide open with mud was all part of the fun !!!!
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Reminds me of my first farm bike, a DT 175, no ignition or kill switch, you needed to stall it to cut the motor. This was fine until the throttle cable snapped, so I pushed it into a mates lockup and fitted a new cable in the semi darkness. Finished fitting the cable , turned the fuel on and kicked it over.Oh yes! Built a Honda 50 up with a mate when we were 11 using his auto clutch engine with broken kickstart in a non step through frame. Bump starting down the side of our house it started straight away then the revs soar like the throttle was stuck wide open with me sat sidesaddle. Front brake now useless as it's starting to wheelie I hung on as far as the front gate then let go and it went out the gate into the road dragging the back mudguard to the middle of the road and fell over. Throttle worked fine when we picked the bike up but the slide, spring and carb top really need to be in the carb to have any control over the revs!
Bike is in gear,
Bike starts,
Throttle is wide open because the peg is not lined up with the groove on throttle slide,
Bike wheelies out from between my legs and hurtles towards back wall of lockup where it proceeds to climb the wall at full chat with me just about holding the bars, I can't get the clutch in as I know moving my fingers I will lose grip on the bars and the bike will topple back on me.
Luckily my mate is in his kitchen making a brew, hears the noise and comes rushing out and slaps his hand over the bell mouth on the carb.
No harm done apart from huge black tyre marks all over the back wall which take some explaining to my mates dad!
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Well that cheered me up.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Farside
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Now try that in busy traffic and streets full of hard things and people.
Not quite the same thing.
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I was persuaded to ride some blokes 250 Honda with a chair from Ilford to North Weald.
The throttle cable snapped, so I wedged the throttle open and carried on. The look on the group of bikers sat at the side
of the road, while I was sat at a junction with the throttle wide open, was priceless.
