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The customer owns a field where he takes it and lets the grand kids have at it. I don't think it's seen any sort of maintenance in quite a while, the engine oil was like black **** which will have contributed to the starter clutch issues. Overall it's an expensive lesson for him in care and maintenance of machinery.
I'm not looking forward to digging in on this TBH. It's got a Power Commander fitted so heaven knows what's been done in the past.
I had a new RF900 back in the day. It was a peach of an engine good low down torque great midrange and would scream to the red line. And the gearbox was the best of any bike I've ever ridden.
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They're an often overlooked and underrated bike IMHO. The suspension let them down a bit as it was to a budget, but the engine is a peach.
It may or may not end up in the Dresda, but it's a favoured option at the moment, but one factor in the decision will be the rebuild cost. It's got to be a Suzuki engine and it'd be nice to fit a two stroke but anything decent is going to be silly money.
When first built it had a GT750 engine, but as I don't often wear nostalgia goggles that's not going to happen because a) they're expensive, and b) they were bloody awful things.
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Yeah, but the customer's not going to be a happy puppy, it's up and running now, but sounds like the crank bearing has failed.No earth in that flex!
Is that the quad?
It turns over OK with no discernible lash or noise, but when it fires and the roller bearing loads up all is not well.
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Having removed the panels for a look I have a feeling today is going to be a long day.
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What have they cobbled into it?, or were they just fault
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I wasn't brave enough to look.
It's in the vicinity of the lights/indicators so they possibly thought lamp cable was the stuff for the job. It was an odd day yesterday, started out communicating with an ECU via a laptop, and progressed on to fitting one ball bearing at a time into a race on a bike that's 50 years older.
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I once wore one out!
It was on the rear of a Honda
Just how many bikes it had been on before that not a clue but the rubber was about as flexible as concrete.
I was commuting from Connah's Quay to Manchester and Stafford at the time, utterly skint so it had to do.
Boy was I glad when it wore out by then I could afford to replace it!
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I'm not a fan, but it's a specific request from the customer.
I doubt it'll get worn out though, it's unlikely to get used much. In fact I'm fairly sure it won't be recycled until long after I have been.
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I had similar with Barum tyres on my MZ.
I got used to them and eventually wore them out, but I was gobsmacked at how well a set of Contis gripped and it opened up a new avenue of enjoyment on that wee thing.
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Gave up attempting to clean up the Harris torch just by polishing it up
So I've took it with me at work and sandblasted
I've then removed the nails from the bottom of the handle and started to polish it up
On tomorrow I'll attempt to polish the valves.
I've already polished the handle ends obtaining these results
Brighter but still satin finish due to the blasting.
I might try to polish it more but I kinda like the results comparing from what it was.
Done the lever as well but I didn't make any photos to it .
I'm kinda thinking about just polishing the valves and leave it as that
Cause the valve body is hard to polish due to its complex shape.
And the head has a lot of dents
Surely much better now
Very pretty- but does it work?
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Honestly I didn't try it yet.
Of all my torches I've only used my Harris 43-2 with a 49 "made" F cutting attachment and the president torch.
I've got this Harris 62 recently for very cheap price, only because there were special tips included with it, especially an adapter for 2290H heating tips, but there were 5 regular 6290NX and NFF cutting tips, 3 rivet cutting tips and a size 2 heating tip.
On the torch too there are safety valves installed and the seller included 2 brand new barbed fittings.
A good lot for only 70 euro, cheaper than the adapter I actually needed.
I've been lucky with the president torch that is surely older than this one and works great... I love it
