Bullet2012
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well it arrived, was unpainted so have given it a squirt of ratylecan black. no gaskets though so will be making those at some point this week.
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Sounds like a good idea, but I wouldn't advise it unless you have someone else on the stand, we used to have "how to" demos at the model railway exhibitions and always had someone keeping an eye on things while you concentrate on the work in hand, sadly, any show open to the public always seems to have a small "light fingered brigade"
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glad to hear the show was successful for you 
as @Robotstar5 mentions an assistant may be an asset , If you are going with the lycra clad pitgirl I am available to help with interviews and selecting the finaleye candy helper
as @Robotstar5 mentions an assistant may be an asset , If you are going with the lycra clad pitgirl I am available to help with interviews and selecting the final
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An excellent point, and it fits in with what a friend's son suggested. Don't do actual demos, put up a TV screen and just have a series of videos on a loop showing various clips of various work types. Terminating cables, fitting heat shrink, truing a crank, dialling in cams etc etc.Sounds like a good idea, but I wouldn't advise it unless you have someone else on the stand, we used to have "how to" demos at the model railway exhibitions and always had someone keeping an eye on things while you concentrate on the work in hand, sadly, any show open to the public always seems to have a small "light fingered brigade"
Makes much more sense as I can be talking to someone while it's running, people can stand and watch, lower risk of theft as you mention, adds a moving/multimedia dimension, and it can all be done and edited in advance.
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New fangled nonsense! What's better than someone sitting at a bench in a flat cap and brown cow gown with a fag hanging out of the corner of his mouth?
I'll look into it all properly later in the year when I've had chance to ponder what I want on there etc.
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I once had a bike competly rewired in the 90,s...the guy came with a peg board about 6ft long and 3ft wide...he had a book which contained pretty much every bike in it as a pegged plan and each of his pegs related to male plugs..female plugs..bullet conectors,relays etc. He would peg the board out and run all the wires to the pegs and know what went on each end..very clever and ime sure there is a bag of info out on the web these days for the same. A ready made loom came off the board and went straight on the bike factory like.Right, now that the dust has settled and the van is empty I can start looking over what went well, what could be better, and what to do for a 'stand out' project to put on the stand.
The biggest interest and largest number of bookings taken was for electrical work. So instead of trying to promote the fuel injection conversions which I realised appealed more to me than potential customers, I'll promote the electrical work more. One part of which will be building a loom on the stand over the weekend.
Mechanical work was also popular, so crank and engine building will stay but make the display more interesting.
The RF1000 worked really well as a 'Sleeper'. Too well as most people just saw an old RF900.
Instead of restoring the Ski-Doo, or turning it into a Kettenkrad, I'm going to meet half way and make a civilian version. Still split drive tracks with braked steering, still have a bike front end, but the appearance won't be military at all.
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That's a good system if you're doing like for like, it doesn't work if you're going from a 4 cyl trike, to a V twin chop with a turbo and full MotoGadget then a minimalist BMW cafe racer and so on. No two are the same for length, engine, bar controls, electronics etc, even the lighting set ups are completely different.
So I have to start from scratch on the loom board each time.
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Yea i agree and sometimes forget, you do a hell of a lot custom stuff.
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A nice little run of pattern looms would be nice to be honest. I suspect that I get the oddball stuff as there aren't many doing it now.
Not that I'm complaining, it keeps the lights on.
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I had an enquiry today and had to read the email about four times to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding..
Short version is that he's restoring a VN800 and he's got to the engine. Doesn't fancy tackling it due to complicated valve timing. Fair enough so far.
He tried a couple of places before me who said that they wouldn't do it if the engine was already out.
They'd only do it if they could fit the engine themselves "to make sure it was all OK".
What on earth is the trade coming to if you're so unsure of your work?
Short version is that he's restoring a VN800 and he's got to the engine. Doesn't fancy tackling it due to complicated valve timing. Fair enough so far.
He tried a couple of places before me who said that they wouldn't do it if the engine was already out.
They'd only do it if they could fit the engine themselves "to make sure it was all OK".
What on earth is the trade coming to if you're so unsure of your work?
And the inch of ash on the end of the fag that never seems to drop off!New fangled nonsense! What's better than someone sitting at a bench in a flat cap and brown cow gown with a fag hanging out of the corner of his mouth?
I'll look into it all properly later in the year when I've had chance to ponder what I want on there etc.
New fangled nonsense! What's better than someone sitting at a bench in a flat cap and brown cow gown with a fag hanging out of the corner of his mouth?
Don't forget the pencil behind his ear
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I dropped a GS850 engine off to get the valves/shims done while I was getting the frame powder coated, the only hiccup was when the bloke behind the counter asked for the keys when I was booking it inI had an enquiry today and had to read the email about four times to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding..
Short version is that he's restoring a VN800 and he's got to the engine. Doesn't fancy tackling it due to complicated valve timing. Fair enough so far.
He tried a couple of places before me who said that they wouldn't do it if the engine was already out.
They'd only do it if they could fit the engine themselves "to make sure it was all OK".
What on earth is the trade coming to if you're so unsure of your work?
Wow! Small world. I used to work with Clive in the 2000's. He always used to tell me that as his bike got faster, incremental gains got exponentially more expensive....
Really nice guy
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Mostly, I have been firing up the sand muller, and it happily warbled its way through a dustbinful of turned-out moulding sand, and reduced it to a very consistent homogenous condition.....
That machine, I really did need, and it really does work well.
Some things just have to be made, 'cause there's no hope of ever finding one.
So, that's what I did.....
That machine, I really did need, and it really does work well.
Some things just have to be made, 'cause there's no hope of ever finding one.
So, that's what I did.....
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800 bucks and not even a gasket! Typical GM
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