My Scrapheap build begins

[CharleyMember]

Oh, and cut the fuel tank in half.

[CharleyMember]

Cut the fuel tank to fit tonight, I lost exactly 2 litres in capacity, not to bad, I thought I would loose a lot more. I still have ten litres to play with. It’s pretty busy under the tank cover with the rear shock tower, fuel tank and air box, now with some luck I can get the tank to hold fuel again:)
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[Perry GilsenanMember]

Charlie,

You have Scrappers everywhere waiting with baited breath to See and Hear this thing!!!

Pezz

[CharleyMember]

Finished the fuel tank tonight, welding .6 mm thin steel is not that much fun, had the Tig turned down so low I had to wear reading glasses to see the weld puddle. The piece of steel used to patch the fuel tank came frame a Ford bonnet so that would make this a Yamaha, TM, Ford Hybrid,lol. After welding the tank I kicked it around the shop and cleaned the weld then filled it with dye, and leak tested it for an hour, all good and ready for fuel. After this I bet I could weld the crack in your ass if you can stand the pain:) oh and I only lost two litres of fuel with this little chop leaving 10 litres of fuel capacity.
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[CharleyMember]

Does anyone know if I need a green slip for this event rego?

[glennMember]

The 1984 XR 500 is getting a dust off, topped up with 95 octane and off we go to nymboida for this years scrapheap challenge. the real challenge is making a 2 hour ride last all day, :ohmy: :whistle: we have some plans that may help us. 😆

Be awesome if some old blls would dig deep and donate to this case. I havent done any tutu rides or anything like that this yeas due to “no bloody time”for fund raising .
The front number plate(billboard) on the XR is up for grabs again this year for someone to put their company name on it, for a fee of cause.
There will be 2 of the bikes from tamworth on display in bikes and bits tamworth soon and there will be a donation tin near by. call inif your in town and drop a bob in the tin for Downsyndrone.

Cheers

Boony

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[CharleyMember]

Bike looks great Boony, if I can get the rear sprocket ordered by Friday I should see you there, be great to catch up, I am going to have to cram in some major fund raising over the next few weeks as well.

[CharleyMember]

All good, all parts are ordered, I’m so excited, barring any major catastrophes, this is going to happen. Time to do the important stuff and do some fund raising, that is what this is all about. A big thank you goes out to Gittoes for his major contributions and to Mick Deb for his contributions, ideas and support. Parts should all be here by the end of next week:)

[CharleyMember]

Up date on the FZwhy, been working away on the scrapper, as they say, 90% complete, 90% to go. Mounted the front guard, key switch, horn, fuel tank, and the left foot peg. Finished all the wiring and lights. Changed the front master cylinder so it is 100% Brembo front brakes, and mounted the new bars. Have the chain and front sprocket, and that’s where I have run into a problem, I ordered the rear sprocket 11 days ago from (fill in blank),
was told one week, ring them today, they haven’t even made it yet, and can’t tell me when they will get to it, isn’t that wonderful, before they get my money, it’s, “we’ll have it for you in a week” after they get paid its, ” well, we’ll get to it when we get to it” I’m just irked at the moment, I was hoping to get the sprocket this week and test ride this thing over the weekend as I don’t even know if the clutch works. So that’s the update, the bike is pretty much ready except for the rear sprocket. The photo shows the new short little kickstand and the most important bit of fabrication work, the Scrapheap Adventure Ride 5 Stickers are on:)

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[CharleyMember]

Spent three hours sorting the rear wheel bearings tonight, wasn’t planning on that. Changed the oil, installed the sprockets and chain, put the plastics on and wheeled it out of the shed. Finally took it for a test ride. Really strange riding something that revs as hard as this thing, I went for a ride at 10:00 tonight and I know I woke everybody in the neighbourhood. Originally this thing cruised at 120kph @12,000 RPM, now 80kph @ 12,000RPM, 40kph is about 6,000RPM, sounds like your ringing its neck but your only just off idle,lol.

Ok, that’s the good news, now for the bad, goes great, until you try to pass 14,000RPM, then it just falls flat, won’t rev any harder, I’m hoping it might just be sparkplugs.

The other thing is I need some kind of spring loaded chain follower on the bottom side or the chain will definitely come off.
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[CharleyMember]

Mick Debreceny donated a chain guide roller today and Gittoes showed up with some beer and was actually full of some good ideas, instead of just more beer. I turned the roller down a little in the lathe and extended the bottom peg mount bolt and TaDa, sloppy chain be gone.

Took the bike out for a test ride, the exhaust screams when accelerating and the chain guide roller screams when decelerating, but it works, and I am happy, I will try to get new bearings for it in the morning. I checked my speed tonight, 60 is 10,000rpm, 80 is 12,000.

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[drewMember]

If the rear sprocket was any larger it’d look like a buel front brake disc.

Is the plate on the rear for show or is it road reg?

[Mick DMember]

Hey XY, that plate is an unreg vehicle permit. They cost about $28 for a 7 day permit.

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