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Thanks TB, thanks Al.

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bigger al wrote:

Well the date has been set 16th and 17th of march 2013 camping at bigger al,s or grassy head caravan park saturday,s ride will be macksville,sundays ride will be yarrahappini there will be a limit of 15 riders so first in best dressed grade 3/4.
on the list
bigger al
ev
adam
badbowie
sb 250y
steve
burnsy
kram
nato
ollie
the rookie
TB saturday
Dude
Murph.
macca
rosco33
THIS RIDE IS NOW FULL

Damn it!!! He who hesitates is lost :angry: :blush: .
Dibs on the first spot to be vacated (?) if someone pulls the pin between now and then

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Donation in for a welcome return to Bago :woohoo:

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Or any XR400 go better bits you have lying around and want to part with :whistle:

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Either of the push mowers left Nick? and are you still going to Taree on the weekend?

B.W.

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question answered…. watched the trailer
Looks awesome :woohoo:

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I’m in Al (+1 if i can) Grade?

BW

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Even the ones who “make it look easy” started somewhere and occasionally they get back to their roots :whistle:

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Yep a puller or, a cheaper way if you’re doing the swing arm bearings anyway, get her stable on the deck or secured to a stand and belt six shades of shit out of her with a drift and mallet. Mine was stuck fast not seized though and a drift worked the trick… just not sure what it’ll do to the bearings if your’e planning on keeping the ones you got.

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bigger al wrote:

Bulls Wool wrote:

Nato wrote:

Yarrahapini mate

…. I realised that :silly: or is that what you’re getting at??? :unsure:[/quote

You,ll have to come on out for a blast one weekend bullswool

Nato wrote:

Hard to explain where it is but if you wanna look take up biggeral’s offer and he will take you there and who ever else wants to go for a run, Hey maybe there is an oppurtunity for a 2 day ride to be done as he has plenty of room to camp!! Who would be keen? Yarrahappini to taylors arm and back would be quite a day..

Yes boys :woohoo: very keen. +1 non Oldbull. When when when ??? :laugh:

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Nato wrote:

Yarrahapini mate

…. I realised that :silly: or is that what you’re getting at??? :unsure:

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That looks pretty bloody nice Nate, I went up the north west of Mount Yar, yarip… that one a few :whistle: months back where was this track if its not a national secret???

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Last happy snaps of the JRP

Very happy with it so say the least…. now to keep it looking like it is :unsure:

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…. what else can you say but fark! Timely messages like this one and Mick’s that get the point across, will definitely pass on this story. Thanks again for having the stones to tell us all, not an easy thing to recount I’m sure.

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From the stage of the of bare bolts/ frames/ engine components being assembled the next stage to reach was this one, engine in the frame and complete.

And it was at this stage I had some words of advice along the lines of how are you rocker faces and camshaft ? :huh: Oh shit :pinch: took em out quick inspection I found em genuinely not too bad but… after the time and effort I’d put in I took the advice of Teknik and sent em all away to Waggott Cams… got em back looking like this :woohoo:

Pete from Waggott explained they used a process of applying a material (not sure if I should say what exactly) then re-grind the cam lobes and rocker faces as they need to. I’ve not yet given her a good run just a few 10 min warm up and cool down break in runs but a very noticeable difference already
Much more punch down low and generally stronger feeling over all. Maybe a mind over matter type deal knowing what I’ve done and had done to the JRP.

So as it stands she’s complete…. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: (aside from the exhaust gasket between the header & the Staintune muffler :whistle: ).

Over all I have to say not being particularly mechanically minded, either me or my boss who help with a good deal of getting things done, its not something I would do again by choice :S .
It did help having the right tools (thanks to my old man) and the manual, being prepared before you start is the key here.

If I did have to do a rebuild sometime in the very distant future i’d start with a clear plan of what to do not just bumble through it picking up things here and there. Also knowing exactly what im looking at would’ve helped on one occasion at least but it wasn’t a costly mistake and now I have spares that I can hopefully help fello JRP owners with

So in conclusion I have to thank a few folks:
Lindsay from Probore for his expert work and advice
Spares team at Rock MC for the painstaking list of endless parts I was chasing
Teknik for the very timely words of advice
Pete at Waggott for the work on the cam and rocker faces
Peter at Venture smash for subframe work and painting
and a countless crew of locals who were full of advice and help when I asked.
I really cant say thanks enough.

I did say I would like to finish in time for the Coffs ride and I did I didnt attend the ride but the bike was finished early friday arvo
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