[Bruce CurtisMember]

Trailboss wrote:

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Bundyroy wrote:

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Don’t look to bad. I thought they were plastic. Found a site in the us that sells them for $32USD so the ebay price seems about right too.

I can’t seem to get the ebay link to show up. It is frustrating the hell out of me. But if you are interested look up ktm rear brake reservoir in ebay and have a look. They are $51 delivered.

Sutto’s have them for RRP $74.20 but with an OBT discount can do them for $62.90 speak to Mal. Mal was saying he has just fitted one to his 530

Not as cheap as the $56 OS but a good price and thanks to Sutto’s for giving me a price straight away

On the other bit Bruce I honestly feel if he has quailty uncompromised DOT 4 in it now DOT 5 will still do it as well if he is hard on the rear brake. The volume of fluid is very small. Axels mate whos name I cant remember ran out of rear brakes because the pads were half worn on the Orange ride Dan and I did with them, added some fluid and no more drama half worn pads and the fluid drops because the piston is out further was enough. Just my thoughts

TB

Yep it is only a temporary measure cause you’re right TB it’s only a few degrees in reality, the real issue is something else that needs attending to.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Damn the interweb… actually love the concept and engine of the KTM300, just can’t live with that agricultural PDS.

But good point Moto, I am surprised someone hasn’t mentioned going to a better brake fluid earlier, good thinking Tonto.

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Walshy wrote:

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Found you on the google machine. Queenslanders are known for being slow!

But in your defence let me say two names

King Kirk Hutton

Michael Doohan

the first two Non-slow Toads that spring to mind..

BC

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re; holes in airbox covers, this has been done since BSA bantams were the preferred scrambler, it’s just clean fresh air and as long as you don’t go wild with the holesaw it has little to no effect in the rain, yes mud and water it does and that’s why on a lot of old photos you see 100mph tape stuck to RMs and YZs side covers.

It’s a good free mod and requires no other changes.

And Moto, I’m a bit worried that you have a bike that “POOPED” on deceleration, sounds a bike suss to me…..then again I’d probably poop too if you came towards me with an angle grinder.. :woohoo:

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

hello Walshy, nice to make your virtual acquaintaince.

Now what issues does your 530 have that makes it unusual?, lay down and tells us all about it….

we’re all ears..

Bruce cee

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How funny is this and relevant

http://www.motifake.com/headbanging-headbanging-bang-your-head-metal-squirrel-fuck-s-demotivational-poster-98105.html

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I agree with the other blokes and not sure how effective they are, but you can also buy a mini finned cooler for them, a remote reserviour is always a good thing too.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Like TB said, XRs are thumpers, not screamers and you probably won’t develope any more power just valve bounce and hit a harmonic wall which may cause more damage than you want.

BC

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Without any other mods it’s probably not a great thing to be doing by itself

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Wealth and wisdom BC…..what are you talking about he is there, full of wisdom, he rides a bike with a PDS system already…..you old school MX boys need to get off the back of the seat for the suspension to work remember

Coming up your way soon for the 5 ways , cant wait to tease you in person mate

Wash out your Mouth Mr rat, get off the seat, NEVER I tells ya, that’s why they have them, besides he needs the wealth beacuse he rides a bike with Pilot Discharge System, and whens the 5 way is that the June one?

I’m a bit out of the loop as not everything has gone to plan with the young fellas racing this year.

basically i ran out of time and spread myself too thin and he’s been bugging me to go.

Bruce

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many happy returns of this day to you Mr Bull, hopefully the day has brought you wealth and wisdom.

BC

(insert some snide comment about PDS here )

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Trailboss wrote:

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I will take what you wrote on board Bruce as I always do coming from a man of your knowledge . I did hear at Finke of two 2 smokers with flaming cans so to speak both packed with roofing batts :huh: I have noted when the two materials are side by side the batts are not as dense as the two stroke packing.

Other then that pack away with whatever Mick as I said before

TB

I’ve had a flaming can on a few occassions myself TB, once from a wicked curry, but i digress, as Menace will attest to (he saw a similar thing on mine when young Mick thrashed it senseless for 10 minutes), what you probably witnessed was the excess spooge alight in the silencer whence the pipe became hot enough to ignite it, quite common with flatout running on 2Ts. and yes you are right the “special woven” stuff is denser to begin with, but we can compensate by , unravelling the layers on the batts and rolling it like a cigarette until the desired density is reached.

I pull your leg not sir not on a subject as serious as sound and savings.

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On a safety note,should I wear a white suit and a breathing apperatus whist handling said batts and note the positioning of any down lights?

Seriously Michael (seeing as this is tech help) any fibruous particles have athe potential to cause harm to your lungs, however i would say that fibreglass batts while if you were handling them all day everday would be a reasonable hazard, are in this instance more of a discomfort to your skin (underarms etc than to pose a serious health risk,

And i would do it directly under a downlight as us older fellas need all the help we can to see……

and Yet still it is Peter Garretts fault……….

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I’m going completely the other way to TB on this one.

Pink batts are fire rated to heaps of degrees, so that issue is a furphy perpeuated by motorcycle shops, who want your bucks, cause that’s their job, to stay in business.

I’ve been using bats for 40 years and i’ve also used the “proper” aligned, special woven & formulated ubeaut ridgy didge $25-50 a small pack bike stuff, Guess what?

Absol-bloody-lutely no difference in use, they both get the same lifespan, they both silence and deaden the note the same, and they both absorb the same, tell you what will make a bigger difference is your packing technique, like a Cone (so I’m lead to believe) you don’t have it too tight, nor too loose. The best way is to have it so it is a comfortable fit, this way it will deaden more noise and allow more spoogey crud to absorbed, too tight bounces the sound and doesn’t allow full absorption of both crud and note.

This I know, have done back to back trials looking for answers, and as TB will see in the next fortnight, my young blokes bike is quieter than a whipper snipper with a FMF silencer and my pink batt packing system.

Like the Ad says Mick… JUST DO IT,

(caveat if the bike catches alight you can always blame peter garrett, why not everyone else did, it’s not my fault I only installed it, it’s his……… )

[Bruce CurtisMember]

GB has really outlasted all his contemporaries, he was one of the fast boys back in the day, but he kept going where the others called it quits, for that reason alone he is a true legend, in the pure form of the word. He was old when I was young too.

Respect Old Bloke.

BC

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