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Nigel the welds may never crack,on a car the forces would not be so great obe konobe,:laugh: Basic metallurgy (spelling?)you can weld mild steel with stainless steel but you should not weld stainless steel with mild steel, I wonder if your muffler fitting friend is conforming to Australian standards? The rust appearance around your weld is contamination. Nothing to much to worry about,I wouldnt want to follow you for to long on a ride,I think I would get a sore neck trying to straighten up your Zorst:laugh:

Anyway a great job,weld done;)

ollie

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Nice job Nigel I told you, you had to much time on your hands :laugh: Question When you migged up the pipe,did you use stainless steel wire ? If you didnt it may fracture down the track a bit as the weld may be brittle.(trust me,I know)I also dont mean to put a damper on your efforts but you really need to cut and rotate the pipe to make it look proffessional. Ps in future wear gloves and you wont burn yourself.(thats the workshop supervisor in me coming out!:laugh: I do the same thing at home myself:laugh: ) Whats your next project??

cheers Ollie

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Hopefully the WR450 TB I have to give Sutto a call and see if the parts are in yet,he’s a bit slack ol Chris:laugh:

ollie

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chiefgili wrote:

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Hey Ollie, i’ll be working over your side as of monday. I’ll have to keep you honest on this site!!:cheer:

cool mate,midweek sporty/ride maybe?:laugh:

ollie

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MadMacs wrote:

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I’m not allowed a jet ski thou??????:angry:

what about an ultralight?:laugh:

ollie

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Hey Gili I will let one of my young fella’s know about your CRF,He is looking at a TM300 god forbid but he might be swayed:laugh: what year and how much?

cheers Ollie

BTW welcome to the forum dr nick

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micknmeld wrote:

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Hey I have never seen a Gold boarder, Congrats Ollie. That’s gold

umm yeah right:dry: No Wonder I cant get any work done im on the Forum all the time:laugh: :laugh:

ollie

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Hey Mick forgot to mention Kids,wife,pets,phew Ive got to have a serious look at myself.Lucky I havnt got a drug problem:laugh:

ollie

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wr450fs wrote:

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Ollie, I don’t know about my fabrication skills, but I am fantastic at hacking things to bits with a 4″ grinder to make bits fit!

Ha Ha mate whatever it takes :laugh:

ollie

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Very Good yeah get some photies of the Zorst I will check out your fabrication skills.

ollie

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Welcome to the Forum mate,good to see another Yamaha rider onboard,I use to do a lot of riding out at Markwell, great riding with big bloody Hills :woohoo:

cheers Ollie

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Jdubya wrote:

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Gday Trailboss, Im talking about the front radiator shrouds!
Its hard to explain but if you could reverse those shrouds you would find that the “venturie” effect would be a lot more efficient then trying to ram air in thru the front!

I have removed the white deflectors on the front as I have Flatland radiator braces fitted,The B&B offroad braces incorporate a deflector arrangement similar in style to standard except in Aluminium,and would have been my preferred choice except for cost,as they do provide good airflow especially in a muddy situation,just my thoughts

Nigel knowing your inventive nature and available time on your hands you should be able to knock up a radiator fan from some computer bits eh? easy !!

ollie

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chiefgili wrote:

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I still have my CRF 250X for sale if there is any interest at all?! bloody good bike! shame to get rid of, but trying to run 3 bikes just hurts the wallet too much!

HA HA HA snort snort ha ha ha!! gili your Killing me! 3 bikes is nuthin try 8 bikes 3 cars 2 boats 2 trailers!! Mac will back me up on that also!:laugh:

ollie

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Trailboss wrote:

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Hey Ollie I would be interested in that 1.6bar cap you have in your parts bin. How much would you want for it?

TB

yeah mate I knew that you were interested You can have it for cost which is about $25 will bring it up when I see you next ride

ollie

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wr450fs wrote:

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Ollie,

You seem to have heaps of gadgets on your bike so I was wondering do you have a Trailtech Vapor?I am very interested to know what the normal running water temp is both with and without the radiator shrouds.
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Nigel I do have a new trailtech vapor unit but it is not fitted to bike(for sale $175 if anyone is interested;) )I dont worry to much about the bike overheating I try and keep the airflowing over it as much as possible.I have a 1.6 bar high pressure radiator cap in the parts bin but probably wont worry about it. I have even removed the overflow bottle,Theory is keep it moving No problems!!:laugh:
PS The Newer Pumpkins Have Ventilated shrouds!

ollie

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