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Dickie wrote:Also a good idea to check how much free play is left on the cam chain while your on the job.
Both great tips there cheers boys
TB
toes wrote:Yeah TB Quite keen on some of that gear,Both my daughters need new stuff,they don’t stop growing.No worries Toes you stop sending me texts on fridays and I will give you whatever items there you want
TB
james wrote:Well what,
Cant make up your mind whether or not to keep or sell it,you poor buggar :laugh: :laugh:Not sure it will be around for a while want to buy it, fully rebuilt and proven
Decisions decisions half your luck,enjoy the brand spanker.
p.s whats the colour or is that top secret – could be could be or . (cant see white when written on white) :laugh:
oldgirl wrote:Thank you for telling me that TB. I need to learn to trust my bum
because riding it home this afternoon after it was changed the bike felt less ??sharp?? not sure if thats the right word. Love being able to touch the ground but the agility was there. Now I know why.
I didn’t lower the bike myself actually I did ask someone for advice though . But what the other guy did is EXACTLY what you said. The front forks lowered as far as possible through the tripple clamps and the rear spring was wound right down.
I mentioned that doesn’t fiddling with the forks and springs effect the feeling on different terrain. Isn’t that why some of the new bikes are fitted with those clicky things so you can change it for different conditions??
I was told that I wanted the bike to be soft :huh: Maybe I wasnt explaining myself properly.
Oh well no harm done he was just trying to help. I was complaining at the time that I got ‘stuck’ trying to turn around on the track bc I couldn’t touch the ground to push it backwards…….he just told me that good riders don’t need to turn around like that :laugh: :huh: :huh:
Thankfully I always stick my nose in when ever someone is working on any bike and ask tonnes of questions so I know how to put it back to the orginal setting quick smart
Yep think I need to go and talk to Nick. Does he do exhausts as well? Just want to shush it up a bit.
You are correct, you have softened the back its sags the rear end the geometry of the bike is altered and doesn’t steer factors like steering rake etc. change because of the sagging rear end (in very simple terms) Knowing you and the stuff I have witnessed from dropping around twice you will be all over it like white on rice :laugh: Cheers for the ciders as well :laugh:
TB
Thought I better update this thread sorry James. The engine went back together no problems, Nick put the cases back together and I reassembled the rest more or less.
Piston in
Nick cleaned the head up and did a real nice sweet job. He gave me a run down on the ins and outs of porting and polishing what should be what shouldn’t what to look for what to avoid.
Look at the rollers on the cam follower, 50k and 890hrs not a mark bloody good engine
Once it was started I checked the oil pressure and washed the bike and the engine area down. Road testing showed it had more mid range then before. When I got home I thought it had an oil leak but it was too much chain lube
Since then it hasn’t moved and with the new one coming well?TB
singletrackmind wrote:The odds of getting a custom spring are pretty high when you organise to get it powder coated for me and hand deliver it.
STM
Looks great mate, luck doesnt make a bike look that good well done
Still hope a swapper fills you in
TB
singletrackmind wrote:I may not be as prepared as a factory rider would be but me bike is. :woohoo:
I would go into detail of exactly what I have done but that list may fall into the wrong hands
6 days and counting!!!
STM
Read my avatar
You are kidding me :laugh: I hope some would be swapper on a flano on a 88 YZ125 fills you in on the first lap :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Wow whats with the BLUE rear spring, whats the odds on getting a blue spring :ohmy: :whistle:
TB
Free to whom ever can use the following. The only thing I ask is that if it doesn’t fit you pass it on to someone that can. If you have kids thinking about starting its a great in heaven knows its expensive enough just getting the bike
Fox jersey
Size for above
Another fox jersey
Size for above
Jersey size about a kids 10/12
Pants to suit for a 6/7 year old IMO
Thor pants for a 9/12 year old
Jersey to suit
Kids elbow guards
Size for above
Kids Gloves
Size for the above
Kids gloves
Size for above
Kids gloves
Size for above
Free to a goods home where they can get some use, make a kid happy and safer
TB
singletrackmind wrote:Nickj wrote:singletrackmind wrote:I watched the videos and a lot of design work has gone into it. By the time matey sets it up though I would have unloaded my bike from the ute, thrown up my dome tent, gone for a ride, drank a 6 pack of beer and pissed in that beautiful lake it was filmed next to. :laugh:STM
Not true though !! You’d have pissed in the dome tent well before you noticed the lake
Nick
i was waiting for that :laugh:
STM
Can’t believe he went there :dry: glad he did because I forgot :laugh: was some of your better work prince
TB
