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Funny when the cat runs for it`s life off the stairs at the 1:30 mark

Bet the neighbours weren`t too impressed, even though he put an apology in the credits :laugh:

Excellent eyes Eagle.

The hood looks a bit rundown, the neighbors probably dont care.
They wouldn’t last long around here, we just got rid of a couple of pit bikes and a little MX’r who thought they own the area

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That wouldn’t be a big concern on a motard anyway would it? How much would it be for a lowering link?

After about an hour on the road your butt goes numb as, because you sit 99% of the time on the road.
The numbness means you dont get the important feedback from the bike through your butt.

It might sound a bit gay but it’s true.

KD; I think a good upholsterer can put a thin layer of very firm foam under a thick(ish) layer of the nice soft stuff and probably still use the original seat skin and probably lower the seat height slightly at the same time.

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Remove the valve covers. Blow out the spark plug hole with compressed air and remove the park plug. Now watch the cam lobes and valves on the intake/carb side of the head. Work the kickstarter until you see the lobes open and then close the intakes. There are two TDC’s on a 4 stroke, remember, so make sure you watch the intakes to determine when you’re on the comp stroke.

You probably won’t be able to stop the cam rotation very precisely but that’s okay. Stick a straw or ziptie (not the locking end) down the spark plug hole to show where the piston height is. Put the bike in 2nd gear and work the rear tire back and forth gently until the piston height indicator shows you the piston is at TDC. Then run the crank locking bolt in. Its shoulder should bottom out against the engine case without the thick copper crush washer.

NOTE: Unfortunately, the crank bolt will also bottom out on other places on the crank so you have to make sure you’re very close to TDC before setting it. What I like to do is get the piston very close using a ziptie or straw. Then I remove the crank bolt and insert a regular phillips screwdriver and GENTLY work the crank back and forth just a hair until I “feel” the detent. Then I insert the screw and lock it down.

Also look here

Good luck with it

Thats a good read, I did Moto’s valves last time for him and rotated the wheel as it was more accurate I found then the kick start as I was having the same trouble as murph. Any part of the lobe isnt ok to use, you need to be in the correct spot as the lobe could be just on the up or down. The bolt sounds like a good idea though.

The bit you wrote there Moto is good “What I like to do is get the piston very close using a ziptie or straw. Then I remove the crank bolt and insert a regular phillips screwdriver and GENTLY work the crank back and forth just a hair until I “feel” the detent. Then I insert the screw and lock it down”

Here I was doing your valves as I thought you didnt know how or have ever done them :huh: :laugh:

I just watched the lobes rock to make sure I was on the right stroke and position

Great thread and posts Moto and everybody very helpful what the tech thread is all about

TB

Oops, I may have been checking mine incorrectly :blush: But when I do the high point of the lobe is normally opposite the valve/rocker surface.

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“Each of the bridges presented there own special big four stroke challenge “

And this would be what? Keeping the front wheel on the road maybe?
I hope you didn’t make any of those black marks.

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Christmas Story – an antidote to all that mushy stuff

A Christmas Story for people having a bad day:

When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said very cheerfully, ‘Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn’t this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?’

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

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It’s probably OK to check the clearance at a different part of the cycle like when the cam lobe is opposite the part it pushes and when the inlet cam is not pushing it’s valves either.
So, somewhere just either side of TDC should be OK.

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Spoke to CC Bearings again, the brand of chain could not be specified as it changes with the type of chain etc but he said they are good quality ones made in Japan.
You dont neccessarily have to buy a 10 ft length but it depends on the type and length you need.
He said he sell quite a few chains for bikes (road, enduro – whatever) and never has any come back with problems.

Not sure if he ever sold one to an XRsixfiddy tragic though :dry:

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And they wonder why debt is such a big problem, I guess there are some cheap freight liner SUVs to be found over there ATM, like cheap houses.

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what make of truck is it?

Its a Bad Ass Truck

Looks like a spiderman truck to me :cheer:

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Does the braclet come with special powers? After reading the laser eye surgery thread, I am wanting special bionic powers.

Sorry I am going on one of my brown onion story tangents again TB.

I am interested in yours and Mals findings with the braclets – (super powers or not)

Patience Padawan, tonight television, your friend it will be….

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This is a proceedure they have done with me in hospitals before adding or removing hardware (long story).

:ohmy: Is there something we should know!?

Yeah Wikd, what happened? I like long stories.

Wait I know you are you the bionic man, having hardware added and removed.

I cant afford to be the bionic man :blush:

First one; my ankle got kind of stuck between a rock and a trials bike causing a very clean break right at the inside ‘ball joint’.
This required two wood like screws to repair and they were later removed.

Second; too much internal lubrication caused me to slip off an elevated ground floor balcony and land on my elbow and back and luckily the elbow broke and not my back.
Unlickily it required two long pins and a piece of wire in a figure 8 shape (called a tension band) to mend. This caused considerable pain for 12 months as the tension band did it’s thing and as x-rays showed, the sharp points of the pins were poking out of the bone into my soft tissue/muscle.
This hardware was also removed after 12 months and I am once again hardware free.

You did ask.

I would rather have the eye surgery than either of those operations if there was a choice, oh the pain.
When I woke up after the ankel op, I went straight into shock from the pain and I commented to the nurse that it felt like they hammered in two nails, she told the surgeon who was amused (God bless him) and told her to give me some pain killers in 30 minutes if I was stable.

I got the pain killers OK

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For what it’s worth Kylie, ask them to tell you exactly what they are going to do just before they start.
This is a proceedure they have done with me in hospitals before adding or removing hardware (long story).

They will probably do this anyway but if you have any doubts about what they say, question them until you are confident or you can stop it going ahead.

I am sure it will go well

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Young Diddel has contacted me about a ride next Monday
Do I try for the early one or not :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Cheers
Murph

Shoot those wild turkeys in the head mate and you will be good to go at sparrow fart.
That’s one of many reasons I stopped the booze – I am one who should have never started drinking (hindsight is a good thing).

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You’re better off with 17″ ones that fit the bike :silly: then you can join us on the Pie in the Sky ride

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Oh well maybe not more of a challenge than Dog Trap, actually Dog trap is a tricky one and until now wasn’t being considered for this ride – maybe that will be in “Motard to Pie in the Sky 2” ?

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