what have you done to your "bike" today

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tony.mon wrote:Finished installing, shimming and timing the reground cams I had done last year, now fitted and running.
seems ok, tomorrow I'll pop the fairing back on and give it a clean, then a little run round to see if they've made any difference.

Monday I'll book it on the dyno again to see what the numbers tell me....
be nice to know the out come
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lloydiecbr wrote:
tony.mon wrote:Finished installing, shimming and timing the reground cams I had done last year, now fitted and running.
seems ok, tomorrow I'll pop the fairing back on and give it a clean, then a little run round to see if they've made any difference.

Monday I'll book it on the dyno again to see what the numbers tell me....
be nice to know the out come
I'll post it up in the "Engine Rebuild" thread in Workshop.
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today i got my rev n rip scooter running. sort of.

plug was loose, carb hanging off, airbox full of leaves, pilot jet blocked & all the bowl screws rounded off, exhaust gasket missing & held on with one bolt, electronic choke fkt, wire broken on ign coil, ht leads full of water, flat battery, broken throttle housing, numerous oil leaks....
and petrol that i couldnt light with my lighter!
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bigger carb, race cdi & coil
100cc big bore kit
big valve head
race cam
race variator (pulley set)
gates kevlar belt
speed control kit
big bore header & art can (or viper stubby)

respay, logos and some new tyres as well.

hopefully i can get it revving over 4k lol!!! :oops:
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Liked the close-up of the oily kitchen roll, proving work had been done!

Speed control kit?
Frightened it'll run away with you? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

But progress, well done so far.
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im a persistant bugger... took me 3 batteries & 5hrs to get it running!
the main issue stopping it was the auto choke.
i ended up removing it & blanking the drilling off.

sounds like a popcorn maker with the exhaust off lol :biggrin or a blowjob machine (if there is such a thing...)

wait til you see it when its finished lol.... should be a flyer :biggrin
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There certainly is such a thing as a blowjob machine, but I don't think rev'n'rip will earn you one, unless it's a wet night outside the chippy and she's the ugly one on duty....... :lol:
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the plan is, get a rev n rip, hang around maccys & the co-op, keep the lid on so they can't see how grey i am.... hopefully get off with some nubile 6th formers instead of the usual octagenarian conquests. :Stewy:
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benny hedges wrote: [youtube][/youtube]
Amazing!
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not done anything to the bike today but did rewire the garage so i have power on the other side and made a bracket up for my optimate so thats fixed to the wall, no more tripping over wires now, :thumbup:
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i took mine for the first hard run and i must say i like it more than my old blade .
im well happy i did the swap :D
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I replaced the hangar on my beastie today. I have a bike on the road again!

Result!
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Rode it! first time this year, between being a wimp and not having the time its the first outing since November.

Tried out my phones satnav through earplugs for the first time, bloody marvellous quite loud enough at 80 or so.......
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lloydiecbr wrote:i took mine for the first hard run and i must say i like it more than my old blade .
im well happy i did the swap :D
:D :D :D
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Furrybiker wrote:Rode it! first time this year, between being a wimp and not having the time its the first outing since November.
4 months.... FOUR MONTHS....?! WTF? I'd have felt like I'd had an arm cut off, or something...
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I did, I was getting severe withdrawal symptoms! Every time the weather looked OK for a good blast there was something that needed doing, moving, shifting, lifting, going to. Well it did according to SWMBO :roll:
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