bmw hotrod project "schnell Brutus"

[thumperslaw]

Sorted the mudguard spacers out tonight. Re-shaped the mounts to
Making some brass bar ends I think now

[thumperslaw]

Had to stick the bmw on hold for little bit (i got a off road bike to joy ride)

[AMCQ46]

you flipped the RM yet?

if not what are you waiting for

[thumperslaw]

Can't afford to flip this.
It cuts out when the power band kicks in. Needs the reed vavle done I think

[AMCQ46]

Can't afford to flip this.
It cuts out when the power band kicks in. Needs the reed vavle done I think

if the reed valves were duff, it would run crap at the bottom end, not when the powerband kicks in........having said that I cant instantly thing of any reason it would cut out mid power unless the ignition box was playing up.
what are the symptoms? does it go flat like bad fueling or stone dead like ignition?

[thumperslaw]

TBH i don't know to much about crossers or 2 stroke for that matter.
I am going to strip the carb and clean,check the plug and look at every thing.

Going to have a look better wednesday

[CB_Phil]

Dont hang bout too long, looking forward to seeing her done

[thumperslaw]

Got a good idea to cover the air box with some ol' castrol oil can

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=castro ... 33&bih=630

[thumperslaw]

So the bad news is the Rm is broken
Needs gear box rebuild, wiring sorted out etc!

So I gone back to working on the bmw.
Sorted and shaped mudguard stay's and shorted brass spacers to.

Then started dome heading all the bolts I could get my hands on

And started the seat base to

[seb421]

Had to stick the bmw on hold for little bit (i got a off road bike to joy ride)

fantastic, i had a 2000 model RM250 back in 2002 loved it loved it loved it

[CB_Phil]

Whats the bike we can see the butt of in one of the pics? looks interesting

[thumperslaw]

You mean this one

[CB_Phil]

ooooooooooooow, in the words of Monty Python, 'you lucky b8stard you, lucky, lucky b8stard!' Fecking nice

[thumperslaw]

Not mine
It's a friend of mine
Swing arm had a crack in it so It's been repaired

But yes It's very very nice

[thumperslaw]

On the lathe last night making some spacer for the hand bar throttle side to keep the grip in place
i'll get some pichoors up later

Got some fork seals to fit now as mine where blown