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fabiostar wrote:

sirch345 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:27 pm

fabiostar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:34 pm Had a wee ride on one of them..start 24 proper.

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You're putting some of us to shame Rob

I'm amazed you're out again, well done. Bike is looking great

Chris.

its a case of getting back on the horse, now this riding bikes iv been doing for a while, like since 7 years of age but that crash was different, its strange but it feels weird riding again, god knows why, not like i havnt crashed before but it just feels different, kinda like riding with no feel for whats going on under me .

i thought it was just me but a few weeks ago was out with a passenger and at the coffee stop said passenger actually said to me, wtf you at the day? it was described to me like sitting on a bike with an L rider..

is it the actual bike i dont trust anymore? god knows ..............

fabiostar wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:15 pm

sirch345 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:27 pm

fabiostar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:34 pm Had a wee ride on one of them..start 24 proper.

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You're putting some of us to shame Rob

I'm amazed you're out again, well done. Bike is looking great

Chris.

its a case of getting back on the horse, now this riding bikes iv been doing for a while, like since 7 years of age but that crash was different, its strange but it feels weird riding again, god knows why, not like i havnt crashed before but it just feels different, kinda like riding with no feel for whats going on under me .

i thought it was just me but a few weeks ago was out with a passenger and at the coffee stop said passenger actually said to me, wtf you at the day? it was described to me like sitting on a bike with an L rider..

is it the actual bike i dont trust anymore? god knows ..............

fabiostar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:43 pm All very good points lads... well iv been out on the blue girl a few short spins and honestly it wasnt any better, not that i didnt trust it like the peg but just riding like a end of a bell, running into corners or braking to early or just not looking what i was doing ....

now iv jumped of bikes before and twice at over 80mph but you just dust yourself of and get back on the horse, iv got back on the horse but i think iv got back on and im sitting backwards . hard to explain but im all fingers and thumbs atm..

iv thought about it a fair bit after the rides and the main thing seems to be, i start of fine and ten miles down the road im looking round me and simply not paying attention then its sh1t a corner, or sh1t were did that car come from,

AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:02 pm When i checked the KTM valve clearances all 4 exhaust valves were pretty tight on the 0.25mm feeler gauge, which is bottom spec, and I had told myself that it would be fine till next service and was going to to build it back up when the 4 spark plugs arrived.


Bad move having too much thinking time!!!!!! It is a sh1t load of hassle to get this far into the guts of the beast, and for a bit more work I could get the clearances up to top limit…. So that’s what I have started!

Front cam out and now waiting for the new shims so I can reset them, then it will be onto the even tighter constraints of the rear cyl head.

This is what a KTM oil & spring powered CCT looks like.
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The front head
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Looks slim without the tank
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fabiostar wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:43 pm All very good points lads... well iv been out on the blue girl a few short spins and honestly it wasnt any better, not that i didnt trust it like the peg but just riding like a end of a bell, running into corners or braking to early or just not looking what i was doing ....

now iv jumped of bikes before and twice at over 80mph but you just dust yourself of and get back on the horse, iv got back on the horse but i think iv got back on and im sitting backwards . hard to explain but im all fingers and thumbs atm..

iv thought about it a fair bit after the rides and the main thing seems to be, i start of fine and ten miles down the road im looking round me and simply not paying attention then its sh1t a corner, or sh1t were did that car come from,

fabiostar wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:31 pm Looked at the LC today, thats all just looked, still gathering bits up for it.

looked at the peg..

started the big girl and let it run upto temp so the fan cut in twice, looked at it ,

then sat down, all go in the cave today

sirch345 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:29 pm

fabiostar wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:31 pm Looked at the LC today, thats all just looked, still gathering bits up for it.

looked at the peg..

started the big girl and let it run upto temp so the fan cut in twice, looked at it ,

then sat down, all go in the cave today

That's better than what I did, I had to take a load of junk to the local tip today, at least the sun was shinning for a change

Chris.

fabiostar wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:48 pm

sirch345 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:29 pm

fabiostar wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:31 pm Looked at the LC today, thats all just looked, still gathering bits up for it.

looked at the peg..

started the big girl and let it run upto temp so the fan cut in twice, looked at it ,

then sat down, all go in the cave today

That's better than what I did, I had to take a load of junk to the local tip today, at least the sun was shinning for a change

Chris.

the local tip can be great as long as the local tip nazis dont see you lol..

well today i dragged the peg out stuck another few miles on it, went from bright sunshine to my visor freezing shut . but was actually nice.