Dr Honda Velocity Stacks Copy

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bigspanishmarty wrote:
Kev L wrote:Now there's a surprise!
seriously, i'll ask them how much for a pair of s/s high levels and if they can do ti aswell.
they could use my two brothers as a template.
Two awful come backs to that line...Sorry it had to be done.



Oh good God please tell me your two brothers & you aren't triplets ! 8O



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Surly if your two brothers are anything like you then a template for high levels is going to be ...er just a tad on the large side ? :wink:
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bring on the picture of the two fat american guys on tiny bikes............ :roll:
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Carl, did you ever get to try out all your hard work :?:
They must have taken ages to make :clap: :clap:

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I did indeed and performance wise they worked great, though a little flat along with the intake roar being increased. Interestingly not so much difference in seat of the pants power over the two longer OM stacks I was running previously, but fuelling had improved greatly after tweaking my jetting to suit. IIRC I ended up going smaller mains and leaning off my fuel mixture screws.

I kept an eye on them for a couple of weeks and I started to have issues with the Aluminium paint melting 8O so removed them. I kept finding splutters (spitting), bits inside the airbox and around the air bleeds. I figure they need some kind of plastic coating or even a sheet of real carbon fibre weave on the outside. Their tucked away in a cupboard as I now have the real McCoy.

Proving to myself I could make them, though it took some time, was a sense of achievement. I also got to use fibreglass sheeting for the first time :sick: horrible stuff to work with. P40 (which I know well) is so much easier to work with and it smells just as good :lol: but if I require the use of fibreglass sheet in the future I now have an idea how to work with it. I used a fair bit of fibreglass and filler and there was many hours of rubbing down. A lot of the finer detailed curves especially around the doughnut ring had to be built up and rubbed down by eye and feel using a genuine Dr Honda as a visual comparison.

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I thought you did a great job.... :thumbup:
sort out the correct coating and they'll be spot on.
but now you have the real thing (god knows where you got them from... :wink: ) I assume the fibreglass ones will stay in the cupboard forever!!!!
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agentpineapple wrote:I assume the fibreglass ones will stay in the cupboard forever!!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
all they need are bottoms and you've got two sportin' tea cups..... :thumbup:
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Ive just read this for the first time Carl and i can say 2 things Matey. You should be chuffed they looked great. Secondly you have too much free time on your hands :lol:
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Many thanks for the update Carl :thumbup: I'm very impressed with your hard work and results, especially considering it was your first time using fibreglass which is not the easiest of things to use, as you mention. I can imagine your sense of achievement when you tested them out and found they actually worked :thumbup: well done :clap:

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Yes very good now get on with the thatch & the glazing... :lol: :lol:
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It wasn't my first time with fibreglass Chris, used loads of P40 before. It was my first time with the resin sheets. Horrible stuff, so messy compared to mixing a bit of P40 up. I think they both have their different uses though. The resin sheets worked a treat in this case :plainsmile My sanding skills come from years of decorating I don't mind a bit of rubbing down up to a point. Where my fingers go red raw and start to bleed, once blood is drawn it's time to stop :lol: Yep, been there, done that before. I should wear gloves but I don't, never have and never will. It's the same when it comes to spannering. The problem is I like to be able to feel what I'm doing, especially when it comes to rubbing down.

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Carl, regardless to the exact type of fibreglass you used, it's still sh1te stuff to work with :wink: so my original statement still stands :clap:
I'm the same when it comes to wearing gloves, I can't stand them, but they do protect your hands,

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