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Problem in a situation like this is that if you were to buy a bike based on avoiding ones which are known to go wrong you'd probably never leave the house!

Perhaps with him in the ether.

By removing material off the base circle the valve is moved further in the same amount of time, therefore the valve acceleration rate is higher? Am I right there? How do the stock springs cope with this? I'm just an inquisitive type, so please don't be offended. It's just a question out of interest...

Don't forget that in a corner the rear tyre also has to cope with the application of power as well as cornering force. This extra load causes the tyre to distort more which also contributed to the amount of chicken strip. This is borne out (maybe) by the fact that on track, where I was leading the ...

By removing material off the base circle the valve is moved further in the same amount of time, therefore the valve acceleration rate is higher? Am I right there? How do the stock springs cope with this? I'm just an inquisitive type, so please don't be offended. It's just a question out of interest....

NZSpokes wrote:Hmmm, can I harden the cams at home?

Wouldn't case hardening be done before finish grinding?

Mav617 wrote:I'm very enamored of that ER-5 build, and they're cheap as chips. Tempted to do one myself for pottering around on.

Go for it. On the right roads they're good fun. You don't have to restrict yourself to pottering either. They're only just powerful enough to potter.

fabiostar wrote:

roasty_duck wrote:Looks amazing, shame theres no decent video of it being ridden

We still talking about the bike here lol ???

Both look nice, but what's the red one? MZ Skorpion build? Nope, but I can see where you're coming from. It's an er5. Carlos. My mate built it. The black one is a gpz500. Dendrob. I built that one. The Beemer is a 1983 R100. The boneshaker. I did that one. Did quite a few miles in that guise, bout ...

Cool as.

Both look nice, but what's the red one? MZ Skorpion build? Nope, but I can see where you're coming from. It's an er5. Carlos. My mate built it. The black one is a gpz500. Dendrob. I built that one. The Beemer is a 1983 R100. The boneshaker. I did that one. Did quite a few miles in that guise, bout ...

Hans muth did a pretty good job of a few bikes around that time. I don't know if this was his own hand, but if it was it's his best I reckon. Waddya think?

fabiostar wrote:Ay rite enough ??

Methinks it bolts on top maybe. Via the stem nut?

fabiostar wrote:Mad looking bike by the way, proper old school

Cheers. It's ...er.....an experience.

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