Another noob.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:36 am

Yep 8.12 of the manual in the workshop

PARSLEYRIPPER · Post by **PARSLEYRIPPER** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:22 pm

TheLump wrote:Yes, in Norton.

Crikey I started my apprenticeship in Norton, lost my virginity to a girl from Norton and bought my second bike from Austins bike shop in Norton. Jesus

Sorry I know it was off point just had to say something.

shaggy-doo · Post by **shaggy-doo** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 7:41 pm

hi and welcome sorry to here about the bikes

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:49 am

Hi mate I'm not far away south of York ,a few members here abouts , if you need any help give me a shout ,go to squires a lot if you ever fancy a run out ,yorshire run is may next year have a look in runs/events,by the way what colour is it (red is best).ady f.

Sounds good, looking forward to a ride-out if I can just get ONE of my bikes running again. The VFR is refusing to start, it has some kind of electronics issue, hope I haven't fried the ECU.

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:21 pm

Ok, so after all that...

I just bought an old engine off e-bay. So just need to slot it in. :beer:

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:02 pm

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:23 pm

What mileage is on the replacement ?

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:28 pm

Apparently it has done 29 000 miles, so a bit less than the old engine.

Post by **sirch345** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:28 am

Somebody must have a strong back putting that VTR engine in there like that

Good luck with it all,

Chris.

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:34 pm

Right, so here is the update.
Tried and failed to get the old engine out, (WD40, heat and a very large lump-hammer failed to shift the front engine bolt) so decided to swap out the front heads instead. Bought a head gasket from David Silver, was the same price as copy gaskets from e-bay, so why not. It was pretty straightforward, and the bike is back together and running. The new head does seem to clatter it's valves a bit, but perhaps I just didn't notice with the old engine, I am a bit paranoid now in case the engine decides to commit harakiri again. I don't want to ride it much until I get manual tensioners installed.

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:42 pm

Well done, good work

Fit stoppers to the std CCTs and then you have peace of mind for free

TheLump · Post by **TheLump** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:46 pm

How do you make stoppers?

Post by **sirch345** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:16 pm

TheLump wrote:How do you make stoppers?

Take a look at this if you've not already:-
http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 31&t=19416

Chris.

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