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Well the engine rebuilds done after getting the new bearings from D/S see other post just a few pics of the build for yer’s


Dialling in the con rod bolts
You have to set then to a torque then turn then though a set degrees. The gauge on top is a protractor note tidy work area lol


Sumps ready to go on engine is in its nice new paint job


Sumps on


One of the head showing the ports


Here we have the right side of the after fitting the bottom crankcase and the front head
No clutch or primary gear fitted yet


Getting ready to put the rear head on



This one with the clutch, primary drive and ignition unit fitted just about done


Every thing back together but the engine covers on loose. Std cct fitted for now till the manual ones and the ignition advancer come of the engine in the bike


Just got to fit it now and that’s a job for the winter

Nice post Warby, looking sweet. What are you going to do with your time now? Fancy a 918CC 4Pot strip and rebuild

Nice job,the finish on those cases looks sweet,did you get them blasted beforehand,and what finish did you use?It all looks well clean,looks like you spent a bit of time on those ports,impressed .

Impressive handy work Pete. Now that looks bloody good enough to go in a fast silver storm

really intresting to see the "in progress" pics dude :-)

yorkylancs wrote:Nice job, the finish on those cases looks sweet, did you get them blasted before hand, and what finish did you use? It all looks well clean, looks like you spent a bit of time on those ports, impressed .

The cases have been wire brushed to get rid of any loose crap and corrosion then chemically cleaned and scuffed with scotch bright for a good key for the paint then wiped over with a tack cloth paint is my own blend of hammerite gold silver and satin black hammerite works well on engines it seems to cook itself on when the engine gets hot and go’s rock hard mind you it smokes like a pig for the first 20 or so minutes
The ports and valves took about 8 hours in total for both heads there’s not a lot of reworking to do on a bike head there a pretty good shape to start with its more smoothing things out

Beamish wrote:Nice post Warby, looking sweet. What are you going to do with your time now? Fancy a 918CC 4Pot strip and rebuild

Depends on the pay m8 usual payment is multiples of cans he he

A crackin job mate ..........and that garage looks like a right treasure trove

Warbs you are a gentleman I know full well what work is required for a strip and rebuild and to ask for beer as payment is class. This particular Blade will not be a permanent fixture so not worth the effort, how are you with a Desmosedici ? Still dont know what bike I am going to end up with but I am slowly unscrambling my messed up cranium. I still want an off roader and a road bike so lets see what happens

bikerpiker wrote:A crackin job mate ..........and that garage looks like a right treasure trove

A man of discernable taste
Mrs just says it’s a sh*t tip and need half the stuff putting in the bin lol
But she’s had it with that its my domain
I work on the volcano principal what I had last is in front of me and what I used last week ends up at the outer edges of the bench
Anyway I just need some more shelves

Beamish wrote:Warbs you are a gentleman I know full well what work is required for a strip and rebuild and to ask for beer as payment is class. This particular Blade will not be a permanent fixture so not worth the effort, how are you with a Desmosedici ?

Warby falls of chair picks him self up and heads off out the door with a nerves twitch

Nice job Warby... hoping to rebuild my spare lump anytime soon.

Warby thats the best post I've seen in years.

Like the paint!

(and your garage is tidier than mine)

warby221 wrote:Dialling in the con rod bolts
You have to set then to a torque then turn then though a set degrees. The gauge on top is a protractor note tidy work area lol

Always wondered what the heck they were for Now I know

Cracking job Warbs, looks absolutely mint that engine does now

I love the engine colour

At least you've got room enough to swing a cat in your garage albeit a small one!

Having said that, mine's getting a bit more room, little by little. Finally got the Gixxer running right today, changed plugs, dropped fuel tainted oil, etc. Putting it all back together found we'd lost 2 fairing clips off the side - well they'd fallen off somewhere!

Emptied dive bags, cylinders all sorts of other guff out onto the drive from where fairing panel had been sat and sure enough found them

So garage a little roomier as stuff got put back in tidier and Gixxer up and running to boot!

Dying to take her out for a blast, but weather's just turned for the worse again so that'll have to wait.

Just a good clean, some new tyres, an MOT & Tax and she'll be ready to roll!

So hopefully, now I can concentrate on sorting crash damaged Domi out & sorting out my own Storm engine. Might even get to play with a protractor thingy



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Rossi, really messes with your mind!!!!! Muaahahahaha

Will every one stop saying I’ve got a garage it’s a shed
Would love a garage
Before the shed went up had a bob the builder quote but he sucked in a bit of air and said sorry m8 the foundation on the back of your house would need underpinning for a garage bloody back falls away 1 meter in 5 so to get it level with the back street would need to drop the ground level at the back of the house by just over a meter and that would have exposed the back foundation

Thats coz you live on a road almost cut into a bloody big hill lol

A posh shed made wae concrete blocks then,,ive got an auld wooden garage approx 50 years old,rotten as a peach
I think its all the rubbish in it,up in the roof beams etc,that holds it in place every winter
Been lookin on fleabay for "concrete sectional garage" ,but never anything near me