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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #975 on: 25 August 2015, 01:05:22 pm »
Took my 20 year old 92,400 mile VFR for its MOT.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #976 on: 26 August 2015, 06:47:05 pm »
Just bought this for the R1. I'm gonna be sat at the front door like a kid waiting for it to arrive. :P
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #977 on: 26 August 2015, 07:13:20 pm »
Just bought this for the R1. I'm gonna be sat at the front door like a kid waiting for it to arrive. :P


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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #978 on: 30 August 2015, 05:53:07 pm »
Just got back from a sunny and fun few days at Blackpool .

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #979 on: 30 August 2015, 07:19:43 pm »
Took the head off my honda cb250rs to see why its burning oil, yep, that will be why then...
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #980 on: 31 August 2015, 12:46:41 pm »
Re-assembled my 250 honda with ebay bought barrel and piston, started second kick  :thumbup...welding up the exhaust pipes this afternoon, thats going to take a little longer  :rolleyes
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #981 on: 31 August 2015, 02:13:18 pm »
Mr Red...some tutorial that was :pokefun ......what damage am i actually looking at?......face of the piston looks all pitted & stuff but what else oh knowldgable one?
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #982 on: 31 August 2015, 02:46:31 pm »
Took the head off my honda cb250rs to see why its burning oil, yep, that will be why then...

Yep, sure has plenty of paths for the oil to follow, must have been like a two stroke :eek

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #983 on: 31 August 2015, 03:56:17 pm »
Woooooo....hold up there MR NOG.......a quick check on FOC-U rules and regs tells me that if you dont own a fazer you cant use the "poke fun"thingy...... ;).....heres a piccie that might explain it better to a non fazer owner...... :lol...didn't do a "how to" as not a fazer , same principles though.. ;)


unfazed....surprisingly it didn' t smoke that much and a compression test showed a good reading only a slight improvemet with a drop of oil down the bore before re-testing, you could smell it though, and to make matters worse  I dont think the oils been changed since new, a real stale smell  :\.....didn't expect this level of damage though, I had already bought the replacement barrel/piston before stripping as cheaper than rebore/new piston/rings...all good now
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #984 on: 02 September 2015, 03:23:03 pm »
Got a engine under tray for my Eunos. MOT time and Mr MOT man wouldn't be impressed with my slightly modified steering rack :D
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #985 on: 02 September 2015, 04:22:59 pm »
Took the Guzzi out for a spin around the country lanes  in the Autumn sunshine .

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #986 on: 02 September 2015, 07:20:38 pm »
Woooooo....hold up there MR NOG.......a quick check on FOC-U rules and regs tells me that if you dont own a fazer you cant use the "poke fun"thingy...... ;) .....heres a piccie that might explain it better to a non fazer owner...... :lol ...didn't do a "how to" as not a fazer , same principles though.. ;)


unfazed....surprisingly it didn' t smoke that much and a compression test showed a good reading only a slight improvemet with a drop of oil down the bore before re-testing, you could smell it though, and to make matters worse  I dont think the oils been changed since new, a real stale smell  :\ .....didn't expect this level of damage though, I had already bought the replacement barrel/piston before stripping as cheaper than rebore/new piston/rings...all good now

Last time I saw that kind of wear was on a CB125 which had a lot of piston slap and the gudgeon pin was badly worn. We thought that may have been the cause or the bore/piston wear. We rebored it to first oversize and replaced all the bits and it went like a train for years after. Never really understood why the pin wore so badly, as it never happened again.
What was the play in the gudgeon pin like?

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #987 on: 02 September 2015, 07:47:24 pm »
Woooooo....hold up there MR NOG.......a quick check on FOC-U rules and regs tells me that if you dont own a fazer you cant use the "poke fun"thingy...... ;) .....heres a piccie that might explain it better to a non fazer owner...... :lol ...didn't do a "how to" as not a fazer , same principles though.. ;)


unfazed....surprisingly it didn' t smoke that much and a compression test showed a good reading only a slight improvemet with a drop of oil down the bore before re-testing, you could smell it though, and to make matters worse  I dont think the oils been changed since new, a real stale smell  :\ .....didn't expect this level of damage though, I had already bought the replacement barrel/piston before stripping as cheaper than rebore/new piston/rings...all good now

Last time I saw that kind of wear was on a CB125 which had a lot of piston slap and the gudgeon pin was badly worn. We thought that may have been the cause or the bore/piston wear. We rebored it to first oversize and replaced all the bits and it went like a train for years after. Never really understood why the pin wore so badly, as it never happened again.
What was the play in the gudgeon pin like?


....gudgeon pin eh.........it was a bit like this i reckon :b


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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #988 on: 02 September 2015, 09:03:55 pm »
Woooooo....hold up there MR NOG.......a quick check on FOC-U rules and regs tells me that if you dont own a fazer you cant use the "poke fun"thingy...... ;) .....heres a piccie that might explain it better to a non fazer owner...... :lol ...didn't do a "how to" as not a fazer , same principles though.. ;)


unfazed....surprisingly it didn' t smoke that much and a compression test showed a good reading only a slight improvemet with a drop of oil down the bore before re-testing, you could smell it though, and to make matters worse  I dont think the oils been changed since new, a real stale smell  :\ .....didn't expect this level of damage though, I had already bought the replacement barrel/piston before stripping as cheaper than rebore/new piston/rings...all good now

Last time I saw that kind of wear was on a CB125 which had a lot of piston slap and the gudgeon pin was badly worn. We thought that may have been the cause or the bore/piston wear. We rebored it to first oversize and replaced all the bits and it went like a train for years after. Never really understood why the pin wore so badly, as it never happened again.
What was the play in the gudgeon pin like?


....gudgeon pin eh.........it was a bit like this i reckon :b


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just a small amount of play in the gudeon pin UNFAZED, made a good racket  :eek...little bit of wear in the cam and followers, no exhaust on at the moment as iam welding up a few holes, but starting up and using the old screwdriver trick to the block reveals a nice quiet engine, looking forward to getting the exhaust back on to see what its really like.......you missing the fazer NOGGY
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #989 on: 02 September 2015, 09:36:41 pm »
Missing the real Fazers he Red and afraid to admit it, took my 600 for a run tonight to test out the new pipes. :thumbup

Still a few nice clean ones around Noggy,

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #990 on: 04 September 2015, 08:40:42 pm »
Took the Husky 350 out for a quick spin,,called at the pub for a pint,, got home and the dog had escaped,,oh dear ,, got into the chicken orchard,,,i found one badly chewed chicken,,,still alive ,,,,just.

Terry the young cockerel came out from the bushes,unscathed,,3 pheasants came down from the trees to me,,then after half an hour I spotted another chicken,,looks ok,,it was wedged in some thistles,be tween some rubbish,,

so 1 chicken missing and a pheasant,, hope they appear in the morning,, also hope the injured chicken survives.

My fault,,leaving poultry out while away,,dog just doing what working dogs do.

Now the dog was out,,came to greet me,,,naughty dog,,,buttttt, my wife says the dog only got out when it heard the motorbike,,,perhaps mr Fox paid a visit,,thats why the chicken is missing,,,,,so what happened ?
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #991 on: 04 September 2015, 09:01:37 pm »
Took the Husky 350 out for a quick spin,,called at the pub for a pint,, got home and the dog had escaped,,oh dear ,, got into the chicken orchard,,,i found one badly chewed chicken,,,still alive ,,,,just.

Terry the young cockerel came out from the bushes,unscathed,,3 pheasants came down from the trees to me,,then after half an hour I spotted another chicken,,looks ok,,it was wedged in some thistles,be tween some rubbish,,

so 1 chicken missing and a pheasant,, hope they appear in the morning,, also hope the injured chicken survives.

My fault,,leaving poultry out while away,,dog just doing what working dogs do.

Now the dog was out,,came to greet me,,,naughty dog,,,buttttt, my wife says the dog only got out when it heard the motorbike,,,perhaps mr Fox paid a visit,,thats why the chicken is missing,,,,,so what happened ?


The fact that the chicken was chewed & not dissapeared thus proves that Bruce was the culprit.....he wanted to eat it......but he also knew youd want it...he was torn.....so was the...err.......anyway...if the fox had got it you wouldnt be seeing it...bruce should still be rewarded for leaving you a bit.....and preffering chappie.
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #992 on: 05 September 2015, 07:31:55 pm »
Picked it up....and rode it home from cheltenham on the A40......& had a bacon roll at Oasis cafe Abergavenny....first tome i've been there. 8)
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #993 on: 05 September 2015, 07:40:37 pm »
Picked it up....and rode it home from cheltenham on the A40......& had a bacon roll at Oasis cafe Abergavenny....first tome i've been there. 8)

What did you pick up? a bacon sandwich, a car a bike, what ?????? :rolleyes Please, please, please don't say it was a BMW :'(

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #994 on: 05 September 2015, 08:20:13 pm »
Picked it up....and rode it home from cheltenham on the A40......& had a bacon roll at Oasis cafe Abergavenny....first tome i've been there. 8)

What did you pick up? a bacon sandwich, a car a bike, what ?????? :rolleyes Please, please, please don't say it was a BMW :'(


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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #995 on: 05 September 2015, 08:47:31 pm »
Picked it up....and rode it home from cheltenham on the A40......& had a bacon roll at Oasis cafe Abergavenny....first tome i've been there. 8)

What did you pick up? a bacon sandwich, a car a bike, what ?????? :rolleyes Please, please, please don't say it was a BMW :'(


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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #996 on: 05 September 2015, 08:52:11 pm »
He was and maybe still is hell bent on a MT07,  perhaps he has secomed,

it would do for him hooni9ng around the welsh peninsula
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #997 on: 05 September 2015, 08:53:23 pm »
Ok.ok.ok


Here's a pic of the front mudguard....probably sideyways.




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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #998 on: 05 September 2015, 09:05:47 pm »
It's naked, and it's a parelell twin,,, umm , a bike for a little guy now owned by a big hairy scotsman who is gonna thrash it.

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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got?
« Reply #999 on: 05 September 2015, 09:24:25 pm »
Took the Husky 350 out for a quick spin,,called at the pub for a pint,, got home and the dog had escaped,,oh dear ,, got into the chicken orchard,,,i found one badly chewed chicken,,,still alive ,,,,just.

Terry the young cockerel came out from the bushes,unscathed,,3 pheasants came down from the trees to me,,then after half an hour I spotted another chicken,,looks ok,,it was wedged in some thistles,be tween some rubbish,,

so 1 chicken missing and a pheasant,, hope they appear in the morning,, also hope the injured chicken survives.

My fault,,leaving poultry out while away,,dog just doing what working dogs do.


Well this morning all pheasants present and later on the second Cream legbar chicken reappeared, unharmed too,

the injured cream legbar never made it,,so just lost one,,good result really from a dog attack


Now the dog was out,,came to greet me,,,naughty dog,,,buttttt, my wife says the dog only got out when it heard the motorbike,,,perhaps mr Fox paid a visit,,thats why the chicken is missing,,,,,so what happened ?
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