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Post by djc on May 29, 2014 9:26:44 GMT
M6 last night was shocking. Even in my wagon the visibility from rain and spray was awful. Numerous bikes going north and a good few of them on recovery vehicles. Finish the bike, ride up safe and dry, happy days!:-)
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Post by panda on May 29, 2014 15:04:30 GMT
agree with above, no joy in riding in those conditions, especially on a long journey like that
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Post by gammaboy on May 29, 2014 21:48:35 GMT
Compressed air will get that master piston out.... yes. Just don't look at the piston while trying to press it out, it will come out with quite some violence. Once I saw someone blowing out pistons from a brake caliper, he tried to hold one with his fingers and press the other out, he has only three fingers now on his left hand. Fuck that noise! When doing calipers I always put a 1/4" thick bit of MDF in the middle (stops the pistons damaging each other), clean up and re seal the first one that comes out, then use a G-clamp to hold that one in... Rag over the end of the master to catch the piston and any brake fluid is the go...
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Post by strangewayz on May 30, 2014 9:11:48 GMT
-1 (Thursday) No pics as my Dropbox says it's full & photobucket won't upload on my ipad... no time to sort but will do over weekend ! Tough day, any more of these & I'm not going to get over My good start to the day of getting the piston out the master cylinder started to go down hill when I discovered that the piston had some bad corrosion on it, new ones are £15 & what's more important... throwing the old one back in to save a day or getting a new part to make sure the front brakes are up to spec.. Proper old skool British bike guru Mick Hemmings is 5 mins from me & stocks some AP Racing parts, I even showed him the piston for a second opinion to which he said "I don't like that"... new one ordered & should get in the post today, unfortunately regular postie is on holidays so instead of arriving early morning it's actually early afternoon. Dropped back onto bleeding the rear brakes, seemed to take a while to get it going, suspected that maybe this could be due to my hydraulic torque arm maybe making it harder but no... found that the ebay low mileage Hayabusa rear break caliper had a seal issue, by the time I got on the phone to Robinsons Suzuki to order some seals I had missed the last post, will be Saturday delivery for those which really rules me out getting an mot in the morning. All in lost about 5 hours with all that & of course when the front master cylinder piston arrives today that's more time & time again on Sat morning with the rears. I did use a Ducati master cylinder to get the front PFM calipers fitted & bleed so at least all I have to do is swap out the front master cylinder & not bleed from scratch. Next job was fit oil filter & cover, oil cooler, start to look at shortening the oil cooler lines, needed the exhaust on for that to check so why not fit the headers properly once & for all... ok lets put the powder coated sump on, did some prep & then found the 'kin o ring I had been given to put in the bottom of the engine was the wrong one. This is midnight & now I can't even bolt the sump up properly. Carried on working till 1.40am & was back up at 7am, o ring ordered & will also be with me Saturday morning. So just frustrating at the moment, all my fabrication stuff has gone together easily, a few of the nice parts have needed a small bit of engineering to get them to fit properly which I expected but worn out parts & wrong parts (o ring) is just killing my time. Need a nice smooth Fri, Sat & Sunday & see where it's at Monday morning, looking super cool, is really a nice bike & with the crazy hours I'm putting in to try & get over to the TT it can be easy at times to get to caught up in the race against time where actually that's just pressure I'm putting on myself.
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Post by danny4646 on May 30, 2014 9:23:05 GMT
Sorry to hear about the knock backs mate! But in the long course its better it failes/gets noticed now than at the TT putting even more pressure on you!!or worse if it fails!!!!!
All the best !!
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baldy
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Post by baldy on May 30, 2014 13:41:29 GMT
Ok Allan, I have watched this from the start (on the other site) and have loved every minute of it, from the sentiment of the bike to the detailed photos and attention to detail. I would say sit back have a rest and complete this to the standard you wanted at the start, sit back have a rest regroup. This bike should hit the road and not need to be pulled apart again to finish.
Throw your leg over something else, go to the tt and relax and enjoy
B-)
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Post by kiwi on Jun 1, 2014 7:29:03 GMT
Hi Al, very sorry but must admit i agree with baldy, lock the shed up go to the TT enjoy it and get some rest, then start again all guns blazing and finish Suzy the way you wanted it to be, when ever it comes out finished you will still get the buzz.
Earlier you mentioned about the chain cut outs not really used much, in my Katana i'm running 5.5 wheel with 180 tyre, 5/16 offset sprocket and twin rear shocks and only connected part is bottom of shocks but i have a plan to rectify this. Was following your chain progress closely as i chose not to do cut outs.
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 1, 2014 8:49:51 GMT
Sorry for the lack of updates over last day or so, normally I take pics on my ipad which then automatically uploads to my Dropbox, I then throw them into photobucket & it does not take me much time. Hit my Dropbox free limit of 1000 pics so I wasn't able to upload without stopping what I was doing !! Sorted that out. Yes a 180 on a 5.5 fits in a 226mm frame without needing chaincuts, this is a 190 on a 6" so it crosses the line in that respect. For sure it was better to find my worn brake components on the bench & not on the road. Thanks for your comments Baldy & Kiwi, fully understand what you are saying & have had friends tell me the same, I can't put my spanners down & do that because that would make me feel like I've given up... The only part of this final build I would have done differently is to powdercoat frame, that said I was going to build the GrebRod as a bare metal frame so it isn't something I had not thought about & actually if you could see this in the flesh the colour combinations with the bare metal frame look amazing & I might keep it like this. Last night at 11pm I was facing the numbers off engine casing bolts, turning a bit off the sides to smooth them & then polishing them !! So no let up in quality. Still doing crazy hours, had a bit of a break yesterday morning but that was only because I was at Grumpys in Peterborough for 8am to pick up an ignition switch. Rebuilt rear caliper & the front master cylinder which are fitted & bled, oil cooler & hoses are on, exhaust fitted, some of the electrical components in place like starter motor etc, got a tab welded on the underside of the top yolk to hold shift light... I will have all engine casings on today, fill the engine with oil & fit the carbs, lastly hope to start working on the loom which is a stock EFE loom that I have to modify to fit my frame & placement of electrical parts. This is how the 711 looks now.. funny looking back at this thread because it was only last Sunday I finished the frame & the engine wasn't even in, so not doing too bad really !!
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Post by panda on Jun 1, 2014 8:54:55 GMT
absolutely gorgeous mr strangewayz, as always your attention to detail is second to none, keep up the good work
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 1, 2014 23:44:52 GMT
Prep on the engine casings, fitting new parts. Yeah I wasn't lying, I did actual use my lathe to tidy up all the stainless engine side casing bolts & then polish them... Casing on. Bel-Ray is in. As using a lock up clutch I had GSXR Sam make me a spacer plate (not as wide as the lockup spacer) to move the ignition cover over slightly just for looks. Got this at the TT last year with this use in mind, red almost matches paint ! Got the carbs out for a quick look RS38's currently on 127.5 mains, came off an EFE that PJ had, will fit them in the morning.
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 2, 2014 13:03:54 GMT
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Post by danny4646 on Jun 2, 2014 13:37:45 GMT
Very nearly there!!!
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 2, 2014 15:53:48 GMT
Hey Bloke, the replacement for that rear master is no good for me - what's the part number on yours so I can keep an eye out for one s/h? CP2884-4 0.62 5/8 No longer available from AP Racing as said but Brit Bike Specialist Mick Hemmings Motorcycles, Northampton, England 01604 638505 has two new ones which are for sale. Expect to pay £200+ for one. Have also seen them online for $500......
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 2, 2014 18:24:46 GMT
Yes !! Proof that I am mad smiley-shocked003 Well you will see it if you look, so... but maybe I need to stop pissing about Hunted round the local car hi fi shops for some cool flexi cable & elsewhere for M6 solderable ends. Awesome !
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Post by duckndive on Jun 2, 2014 22:00:34 GMT
Looking Good Alan...Well Better than Good..... You may want to use an extender on the clutch cable to get a better angle on the clutch arm.... or maybe cut and shut the arm in a trick Strangeway'z ..
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