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Post by strangewayz on Jun 3, 2014 0:27:05 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 .. Hey Clive ! Funny you should say that as put the extender on it yesterday & didn't like how it looked so I ground a bit off the clutch lever perch to win a bit of cable & set it up without. I did think about the angle but was telling myself that as it was approx 90 degs it would be ok...? You'd like to see it a bit more in line with the engine casing faces ? Been busy today, the carbs would have been on but the adjuster end at the carbs for the 'push' cable had been bodged, being a separate piece that had been riveted on, badly as well... Frustrating because I just wanted to get the carbs on & concentrate on the wiring. I was having a bit of fun with the engine earth lead above but actually made up 2 other cables like that as well, I'd put a threaded socket on the frame tube near the battery so looped a cable from that to the battery - & run a longer cable from the starter motor up the back of the block (in a heat protected sleeve) all the way along the top of the subframe to the starter solenoid in the tail piece. Got all the parts of the stock EFE loom identified but need to cut into it to extended & move sections of it around as I have no stock lower subframe tubes & no side panels. The other day I got an early Slabby 750 ignition & key because the 750ET one that I had planned to use felt to notchy & probably 1 in 3 times the key would not turn. Started to alter slightly the top yolk to mount it. All these small issues (re building brakes, carb cable adjusters, switching ignitions etc) are killing my time, yeah for sure I could throw the loom on & be get the motor running but as I am on holiday from work I'd want to build it properly even if that means (as looks likely) that I won't get over to the TT for a few days. The Senior is on Friday so if by chance this was running & mot'd by Thursday then I would go over then & ride back Sunday. Which means I would need to pretty much finish the wiring Tues & play with the motor Weds & I think there is too much work on the wiring, but I'll keep throwing hours at it, almost 1.30 am now !! Time to sleep for a few hours, then sort the carb bracket out as it got to late to grind & make noise this evening.
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Post by duckndive on Jun 3, 2014 20:34:14 GMT
Hi Alan Yeah the extender is a bit of an eyesore .. i see you have done the same as me and put the lock nuts on the other side of the perch...i ditched the one on the "bar" end as well and managed to get the arm round another spline once the motor had been run and the clutch bedded ... Keep up the good work...
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Post by gammaboy on Jun 3, 2014 22:59:18 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...... Ouch! Might keep an eye out on evilbay...
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 3, 2014 23:34:35 GMT
I think sometime in the middle of the night I realised that I'm not going to get on the ferry this week Same way that having to rebuild the rear caliper & put a new piston in the front master cylinder last week killed my momentum this week using a different ignition switch & having to mess with the carb cable plate as well as alter the loom & get the engine fired up, cooled down, head re torqued, carbs set up, just too much... & I didn't see the funny side of the carb cable issue at the time meaning I was pushing myself a bit too much. Backed off a bit today, still worked on it but took some time out to sit down & watch the TT race highlights that I had recorded. Main thing is to get the 711 built & on the road, going to the TT this year was a big bonus if I did that on time. Gamble 5-6 weeks back selling my running GSXR but in truth I don't miss it & I happy to have used the money I got to almost finish this. A nice touch is that I bought the GSXR to take Mrs Strangewayz on the back before she became too ill but actually she never was able to go on it, so the fact that I took the money from the GSXR & put it all into this project (to finish it) I think would have made her smile. Back to the carbs... using a GS1000 twin cable throttle & the cables were very nearly too long, as I have to fix the bodged push cable part of the bracket on the carb I'm using that as an excuse to make a whole new bracket to give me proper adjustment on both cables. This is the starter motor to relay (in tail piece) cable that I made yesterday, the black is a heat resistant sleeving. Onto the ignition switch, GSXR Sam made the top yolk to my spec so that the GSX ET switch sat in one hole & the shift light in the other, the GSXR slabby switch which I got from Grumpy 1260 was a too big to fit in the same way but removing the outer cover & opening out the bottom half of the hole by approx 1mm enabled the switch to fit like this. Dyna shift light & it's cover. Tab welded the other day for the shift light & today I re drilled new mounting holes for the ignition & turned up some spacers on the lathe. Put some silicone sealant around the top of the ignition switch & cut the center out of the dyna shift light cap & instant colour matched to the bike ignition switch... Pictures not so good but looks good in the flesh ! Want to finish the carb cable bracket tomorrow & do more on the wiring. Clive good idea I'll loose the adjuster lock nut at the clutch cable lever end & see if I can't get another spline out of that !
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CB_Phil
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Post by CB_Phil on Jun 4, 2014 4:24:30 GMT
Loving the bike & the top yoke looks very tidy, but will you be able to see the shift light? Will the bars not obscure it?
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even if you only have 5 mins spare time for your project use it !!
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Post by malwelder on Jun 4, 2014 17:59:55 GMT
always watching this build with baited breath awsome lateral thinking or what!!!!! it given me so many ideas its all good keep up the good work
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Post by lafouine78 on Jun 4, 2014 21:39:24 GMT
racefit, magnifique ligne et superbe projet!!!
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 4, 2014 23:45:45 GMT
Yes you can see the shift light when sitting on the bike, when had the yolk made couple of years back that had been a concern but it works fine. These are awesome bikes to keep alive & improving so if my pictures gives someone else an idea to use that's cool ! When I'm stuck on how to do something it works for me to surround myself with the parts, take them to bits, try & understand them & if I look at them long enough I normally get a spark from which I can make something work. The shift light cap was going in the bin but I had worked out that it would still fit over the shift light just, with it being set in the top yolk. I had two choices with the Slabby ignition, make the hole it sat in bigger which would have made the top of the yolk not so easy on the eye, or take the shroud off, did make me smile when I thought of using the shift light cap as the ignition cover instead. The simple ideas are often the best. Been useless today, hit a bit of burnout & mostly slept ! Thought that was the case when I'd been getting angry at the carbs the other day, feel better for catching up with some sleep. That said I did order up some cable braiding & heat resistant sleeving which should be here Thurs morning in the post. Spent a few hours in the w'shop on the carb bracket, would have finished it tonight but got too late to make a noise as surrounded by terrace houses at the back. Found this pic of a cable holder & if it works for these guys it's good enough for me.. Have cut out a basic block of steel which needs more shaping, drilled & tapped it for the adjusters & put some slots so that the cables can slide in, advantage of tapping the threads is I don't have to mess around getting the 2nd nut on the backside of the cable adjuster. Is not in the right place or angle here as I need to cut a section off the bracket to be able to do that. Tomorrow !!
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 5, 2014 11:39:29 GMT
Yes !!!
Having a good day, whilst I was not able to get any refund for my ferry ticket they have let me change the sailing dates so just booked up to go the Classic TT (Manx) this August, going for a week so the 711 will get a few laps in.
Whilst I have no regrets missing the TT this year by staying at home to build this, I was thinking a year is a long time to wait before I can go again. Only to wait 2 months & the 711 will have been shaken down that's a result !!
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Post by CB_Phil on Jun 5, 2014 11:46:40 GMT
Ill look out for the bike, should be there for the 1st week myself. Be in the Mini & not on a bike thou as the little fella is coming. get him into the road racing young, 6months lol
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 5, 2014 12:10:19 GMT
Ill look out for the bike, should be there for the 1st week myself. Be in the Mini & not on a bike thou as the little fella is coming. get him into the road racing young, 6months lol What a cool dad !! Going over on Tues 19th arriving mid afternoon so yes I'll get to see some of practice week, home on Tues 26th after the last race day. I'll look out for a mini with an OSS babygrow in the back
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Post by stuey on Jun 7, 2014 8:25:31 GMT
alan you will love the manx theres more old stuff to see and less plastic and proper race bikes with proper smells im starting to dislike the tt as apart from the 650 twins and the Norton its that same inline 4 sound from them all no beer tent though
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Post by fatblokeonbandit on Jun 7, 2014 8:57:47 GMT
alan you will love the manx theres more old stuff to see and less plastic and proper race bikes with proper smells im starting to dislike the tt as apart from the 650 twins and the Norton its that same inline 4 sound from them all no beer tent though Hes right you know, haven't been to the TT for over 12 years, the manx is just much more fun, mind you havent been there either for ages must go again before its bus pass time
And you've done the right thing Matey, finish it properly and go to the manx and have a Hoot..
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Post by stuey on Jun 7, 2014 9:53:40 GMT
Last yr i met feddie spencer seen pukka gp500 bikes from the 80's /90's there was a festival of speed at jurby. Bikes racing were rc30 hondas/slabbies/xr69's/Fz750's loads more plus shitloads of strokers and its getting buisier roll on aug
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Post by strangewayz on Jun 7, 2014 11:31:44 GMT
Yeah cheers guys.
All the sorts of bikes I grew up with !
More excited about going than I was for the actual TT, maybe 'cause I wasn't sure I'd get there ha ha !!
Still working on this, finished the bracket for the cables at the carb end & got the carbs, velocity stacks & filters on. Took me more time than I wanted to spend on it but seems a nice smooth throttle action using the stock GS1000 throttle & cables.
Working on the wiring, got some heat resistant sleeving to run the gear position indicator & generator wires up the back of the block. Doing that as I've lost the stock lower subframe tubes / side panel area.
Can't say wiring is my favourite job but I can do it so just need to get stuck in...
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