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Post by Jimmy D on May 4, 2014 8:57:21 GMT
you dont need the tubes on the carb if you dont want them, i took them off my pwk as there a pain in the arse inside the frame, you may find the 135 main a bit rich for the 28 and find you may need 125- 128 Cheers Jonny, yeah someone on Facebook even suggested they ran a 105 main. I've got the 125-140 jet set so hopefully it'll fall somewhere in that bracket! Good to know I don't need the predator haircut if I don't want, I've trimmed the tubes right down now so they end just after going through the guide hole things, they were a foot long before... |
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Post by jonnysnatchsniffer on May 4, 2014 9:18:02 GMT
yeah 105 may be a little low but dont be surprised if you have to come down to 118 or so, the tubes are just there to stop shit getting in there, unlikely since you wont be using it for mx
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Post by Jimmy D on May 4, 2014 9:20:17 GMT
unlikely since you wont be using it for mx wtf? the whole point I splashed out on that BGM shock is so I can catch some sick air  |
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Post by Jimmy D on Oct 4, 2014 16:14:38 GMT
Right - I’m sure at least a couple of you are wondering what happened to this project. It’s finished! I did all this over the summer, but have only now got round to uploading some photos. However - I now live 4,000 miles away from it. Which is a shame, but it’s waiting for me when I come back from Abu Dhabi (a country you’d have to be mad to ride anything two-wheeled in) in a few years time. The worst part is it’s finished but I didn’t get to ride it before I left; I finished the wiring about an hour before we had to leave for the airport! Until then, I have these photographs to cheer me up. First post - the engine build. I’ll follow up with the frame photos tomorrow.  Clutch - Newfren 24 Spring with 3 race spec (green stuff) Surflex plates.    Welded cush drive - checked that it still moves, affirmative.  Gear selector in…   Cases heated, bearings cooled, I’d like to say they dropped straight in but needed a bit of work! I pressed them in rather than bashing them.  Circlip installation made a lot easier with this kind of circlip plier!  Malossi fancy seals in. Also used a bit of Q-Bond to fix the anti-tamper groove in the sealing pad.  DRT Runner tree in. Wish me luck…  Mazz ETS Race Crank in, giving around 195 on the inlet timing (it needed chilling a little…)  Primaries in and loctited  Polini 28mm inlet  Had to open it up slightly with the dremel to match the hole on the cases  Gears tightly shimmed and installed. Had an issue with the circlips from SIP being far too thick and creating negative shimmage, had to reuse the old ones. Plenty of life left in them, though!  V range kickstart on PK cases  Stagg Wellseal all up in this  Togetherness!  Nord Lock and Loctite. Just call me Jimmy ‘overkill’ D  Clutch in. Using XL2 cover so this is the special SIP-designed lowered version of the XL2 push plate. AKA an absolute fucker to get in!!   Mmm. Studs and K nuts.  Copper nuts on the exhaust port  3mm packing plate, dremeled to match the ports  Barrel on  Making a brass head gasket    Quick squish test… all is well  Final timings, and some nords to seal the deal  PK stator rewired to streamline the wiring (as I’m mounting the CDI inside)   Lightened flywheel on  Brake pads  Rear hub (I know I don’t need to label these but hey  )  PWK 28 carb, PM40 exhaust on…. finished!    And here’s the first start… it runs like a bag of horse manure, and will do until I get to set it up right. In 2-3 years time  |
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Post by bikegrim on Oct 4, 2014 16:27:30 GMT
Well done Jimmy. Great video clarity. Sounds rich as though. Presume was still on choke. Good luck out in the desert.
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Post by tzsteve on Oct 4, 2014 16:34:23 GMT
well worth all the hours of work
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Post by Juan on Oct 4, 2014 17:46:57 GMT
Well done Jimmy. What's the deal with the move, have you and/or the missus scored a decent gig over there?
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Post by revdevil on Oct 4, 2014 21:09:22 GMT
A technical question, but slightly un-smallframe: what camera did you use for the pics and did you light it? Top notch!
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Post by Jimmy D on Oct 5, 2014 6:21:56 GMT
Well done Jimmy. What's the deal with the move, have you and/or the missus scored a decent gig over there? Yep, she's teaching English here, and we get accommodation free, flights home etc. Meanwhile I'm job hunting*! *a kept man |
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Post by Jimmy D on Oct 5, 2014 6:23:03 GMT
A technical question, but slightly un-smallframe: what camera did you use for the pics and did you light it? Top notch! Olympus O-MD with a Panasonic 20mm f1.7 lens and a bit of touch-up in Adobe Lightroom  Light was just a desk lamp. |
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Post by Jimmy D on Oct 5, 2014 8:30:53 GMT
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Post by vinrouge on Oct 5, 2014 8:35:06 GMT
Nice one Jimmy, getting there, all the best with the job search
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Post by bikegrim on Oct 5, 2014 9:27:19 GMT
Top job, well done. I would never be able to carry out a resto to the level you have achieved here. How did you not scratch something obvious just at the very end? that's what would happen to me.
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Post by jude on Oct 5, 2014 10:40:34 GMT
Good to see it finished and an amazing job you've done, must be very satisfying seeing her finished.
Thanks for the thread
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Post by waybackwhen88 on Oct 5, 2014 11:12:02 GMT
Looks lovely Jim well done sir
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Post by henri on Oct 5, 2014 13:35:07 GMT
wish i could do mine as nice ,looks the dogs , theres no way i wouldnt have to sneak back n ride it ,hope ya can find a job with london connections ,then ya can fly back for "a important meeting/client" an not get some english the wife doesnt teach her students on return .lovely scoot, H
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Post by wibble on Oct 5, 2014 16:08:27 GMT
brilliant, really enjoyed following this build, really informative + great photography... just a shame you cannot ride the beastie & it's gone into storage. good luck job hunting, there's an indoor ski slope & ferrari world if you get bored, fingers crossed you find something that will be a match to your many talents. skiing: tinyurl.com/mu5w7bfferrari world: tinyurl.com/mb9kk53best alex |
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Post by Jimmy D on Oct 5, 2014 16:31:27 GMT
brilliant, really enjoyed following this build, really informative + great photography... just a shame you cannot ride the beastie & it's gone into storage. good luck job hunting, there's an indoor ski slope & ferrari world if you get bored, fingers crossed you find something that will be a match to your many talents. skiing: tinyurl.com/mu5w7bfferrari world: tinyurl.com/mb9kk53best alex Cheers Alex - I appreciate it, and i'm glad you enjoyed it. And yep, Ferrari World just down the road from me |
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Post by alawson68 on Oct 5, 2014 19:47:42 GMT
All the best Jimmy, enjoy your trip, maybe catch you when you're back
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Post by nickj on Oct 5, 2014 20:17:27 GMT
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