Yep I bought it off ebay, thats a bit crazy that you know the bloke who bought his other bike.
The carb is going to be my main focus of attention tomorrow, it stopped starting just after i fell off a bit. The thing is the intake into the airbox is in the main line of fire from all the s*%t from the back wheel, so maybe said s*%t has found its way into the carb, will find out tomorrow...wish me luck, its my first ever carb strip...should be a larf!
My clutch was dragging a bit, but ive adjusted it so thats fine, and my rear suspension is fine i think, but my front wheel moves about quite a lot which is why i think the bearings are shot, or maybe the wheel is just loose, again will find out tomorrow, hopefully i wont find any more hidden demons!! Annoyingly i didnt spot these things when i went to pick it up because of my childish exuberance clouded any judgement...oh well...live and learn hopefully
Thanks for your help...will check out this john lampkin fella
Stopped starting, dont you mean it started stopping ! Wheel bearings can be purchased from most bearing shops. Take one along as a sample.
Thanks for the link, and for your email explanation, Martin! I've just finished the repair, and all went well. I removed the clutch cover and clutch basket and did the repair as described in the link you posted. (Funny, those instructions don't mention the bit about the blood and missing skin when you try to rewind the ratchet with your fingers!)
I thought a lot about the discussions of easier repair methods, and concluded that it is unlikely that this repair could be done without removing the clutch basket. If the end of the spring did not pop out of the ratchet gear, it would be theoretically possible to rewind the spring tension, but practically almost impossible. It would be impossible because the kickstart lever cannot be rotated far enough to rewind the spring. The lever interferes with the clutch cover, and so has a limited range of motion. Too limited to re-tension the spring. With the clutch cover and clutch basket removed, you can rotate the kickstart lever 360 degrees, and most of that 360 degrees is necessary to wind the spring adequately. Just my observation. Some people may get lucky.
As long as I had the clutch apart, I also filed off the rough edges of the clutch basket "fingers" to improve the smoothness of the clutch. I also welded an extension on my clutch actuating lever, to make the clutch lever lighter in my hand, without removing springs. Now it's after midnight, and I'm tempted to go back out and install the new tires that arrived today. I have a long holiday weekend, and I want to ride the bike!
I'm sure it is possible, as I had to do it myself, and was told how to do this by Davie Mowat, who some will remember was a mechanic at Ernie Page's bike shop in Edinburgh.
Did you live at/near the Royal Observatory on Blackford hill then?
Big John
Parents lived at the bottom of Observatory Road, used to practice wheelies up to Blackford Hill. Rod all over the hill (and the Pentlands) All before there was an environment etc etc.
Unfotunatly I cant remember the details as my memory is sh**e, but I think you replace the bolt, gently kick it over and it will retension. All I do remember is that it is realy simple when you know how !
As far as I know, only Gary Burghoff played Radar on the MASH series. Michael J. Pollard was the co-star in this movie, but both actors had the same style and affect in their various roles.
When the movie first came out we all thought, "Cool! Another motorcycle racing movie!", but it was pretty hokey and disappointing.
We did get to see a lot of the filming as the company came up to the Hall's Ranch TT track south of San Jose, California to film a lot of the other racing action in the film and I had raced on that track many, many times. It was a neat (and very tricky) track as it ran up and down the side of a big hill studded with huge oak trees and small ravines. I once ran off the fast, narrow downhill groove and out into space and down into one of the ravines, narrowly missing the referee down at the bottom near the start line, hitting hard enough to ram the upper fork tubes out the bottom of the lower tubes on my Montesa. I was lucky enough to not get a scratch.....this time.
Ah, youthful stupidity.....
Jon
Apparently the film is available from hot rod memories 818 349 r o d s , in northridge, for twenty bucks (whatever they are) It's probably not as good as I remember it, as I would have been 12 /13 yrs old at the time.
I think there was a different Radar in the film version from the TV version.
It is easy to take the wrong bolt out when trying to drain the oil. You maybe undid the kickstart return spring, from memory you can retension it by putting the bolt back in and rotating the kick start to put tension back into the spring. Cant remember the details but it is really easy to do.
We all love to hate them, but just out of interest, has anybody ever heard of them doing something usefull, like catching a car thief / vandal / bag snatcher. They're always there when you dont want them to be, so chances are, they must see alsorts of things !
What do you do for a living ? If your behind a desk all day, I'm not surprised your wrists hurt. If you have a more active job it is less likely to be over use. I personnal go for bars approx same width as shoulders, levers 10 /15 degrees below horizontal.
So far, 8years riding,I've been very lucky with regard to crashes! Never anything worse than a bruise and some small scrapes. I put it down to sheer bloody mindedness. 'NO, I'm NOT going to hit the ground!' There was one crash earlier this year, I'm told I got my head on a tree and the observer didn't expect me to bounce up straight away! (Thank god for lids!)
I've never worn any protection other than gloves, boots and a lid. I have braces on my knees 'coz they get sore quite a lot, but that's just to keep heat in and keep the joints together!
I must say I've always thought that knee pads would be restrictive, especially under the skinny Trials jeans everyone seems to wear! Elbow pads look awkward and again restrictive, but I do see there are advantages in wearing them. Being a Southern Softie I very very rarely ride anything resembling a rock, but I can imagine that those who do regularly are a lot more at risk of getting kneecapped.
In a roundabout way I guess I'm trying to say while I've no real need (at the moment!) of extra protection, I can quite see that there are those who do! I would argue that a real novice could benefit from the extra feeling of security offered, but that same novice could be at a disadvantage when he/she improves, as the pads would restrict movement. I reckon it would take a few years of riding for the restrictions to be noticeable and to have a detrimental effect, by which time the novice is no longer, and is less likely to have a fall. I guess then one could say that getting better means tougher sections, which means potential falls are potentially worse, which increases the need for pads . . . a vicious circle!
Thankfully the mud is nice and soft around here, so falls are soft een if the washing machine does get a workout!
Just my tuppence worth!
Pete.
I dont think protective gear is restrictive, bearing in mind that 20 years ago it was impossible to ride with a helmet or gloves for the same reasons quoted !!!!!
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Stopped starting, dont you mean it started stopping ! Wheel bearings can be purchased from most bearing shops. Take one along as a sample.