Important new addition to the family

A brand spanking new 5m x 3m steel shed, ok it’s not here yet, but it’s on the way. then the winter slowdown can go feck it’s self after i get a nice warm insulated dry shed.

IMG_20151213_112323

Christmas pressies for us πŸ™‚ which is mine?

IMG_20151225_090211

Another pressie, this time a very cheap AM2 motherboard, why is it cheap? because it’s a mBTX and a toshiba, mBTX not very popular anymore (it’s still pretty good tho) and toshiba of a certain vintage won’t play nice with certain types of RAM, last stick in the bottom of the scrap pile was good!

IMG_20151221_104509

Thumbs up for this one.

IMG_20151221_104601

Thumbs down for all these

IMG_20151221_104620

Fix mBTX to a ATX case? epoxy, meccano and some out of the box thinking (geddit? πŸ˜€ ) I’ve fitted 2x500gb sky+ harddrives, they’ll be a LVM data backup as the arcade setup wont’ take much space, (i’m not some wack rom hoarder) the LVM setup will get a 750GB added later. gotta fix up a spot to mount it. Also bought a 4200+ cpu from CEX, it’s runs right now at 2.2ghz i think.

IMG_20151231_125126

so the older thingy has been dedicated to upto 16bit consoles only, nintendo is well supported, but i’m have loads of fun with the sega megadrive emulators.

IMG_20151106_202036

Also built a couch, tided a corner and stuck the tv in there. yes i built it, with a chainsaw.

IMG_20151111_173837

found a souncard and pad in the attic, no idea if it works, but i found something even better up there as well..

IMG_20151112_162107

Yeap, an N64, sweet as fuck,

IMG_20151112_170816

the sticks are worn out, but fixable.

IMG_20151112_172639

just booted right up, even had the save files….

IMG_20151112_172712

Things done in the garage,  nothing actually, this is mostly teds stuff.

IMG_20151208_151537

very worn out k3 xl250 cam tensioners blades. probably not going to put that bike back together.

IMG_20151108_120642

however it has helped bringing this much nicer k0 xl250 back to life.

IMG_20151108_120620

Very lumpy cam super secret cam for the racing 90, got that months ago, still not fitted.

IMG_20151104_162006

so long time away from the blog, not much has really happened mostly due to a really wet winter and the medication really slowing me down, going to get the arcade built for the shed, so we can finally have out house/baby/shed warming party πŸ™‚

more swapping bits!

Teds finally got a superlight xl250!, looks a bit rough in this pic, but it’s aleady got a bit of tart up and it looking very tasty, the k1/2 xl250 is much lighter and more sought after then my k3, and is much less broken.

IMG_20151010_134721

it’s still  broken mind, piston and barrel scored to buggery, teds going to use a cb250rs piston in the k1/2 barrel, it a got a few differences, couple of mill bigger, crown is higher but squish is lower, ted will be looking for some thing low compression, easy to start. but thats all later, need a barrel and piston now! so, take one unloved xl250k3:

IMG_20151019_121306

Add twenty minutes of bolt undoing:

IMG_20151019_123854

And we left that there, ted changed tyres on his XL and i got lunch. after lunch i had a stupid idea..

IMG_20151019_151859

It rolls!, chains fine, air still in the never used sava race tyre.

IMG_20151019_152102

TDR is not doing anything, so out it came and nope, bottom bearing is huge, allballsracing.com listed it as 48mm, probably the earlier tdr with the tube frame, this TDR is 55mm o.d. bottom bearing. pity as it was a clean front end, even it was two long.

IMG_20151019_155900

RD200 front end is also a possibility, wouldn’t mind a drum brake, as long as it’s better then a stock rxs. don’t have one right now but it might turn up in the future.

IMG_20151010_134730

Bolted my cbr back together, new found respect for my tiny 276mm after the shot bros brake. new axle collar for the bearings make me happy, i could now tighten up the axles and still rotate the wheel, great! wheel is still banjaxed tho, couldn’t find my spare.

IMG_20151010_173039

Arcade is going ahead soon, a day spent playing retro arcade games at Sarges house has convinced me it will be excellent

IMG_20151002_143640

Mega updatesZ!

No excuses I’ve been doing feck all.
Got Married and now i have a proper welding mask, wedding gifts don’t come better.

20140918_144240

Also a lathe turned up, nope it’s not working yet πŸ™‚

20140925_183009

20140925_183002

20140925_182957

Took the motor out of the dominator for the GB400, supposed to take the CR gearbox out of the GB and put it in the 650, i’m all for just swap and go playing!

20141020_121451

In other news i got this for free… i may have been robbed… (figure of speech mum, your car is lovely!)

20141107_114500

20141103_170615

20141109_112133

Picture do not show ‘orrible hub caps. Recognize the grey paint?

Leaks in the rear, fixed by making a rubber gasket out of a car mat.

20141107_120036

20141107_121658

Leaking in the front fixed by liberal application of cheap army surplus store stuff. Yes i breath through that pollen filter.

20141107_123610

Bit dead that one..

20141107_141620

20141107_143447

Looking at the stut tops up there and the rear axle..

20141110_144015

20141110_144026

20141110_144031

I have a new found respect for the x10xe, it seems to be pulling the remains of a vectra A/cavalier C. I.E. a fucking huge fat car.

If i fit Vectra rear springs and dampers, Corsa Combo font struts, a winch, some 620mm winter knoblies with the archs cut up and disconnect the EPS, i should feel right at home πŸ˜€

Sunroof is a prime spot for a turret too πŸ˜›

Lastly (that i can remember anyway) is the yzf750, i got some cheap forks and a non busted front wheel. the fork as a bit shite but they don’t leak and a change of oil and some fine tuning of the chome (wet n’ dry ftw) should see the yzf bombing about the place looking oh so 90’s.

20141109_182141

20141110_135135

20141110_140412

That would be, if i could find where the feck i put the top yoke!

also the XL250K3? yep that runs πŸ˜€

 

Sparkly Sparks

Fixed up the wiring loom, removed the indicators and hot wired the ignition, got spark! gotta work and stuff for next couple of days so the first start will be on monday, right after i score some cheap or even second hand oil. (much flushing to do)

IMG_20140826_140948

Would love to have this dt400 on the road instead,

IMG_20140826_141757

Nope. if the engine was less smashed this would make a awesome motard, with rg125 suspension/wheels. Next time.

IMG_20140826_141805

Rob the front mudguard, almost a perfect fit for the xl. so nice i nearly got caught up in cleaning it but quickly stopped myself. will make a bracket after the engine rattles to life.

IMG_20140826_144038

moloch now has three cores and an awesome profile shot:

IMG_20140825_183956

Zero titles given.

Xl’s carb is clean,all thats left before i attempt to start it is one wire and some engine oil.

IMG_20140825_114628

Took the thicker bros 400 top tee piece to use with the cbr,

IMG_20140822_183701

Gave it a lick of paint, this will fit on my cbr and give me Mx bars. where to attach them is a whole other problem.

IMG_20140825_123317

XL250k3: beat it into shape

Air filter is doing the business, not.

IMG_20140821_131808

all four tappet lock nuts are there, nothing looks too bad in there.

IMG_20140821_132507

Points, well they are there at least.

IMG_20140821_133634

Spent the rest of the day beating the clutch arm, got it all in good condition now, the roller bearing at the top is seized and missing a few rollers, so that’ll have to be replaced, but it’s good enough now for a test spin. Also beat the bent arm that’s supposed to fit on the star wheel, good enough for a test spin. only took one whack too, skills πŸ™‚

The camchain tensioner lock up set-up is banjaxed, the threads all mullered, so i had to make something to actually lock the guide. when i replace the guides (have to take the flywheel off) i can take the tensioner out and with that out i can fix the threads. hog it out to M8. it’ll leak a bit of oil but no worries.

IMG_20140821_163726

Niki came over and we span over the bros for 5 minutes on the land rovers battery, it started! good honda. engines fooked,but lack of oil and 100mph will do that to anything. scrapping it, might try to sell it whole to a breakers but if other people need stuff i’d break it myself and give niki the money.

IMG_20140821_162239

XL250k3

So, I got nice fat work bonus, but i still couldn’t find any yzf750 forks and the one monkey bike i could find online, the seller wasn’t answering, so i had a choice:

IMG_20140815_110525

Or this one:

IMG_20140816_135259

Much humping later, and using the three wheeled berg for a cart, got it up to the garage and removed the linings from the shoes.( must put a l/m engine in that berg)

IMG_20140816_160014

Pump the tyres, polish with a bit of wd40 and blast off all the dead leaves:

IMG_20140816_163447

And so, on to everything that is wrong with it, or why it ended up being left behind in our ditch when the owner went back to germany:

Positive gear-changes? no.

IMG_20140817_133254

Camchain, the only bit i need to tell you here is that the honda setup for locking the camchain guide blades can lock them and be oil tight. the single bolt the previous owner put in there could only do one of those thing, and i don’t see any oil stains outside on the casing.
This tells you a lot about whats going to be wrong inside this engine.

IMG_20140817_133301

Dreaded seized clutch push rod, magnesium and steel don’t mix. currently soaking in GT86.

IMG_20140817_133323

Oil filer covered in metal bits and cheap rubber insta-gasket crap.

IMG_20140817_141016

Rear sprocket is totally foooked, rear shocks are shots, exhaust has nice fist sized hole in it, bright metal dust and a lock-nut from the tappets in the sump, one (only one!) fork seal leaking. and some tape around the inlet manifold. still more horrors to find.

Should have held on for that chinese monkey bike.