Tzr250 3ma
I got 7.7 litres/100km from the runner 180, the hayabusa actually use’s less… so I went up this morning to swap the clutch spring back to normal, can’t find box of spring now, doh!
So i worked on the tzr instead, oh look and airfilter! wasn’t expecting that.
that big fat pipe goes no where, i think it’s part of the VAJ system.
(EDIT: it the air in, supposed to be attached to the bottom of the airbox)
rusty pipes, not actually very rusty at all,
one of the advantages of rear pipes is no road crap being flung at them.
No identifying marks on the pipes.
(EDIT: Â they are SP Tadao ‘Jackals’, worth more then the bike 😀 )
Ugh, can you believe it actually ran on this?
Put proper front fairing on and sat an made noise’s.
Can of pj1 is full but the nozzle gave up.
Guess what time it is?
Yup upgrade time, decide to go sideways from ubuntu to debian. took almost a week and many reinstalls to get it where i wanted it, happy now, debian seems easyier to understand whats going on under the hood, Installed Shiki-Brave theme which slicked up the whole desktop and unfortunately compiz needed a line or two of text editing to work and thats really the only downer when compared to ubuntu, oh and the wireless is a bit different.
New Toy! Tzr250 3ma
This toy even runs! abit..
Strip down commence!
first thing i did was put that kickstart on properly and put a non bent bolt with threads in it.
REBAR?!
Took off the oil tank, small crack in the flange, but it seems not to be leaking, so if thats not broke what else is broke that caused farmer boys to start running premix?
rear pads had exploded with rust, rolled freely after i levered the caliper off.
runner 180
Had to fix the front tyre of the runner, wheel is too corroded inside to make a good seal. lots of grease and fettling easy work.
while i was there i actually cleaned the wheel and noticed the legs were also furring up, fecking italians.
some left over paint?
Still a little bit wet in the centre there, matt black side panels will go well with other grey panels. eventually paint the wheels orange?
Moar two-strokes
Got a few thing done over the last couple of day, even cleaned a bike!
Massive tuk tuk bars on an nrg.
Gasp nrg bars on a tuk tuk!
Old bars didn’t want to let go of the cable with out a fight, realised the cable was mangled by this point but had to show it who’s boss!
Vintage dt400 supplied brake lever.
May weld the bars on with a little more pull back, also need to notch the stem a bit deeper, couldn’t get the tuk tuk to the garage (camper van in the way) and the rain scared me off taking the electic grinder to the tuk tuk.
Worried about the cbr’s engine oil’s life if I do to many short trips to FAS, so decieded to take out the runner 180, no engine oil to mayonnaise in this engine.
Cleaned it in the hope it might help with starting. It worked!
Went to the new kinsale hillclimb on the runner, chased bigger bikes the whole way there 🙂
Three Wheeled Shenanigans
Cad course is working out great for me, found a guy their who own his own engineering shop, i’m designing a supercharger for the runner and the tuk tuk 🙂
In the last month or two i have actually done something, niki’s intruder chain for one was quite a bit worn out.
Head is off the gpz500, gasket looked okay, hmm
Found this in the garage, nice pipe eh?
Manly carbs stick out sideways. folding pegs for heroic corner action.
Oil cooler for the massive engine, not sure what size but it has to be at least 125 hope fully 150cc
And a top box, it has to have a top box lol
Sarge spent 3500 euro and this pile of shite.
neither of em can actually fit in the sidecar..
i nicked the seat 🙂
5 wheeler?
5 seater!
I’d like to meet the man who design this steering damper, then do something horrible to his right arm.
Wherer to start with the slagging? the front.
front brakes siezed. (sarge didn’t notice)
steering damper only works going right. (design fault)
steering damper limits lock. (design fault)
no reverse.
engine puking rusty coolant all over it’s self. (sarge didn’t notice)
rear air shocks have been replaced with hagons from a kiddies tricyle (not a millimetre of suspension travel,sarge didn’t notice)
the chair suspension is off a trailer, indespension, no damping at all.(design laziness)
rear brake (the only brake) requires you to lift your entire leg up to reach it and then stand on it and hope you don’t lock up. (pain in right leg, sarge thinks he’s having a heart attack)
over sized rear tyre rubs drive shaft.
gearchange design is so cave man, harley would be proud.
engine shake’s like a bastard under 2000 when you open up the throttle.
engine barely pull’s first gear, new clutch soon.
can’t see out the windscreen.
the wiring.
neither of them can properly fit on the bike, the drivers back rest actually squashes sharon right into her own back rest, and the back of sarges back rest is just a rusty pointy bolt.
I’m sure i could extend this list by alot, but the vitriol is running out.
Whats it like to drive? painful, the steering is direct like a go kart, but is stiffer to correct it to the right thanks to that fucking steering damper, so one arm hurts more then the other, neck hurts from craning it to look over the screen. your whole body is knocked left to right by the chair, can you imagine trying desperately to hold the bars straight, while the their swaying (not turning) violently? it’s like a permanent tank slapper. I’d love to see what a properly done sidecar might handle like, if my tuk tuk manage’s to out handle this thing i may revise my statement about all sidecars designers mothers.
So sarge again has blown a chunk of some one elses money on a pile of shite, what the hell could i have done with €3500? in six months i could have turned it into 10,000 easily provided i didn’t get distracted by building a twin engined hayabusa unicycle. topped with an inflatable duck.
Bajaj, not yet found a use for it.
It’s very close to being ridden really, be a while before the hydraulic parts of the brakes are working but for a test spin around the garden the cable front and handbraked rear should be fine, just gotta find a few more bolts and a seat and touch up a few of the welds.
But what will i use it for?
Sad News :(
Starting a full time CAD course next monday, 32 weeks of study means no work done. all projects moth balled. Might do something interesting in CAD and post that, clean finger nails for the next 8 months or as long as i can stay away from the shed.
Another surprise in the garage, streetfightered gsxr1100
Too cheap for proper bars? can’t imagine the brake/clutch reservoirs work very well either.
I’d have a standard one please, where the hell is he going with that rear brake pedal?.
I leave my bike at teds place for one night.
More jago jeep
But first i got me a haynes manual for an escort mk2 75-80, lot’s of small useful titbits in there like brake master cylinder bore sizes and most usefully a wiring diagram!
Gave the second coat to the crossmember, it’s coming out well. Also did a bit more to the chassis, really needs another coat.
Matching yellow & red bush’s, tre’s garish no?
Decided i’m gonna finish the bumpers in red too and then the body work and wheels shall be matt grey, the subtle red bits should stand out with out taking any body’s eyes out.
Jago Sandero?
But first have some (requested) pics of our own charley:
Right to the jeep, not calling it geep any more, maybe i should call it the sandero? hmm. These rear bush’s were not easy to get in.
Got some more paint and degreased the crossmember after i chopped off the engine mounts. finished article next time.
Straightened the plates at the rear, haven’t quite got a standard setup here no crush tube in the top bush so I’ll use and extra nut and lock the top bolt off, can tighten things up later if needs be.
Put the spring together, was wrong the other day about the lower cups being different, just the way/light i was looking at ’em.
Far spring hanger is quite stuck, so today I’ve got fetching red and yellow bush’s hanging out the rear.
Also did some playing with my busa’s idle, much better bike all round with it turned up to 1200rpm, was at 900rpm cutting out at the lights and making the throttle snatchy. cbr6 will be taken apart to have it’s carbs clean and sync’d.
