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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1106606561 Message started by Chris Fernandes on 01/24/05 at 14:42:41 |
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Title: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Chris Fernandes on 01/24/05 at 14:42:41 Well im back on here, to get some tips/ideas on my little project and hopefully give some, hi to all again. Have a look at her again if you like here http://www.londonthing.net/savage.htm Shes still as in the photos, but with a little good weather over the summer, she should be ready to ride... :-) ChrisF.. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by gitarzan on 01/24/05 at 14:54:07 Hey! You're back! So you couldn't didn't any sucke... er, uhhh... buyers? Why didn't you logon with you old moniker? http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=;action=viewprofile;username=LondonThing%2Dco%2Duk Anyway, That bike was mr. potential 2004. There's a cafe racer in there somewhere. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by gitarzan on 01/24/05 at 14:57:09 Paladin, Do him up! ;D |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Chris Fernandes on 01/24/05 at 14:58:11 mr. potential 2004?? whats that all about? what my bike was?? sorry for ignorance...lol ChrisF.. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by gitarzan on 01/24/05 at 15:03:14 Just jokin' I always thought your bike with the Duc front end really looked cool. It had (has) a lot of potential. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/24/05 at 15:08:13 thanks that means a lot (more than u know). If i could only get a bloody spark and that darn crank nut off... grrrr, hehe. Im looking forward to finally finishing her this summer... |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by gitarzan on 01/24/05 at 15:19:58 We'll, there's plenty of folks with advice here. I've never dug in that far, so I've nothin to offer. I'll tell you what, if that was my bike I'd never paint it. Just get it running good and let it look like a snarling old bar fighter. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/24/05 at 15:23:47 rat bike... hummm have pondered on the idea.. altho i went to all that anormous trouble of professionaly painting the frame with hammerite and a paint brush ;-) lol... |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by sluggo on 01/24/05 at 15:59:09 MAKE THAT A FIREBREATHING RATT BIKE honestly, it shows the true strength of the basic platform, and the many directions on which you can build from it. we all have. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Paladin on 01/24/05 at 18:42:58 gitarzan wrote:
Assumed London, England, U.K.. Neat Avatar: http://savage.andruschak.net/LondonThing_AV.gif FWIW, IMHO, the Rat Bike is the acme of motorcycles. Pure practibility, no show. What is simplier and rattier than a Thumper? After 12 years my DT175 was a rat. I could park it with the key in the ignition without fear anyone would ride off on it. Wendy's '72 Camaro is a rat with 180,000+ original miles. In a dozen years or so my Savage will become a rat. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Frost on 01/25/05 at 01:35:29 I like the umbrella attachment..might get one of those for my bike :P |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/25/05 at 01:53:08 Yes that would be London UK... how on did u guess? :-) Well i think im just going to neaten it up and make sure all is secure, wiring etc... then just NEVER clean it... like what the youngsters in thge 80's over hear used to do to cars.. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by PerrydaSavage on 01/25/05 at 03:22:41 Cool cafe/Thumper/Savage/Rat thing! Hope you finish her ... please post pics! Man I'd love to try Ridin' one of those really far-out LS650 conversions! |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/25/05 at 04:20:43 should also have a load more punch and a lot quicker, you know how much the rear tailpeice/seats and original wheel and forks weihg??? the answer is A Lot, I can almost pick the bike up now, as lots of ally on the front and nothing on the back..... so that in mind, my four pot caliper should come in handy... :-) |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by cphilip on 01/25/05 at 05:49:31 Whats the issue getting the crank nut off? If its just holding the flywheel maybe I can help with a tip or two. I know a few tricks to do that. Simple and cheap... |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/25/05 at 06:15:23 cheers, any help would be great. I need to change the cam chain, was going to try wedging somthing on the other side or a copper washer between the gears?? Also I have to go buy one of those 4 foot wrench bars ans the nut has seems to have been put on by arnie of steriods and speed.. ideas? Cheers, ChrisF.. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by lancer on 01/25/05 at 07:03:32 LOVE THE UMBRELLA! You never know when you will need one. So, you are going for the MINIMALIST LOOK? Eh? Like everyone else, I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with on your MOchine. RIDE WELL |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by cphilip on 01/25/05 at 07:38:52 Ok.... remove spark plug.... determine when piston is coming up for one direction by turning the nut the way you want it to go (losen or tightening) Get yourself a two foot peice of soft rope. Slightly smaller in diameter than the Spark plug hole.... feed in enough to stop the piston from coming all the way up and starting back down... this soft surface between the top of the piston and the head will hold it... without damage... so you can then really torque on that nut. The right amount is about 6 or so inches of rope fed in and coiled up at the top of the piston. Doesn't take a lot. Just enough to stop the crank in place so you can really wrench on that nut. Reverse to reinstall. Most flywheel nuts are very tight. 50 ft pounds or more. So they sometimes want an air wrench to extract. And a good torque wrench to replace. Making sure the Keyway is in place and keeping it tight enough to not shear it. Thats its job is to keep the Flywheel in line with the crankshaft. It does not hold it in place. It just lines it up. As it contains the magnet embeded in it that the HES (Hall Effects Sensor) is taking its signal from to fire on a revolution. So its position is critical to the timing of the bike. As critical as the Stator is. Its relationship to the stator under the flywheel is part of the timing of the bike. And that key lines that part of it up. It does not hold the flywheel in position. The tourqe of that nut does. And so it has to be tight. I suggest you put a new Key in when you reassemble. And the right one. It has to be the right material or it might shear prematurely or postmaturely. Get the correct one. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by LondonThing on 01/25/05 at 09:39:45 Brillian, Thanks, the rope trick is perfect... its oine of those, 'why didnt i think of that' things... :-) Altho its the other side i want to get off... (where the cam chain goes behind 'that' big nut) sorry for the baby description, havent seen in her guts for about 6 months so still bit fuzzy as to whats what.. Thanks again.. :-) Oh and sun umbrella accesory is only 9.95 but only from me (patent pending) comes with two line mounting instructions ;-) hehe 1) remove fuel cap 2) insert unbrella :P |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by diesel on 01/25/05 at 21:55:54 Put in 5th gear, have someone stand rear brake. works for me. used that trick for many moons on many different makes. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Kropatchek on 01/26/05 at 03:51:34 BTW the rope trick can also be used to hold the valves closed. This way you can remove the valve springs to change the oilseals around the valve stems. Used to do that on 4 or 6 cylinder aircraft piston engines. greetz Kropatchek ;D |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Savage_Rob on 01/26/05 at 11:06:17 I like the rope trick. I will certainly remember it. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by gitarzan on 01/26/05 at 11:14:10 That's one of those solutions that's so simple, you'd never think of it. Well someone did. But not me. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by cphilip on 01/31/05 at 09:43:24 gitarzan wrote:
Wadn't me needer.... Old 2 stroker trick.... passed down from generations of shade tree mechanics... the same ones trying to teach me how to do the 12" Johnson Rod conversion... ;D |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Chris Fernandes on 02/28/05 at 15:22:49 GOT AN ENGINE!!!! YAY, so thanks for all your help with ideas of how to get my old crank nut off etc, but i thought sod it...! and got myself an engine thats only done aroun 15,000 Kilometers!, Im SURE more photos to follow this summer, cant wait to start her up for the first time...... ever.... well ok, iv only had the bike errrr 6 years or so.... ??? ChrisF.. |
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Title: Re: im back... NOT SELLING NO MORE! lol Post by Frost on 02/28/05 at 22:35:43 way to go Chris , looking forward to those pictures ;) |
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