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Post by grandad on Oct 6, 2007 1:29:27 GMT -5
hey bize yes it was no excuse....but il have her running tomorow.........i hope i spent today makeing a decent exhaust bracket.. a spacer for my strched clutch cable..and for want of a better word ,, side covers...a minimalist one for the right hand side just to cover th old brackets which i want to keep....and the right hand side to cover my battery and a car type fuel filter...both 304 stainles steel...offcuts from a kitchen sink(belive it or not)   |
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Post by mistersmith on Oct 14, 2007 1:49:17 GMT -5
Grandad!
Nice bike. I like the Harley muffler idea. I had one fitted to my SR. I breathed extra well...after I'd knocked the central baffle out of it. The one I fitted (after the original Harley one that was on it was rendered deceased) was off a 1985 Sportster. They're great for SRs...same diameter and all. But to make it fit into the existing chassis I had to extend the header pipe by 8 inches. (The same as the old header pipe which kicked the bucket at about the same time as the silencer.)
Now, are you the bloke to whom I sent an alternator stator many years ago? I hope it's working well for you if you are!
Coo-ee...
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Post by grandad on Oct 15, 2007 3:56:47 GMT -5
gday mistersmith!
sorry to say im not the one that got the stator from you...altho it may have been the previouse owner....he lived out this way..so it may be the same bike...if so ,yes its doin well
as for the harley pipe , i dont expect it to breathe all that well until i do as you sugest and knock out some breathing space..but i cant untill i pass blue slip..the best part was the price$45 including postage...thanks ebay!....it fitted realy easiley...small mods only....except for the brake pedal..
which is a very modified xs 850 job
im rapidly aproching my $1000 budget..$700 spent......and i still need to rechrome my forks or find replacment staunchions..and a back tyre...and some tyding up....plus whatever i get done on during th blue slip...so th budget will probably will probably blow out a tad
.................any hoo...my graphics for th tank and such are underway...luckely i hav a mate that is a gun sign wrighter...so it should look cool for a moderate price
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 15, 2007 19:34:00 GMT -5
Hey Mister Smith, are you the guy from Motorcycle Trader?
Mick
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Post by mistersmith on Oct 18, 2007 8:26:50 GMT -5
No, Mick. I'm the bloke from Two Wheels. But there was a picture of me in Motorcycle Trader last month. Despite all the bike magazines, I like motorcycles! I like Yamahas especially. And I like SR500s most of all.
Hey Grandad, I hope that is my alternator because the bloke that I got it off said it was unused since rewiring. That is, it had new coils in the stator and hadn't been used since they were wound. And I couldn't think of a better use for it than in your bike. Now, the last owner...was he a bloke about five feet six or eight who had a beard and was about 50?
Coo-ee...
Peter Smith
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Post by wotavidone on Oct 18, 2007 17:36:22 GMT -5
Ah, yes. Donating a project bike to one of the MT blokes?
Mick
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Post by Bize on Oct 20, 2007 22:10:19 GMT -5
Ah Mister Smith. Are you the one I met at Phillip Island last weekend. . . I walked away after talking to you and then realised that you never said who you were.
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Post by grandad on Oct 23, 2007 3:37:56 GMT -5
hay mistersmith
i wish it was the same bike too by th sound of that...unfortunatley i got her from a guy in blayney named tim stute...he was around 30 at the time
altho....exept for the being 50 part, that description could be me...lol
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Post by mistersmith on Oct 27, 2007 19:10:43 GMT -5
Bize!
No, that wasn't me unfortunately. I was stuck in Quirindi filling up the ute and trailer with bike bits for Melbourne. There's lots...including a Murphy Junior sidecar from an SR500. The sidecar's for Russel, the President of the SR500 club in Oz.
Grandad!
There are many people in the Bathurst/Orange area with SRs tucked away in back sheds. There was one bloke in the 1990s who used to alter the frames to take the mono-shock from YZ125s. He had about ten of the bikes laying around. He also had a very nice wooden sidecar which he'd made himself. He used to have a wood-working shop at Lucknow. It could be worth looking around.
Peter Smith
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Post by grandad on Nov 2, 2007 5:05:04 GMT -5
hey mister smith
iv seen an sr around with a monoshock...its bin around for years...used to be kinda english raceing green and gold....and was metalic brown last i saw it....i hav a lead on a guy that had a carpentry shop in luknow....i did some rust repairs on his v.w combi..a loooong time ago....maby th same guy...maby not....but il try and track him down
work on my bike has bin slow the lastmonth or so...work comitments an such...iv modified a brake pedal from an xs 850 and a kick starter made from variouse suzuki honda and yamy bits to get around my harly pipe...its starting to look like that windows pipes screen saver down there....but it works...still waiting on graphics for my tank and stuff.....pics soon....
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Post by grandad on Nov 13, 2007 4:33:20 GMT -5
hi guys
a big day in the build today..my first BLAT! on the old girl...and to be honest,, my first time on a bike in a lota years...only a short blat..up to the corner and back...only just got into 3rd ..but (and im goin on memory here)..she seems to be breathing much better...but still a large flat spot around 3 an 1/2 grand.....but still......YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finaly solved my sticking clutch problem..breaks and electrics work fine .so.... im aproching the time for a complete teardown and put her together properly ...still waiting on graphics
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Post by Bize on Nov 13, 2007 4:43:44 GMT -5
Congratulations man! The first run is always the best reward.
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Post by StewRoss on Nov 14, 2007 2:49:46 GMT -5
Yes, keep it going...the SR Rally beckons...if you're unable to make the main rally there's always the KVR, probably be in April this time. SR  |
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Post by Bize on Nov 26, 2007 4:30:45 GMT -5
Ok. I'm absolutely determined to make it to the KVR.
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Post by grandad on Nov 26, 2007 5:25:41 GMT -5
hey guys
i think i hav sused a way of doing a temporary repair on my pitted fork tubes ..and iv scored a second hand rear tyre....hopefuly legal...all i need now is to cover my seat....and come up with a grand for rego..LOL..all gowing well ! ................fill me in on the kvr...if i can.. il be there...tho she may be on the back of a ute...
greg
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