Recent content by malc

hi there to get the cases apart i get a stanley blade .put it in the joint belowe the head studs and tap gently with a hammer may need to put two in at opposit sides workes well for me

on my 77 it would do 115 mph but i was only 10 stone 30 years ago now on my 81 105mph tops at 16 stone the 81 isnt quite as power full as the old 77

i had much the same problem .it was fine on tick over and midrange and went realy well on full throtle but tickover to midrange was crap .it was a small pinprick size hole in the diaphram ,didnt see it till it was held up to the light .diffrent bike after replacing them both,,,

i lift it on to the right hand bottom frame tube .put one arm over top frame tube and lift it in .bottom first once its in put trolley jack under sump to get bottom long bolt in. then have a coffee before fitting other mounts..

yes it does 5.2ohm charges well 13.4v at tickover 14.4v at 2700rpm its nice to see where im going at night makes a change cheers

yeh i read a post saying that but was unsure about the clearance between rotor and pickup also the pull on the new magnet rotor was the wrong polarity compared to the original rotor magnet didnt know if that made any diffrence many thanks

hello all thought i would share this with you..i was suffering with charging problem on my 81 it was the rotor 0.5 ohms so i got a after market one off ebay .it started and charged fine but after 30 mins it wouldnt rev up got it home in the morning started and ran fine for 10 mins then...

hello again rebuilding my 81 engine ive got a new rear camchain tensioner slipper. the old one i took out had a hollow for the tensioner plunger to fit in the new one hasent is the old one worn from beeing over tightned ? or should the new one have a divit in it for the plunger to fit...

hello again im just cleaning my crankcases ready to rebuild engine and noticed a small round gasket that sits between the two halfs its about 10mm round and it blanks the gearbox oil pressure feed close to push rod oil seal does this come with the complet gasket set or not?if not what do you...

hello ive just striped my engine down looking for a random engine noise.front guide was worn through to the ally at the top left and bottom right its as if the guide was not put in straight is this possible the bike is a 81 its the first time the engine as been apart i got it 6months ago with...

many thanks for your input. ive just been going though this again. as the white bits was in the second filter housing case .im going to remove sump filter .and open the filter up. the filter i put in was an original old stock filter .im going to see if the suports where the three bolts go...

can anybody tell me .if any of the bearings on my 81 has plastic / nylon parts in them holding the balls apart or are they metal...crank.gearbox clutch etc as ive got large white plastic in oil many thanks...

hello everybody..ive just changed oil and filters and found four large bits of white plastic/bakerlight very hard stuff in the small right hand filter housing..dont know what it is or where it came from.i replaced both filters when i changed oil 1000 miles ago sump filter is perfect any idea...

many thanks.just ordered new plates and springs ive been using castrol classic 20/50 is this ok? thanks again

hello can anybody tell me if a 78 7 plate clutch complet will fit straight on to my 81 im suffering with very bad clutch slip when warm.or is a 6 plate clutch good with new plates and springs many thanks