Recent content by Spockwerks

I have a big bore kit from Mike's, got it a year or two ago. In the catalog material they show a diagram of the piston with two oil drillways from the oil ring land to the underside of the piston crown where they emerge as jets squirting lubricant on the wristpin area. But a look at the pistons...

A Critique? Awright! I hear an overhead valve, aircooled engine idling. There is the sound of rockers and valves doing their jobs, some soft clatter as the clearences are taken up emanates from various aluminum cooling fins, each lending its own resonance to the soupy mix of oil, and whirring...

TwoMany, thanks for that cool video. Answers a lot of questions.:thumbsup:

Ditto, and if you are running any kind of aftermarket ignition, pull the ignition fuse so the circuit board doesn't toast.

While I remember rebuilding engines in an unheated chicken coop all winter long, riding all winter rain and snow, those days are long gone. Not to be forgotten nor relived. When my new forced air space heater arrives, and if it really does warm up that garage some, then maybe I can do something...

When the starter spins I can hear the gears meshing, so this solution seems less likely but not impossible. With the clutch out and watching the gears as I press the starter button-NOTHING spins, then I'll know you must be right. That would be step three come weather warm enough to do all this...

Wow! Thank you for that informative link. This will be step 2 if warming it up and riding a while don't change anything. There is a clip of a guy putting the wishbone clip in upside down. Interesting how easy it is to spot the mistakes of others.

Oh I wish that was the case, maybe after a few miles of riding with a little heat expansion and fresh oil circulation it could cure itself. That means waiting til spring, and that will happen anyway.

Having recently 'finished' the first of two builds I have cooking...problem. It purrs like a kitten, my neighbor who rides a Harley said it doesn't vibrate at all. I just smiled. Clutch action is great, no funny noises, and there shouldn't be because it has new valves, guides, pistons, rings...

Correction, those fittings should be 1/8"PT to the engine case and filter cover. The prototype used 3/8"PT because that is what I had laying around.

What happens if you replace that clip thing in the old position where it looks like ought go to rather than in the new position that looks like a mistake?

I stumbled onto a near perfect swap for the 1983XS650 Heritage special. Forks from Yamaha 1983 XV920, XV1000, TR1 are all a drop in fit. Almost. The triple trees are cast aluminum and substantially more massive than the XS650 but they use the same neck bearings and the stem length is equal. Fork...

Well, they are after all, Cats. We have a cat too named Tiki. Her name at the adoption center was Kiki, but our daughter who lives in France said no, no, That is the name we give to a little boy's wiener. So we changed it just enough that she would recognize it, and she does come when we call...

How How do you intend to this get to Indonesia? I am in New Jersey, USA. Sounds like a LOT OF POSTAGE.

I have a whole bike with lotsa goodies and fresh rebuilt engine. come and get it for $1500.00