Yes, know what you mean. Spoked wheels all the way.
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A long, long project.
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Ouch !
Looking really slick. Enjoying this thread quite a bit. You do great work. How’re the hands feeling?
Chain drive to those wheels and you are good to go.
Looks like your surgery will leave you with a sore finger / hand for a while but hopefully you’re on the mend.
And tires.... don't forget the tires.....
Looking fine!
All looks great as usual with all your work. For the tail light bracket I like the aluminum one, but I’m like a crow and like shiny bits.
Ooh! Following. I've never been happy with the filter set up on madness, it's kinda Rube Goldberg.
My oil cooler is plumbed into the oil feed tube. The cooler is mounted in front of the cylinder head. It has been that way since the bike was new. On the top end overhaul, I put it back the same way. I’m not endorsing doing it that way, just that it doesn’t seem to hurt a thing. My hand tells me it doesn’t throw enough for me to feel it. My oil cooler was dealer installed.
I always thought the location of the oil cooler was odd on my old Bonneville, the factory put this radiator sized cooler right in front of the head and the jugs.
Not my field of expertise.... but putting the oil cooler in front of the cylinders isn't uncommon. Here's a Continental TIO-520. The cooler is located directly in front of the right cylinder bank.
Here it is installed on a Cessna 210. You can see that it blocks over half of the air inlet on that side, yet those cylinders don't run appreciably hotter than the other side.
Like I said, not my field....
Here it is installed on a Cessna 210. You can see that it blocks over half of the air inlet on that side, yet those cylinders don't run appreciably hotter than the other side.
Like I said, not my field....
Well that sucks.
I have used an oil cooler off an Suzuki SV 1000. I got it from a wrecker.
X77S
Let's do this!
Looks loads better than the first one! Interested to see how it turns out.
We kept those in the tool room at a place I used to work. They were pneumatic powered motors. They would make short work of blending a fan blade on a turbine engine, or destroying it if careless. Nice job!
I have been in Australia Backpacking
And I have tried to keep an XS650 running here
I Would not take the Kick starter off...
The charging system is notoriously prone for problems.
There can be long distances in Aus with high temperatures. .High Temp ...That a Copper winding don't like either.
So if the Motorcycle stops ..it can be a long way to find a shade ..and dangerously hot.
Nature is not forgiving ..We have it the Other way here to cold most of the year.
If the battery is charged and the kick starter is there a 2 - 3 hours ride is not impossible.. that can be a difference worth
considering.
If the wiring is not perfect and battery is low it is difficult or impossible to start with the electric starter.
Especially if the coils are warm like the stock ones sitting above the cylinder head .It is difficult with a kick starter also
But after cooling down it works.
Running with it in gear and release the clutch .?? .not so Easy in my view, Dont think I ever have succeeded.
Not even with a friend pushing.
Perhaps other Aus enthusiast can come in.
And I have tried to keep an XS650 running here
I Would not take the Kick starter off...
The charging system is notoriously prone for problems.
There can be long distances in Aus with high temperatures. .High Temp ...That a Copper winding don't like either.
So if the Motorcycle stops ..it can be a long way to find a shade ..and dangerously hot.
Nature is not forgiving ..We have it the Other way here to cold most of the year.
If the battery is charged and the kick starter is there a 2 - 3 hours ride is not impossible.. that can be a difference worth
considering.
If the wiring is not perfect and battery is low it is difficult or impossible to start with the electric starter.
Especially if the coils are warm like the stock ones sitting above the cylinder head .It is difficult with a kick starter also
But after cooling down it works.
Running with it in gear and release the clutch .?? .not so Easy in my view, Dont think I ever have succeeded.
Not even with a friend pushing.
Perhaps other Aus enthusiast can come in.
