Applied some elbow grease....
Thanks for the link. I have looked at them; they seem to be very good, but expensive.I contacted these chaps about getting my wheels cleaned up and they replied quickly and comprehensively. Though I have not used them yet.
https://www.central-wheel.co.uk/
Cheers Raymond, I used to work in M’Boro and lived in a cottage in Yarm.Roy Thersby in Middlesbrough. He must be the best! The motorcycle engineer in this village recommended Roy and said nobody has ever been disappointed by his work. I took a Honda NX250 wheel to him - had it rebuilt from a 16" rim to 17". Better choice of tyres for 17". He rebuilt the wheel with stainless spokes and alloy rim. Very impressed, he asked all the right questions, did a perfect job.
Operates out of a small terraced house in Middlesbrough, stuffed with bikes, parts, machine tools. In the hallway, you fall over a BSB-winning Ducati he built. All the bikes are unobtanium specials. Can't remember what I paid but it wasn't outlandish, maybe about £200 including the spokes and rim?
Roy Thersby, Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 2DA, tel 01642 612784, email info@thersbywheelrepair.co.ukDo you have contact information?
Thanks Jim. I did search around for a wheel builder and found several. Most were at least 150km away or more, as is Feked. Yes the men in brown DPD and Fedex etc can go the distance. As a local retailer I try and support local businesses, and face to face is always better to build a trustful relationship.Isn't Feked over your way Adam... just south of Whales?
Even if you've already selected a builder... someone to keep in mind for other stuff.
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Good for you. If we don't support our local businesses, one day they'll be gone and you will be forced to deal with a nameless, faceless corporation who's attitude will be "take it or leave it".Thanks Jim. I did search around for a wheel builder and found several. Most were at least 150km away or more, as is Feked. Yes the men in brown DPD and Fedex etc can go the distance. As a local retailer I try and support local businesses, and face to face is always better to build a trustful relationship.
Quite right 46th.Good for you. If we don't support our local businesses, one day they'll be gone and you will be forced to deal with a nameless, faceless corporation who's attitude will be "take it or leave it".
Sounds like a slice of heaven.Quite right 46th.
I dropped the wheel and hub off this morning at a motorcycle repair shop in Newport that I didn't know existed.
Wheel man Dave introduced me to repair man Dave (Yes two Dave's). Both are bike enthusiasts and old school engineers.
The shop was stuffed with bikes from classic triumphs and 70's Japanese kit to modern Hayabusas and street triples, etc....
Fantastic old lathes and milling machines, and other bikes in various states of disassembly.
I will take photos next time I'm there.
Yes please.I will take photos next time I'm there.
There is some popping on start up from the right cylinder that was not there before I rebuilt the engine and I thought maybe I've got an air leak around the vm34 manifold but I tried spraying it with carb cleaner with no effect. Before I replaced the cylinders and head the right plug was often half white and half black and the left plug would be black. Since the rebuild I have installed iridium plugs because it was so hard to start with all the popping from the right cylinder and then I was able to set the ignition timing so the popping is a lot better now and only does it when the engine is cold. I will try the dead cylinder method for the carbs after work and see if that helps. Any way to check the oil flow?White plug = holed piston in the making. I can't comment about the strange noise, but you clearly have a mixture/air ingress problem - very odd that each side seems the polar opposite of the other though. More than one problem, I'd wager.