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See you at Birch, hopefully there'll be a good turnout -forecast looks good.

Count me in. Full of respect, after failing in my attempt 5yrs ago - now it's always riding, not running.
Good luck with it, slow and steady wins the day - great cause and the crowd are fantastic.

Mate, I hope all's ok. All I can offer is a pair of original indicators and exhausts, yours if they'll help.
Beyond that, hope the scum get what the deserve - wnakers.

Replace bolt finally arrived. Bolt in, valve cover on. Oil-cooler fastened, radiator on and coolant filled. Then, holding my breath, I fired her up. Brilliant, no death-rattles, just a beautiful v-twin thump. A huge thanks to everyone who helped keep me sane and the guidance that kept the confusion ...

Nah, that's not bad ....... this is BAD !!! http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f47/stu15/VTRrepairlatest029_zps23e3256d.jpg Half a camshaft-holder bolt, no prizes for guessing where the other half ended up! Managed to extract the bolt and now waiting on a replacement, but well worth the wait :lol:

Well, here she is (if the photo's loaded ok) - stripped down and cleaned up, waiting on new exhaust valves. Fingers crossed, this is as bad as it gets

Cheers Carl. It's not too bad but I might give it a bit of a tickle - good to know that I won't need rubber gloves and breathing apparatus

On the de-coke, I've read loads but found no real agreement on what's best - so far chemicals seem to either destroy the engine block or give you lung disease. Anyone used something a bit friendly to man and machine?

Feel for you mate, mine went belly up 8 yrs ago, but I came through it with the help of a TT600 - first by blocking out the all sh1t and then it brought back the smiles. And the Firestorm is sooo much better at both. Look after yrself & yr bike - and even if it doesn't seem much like it now, tim...

Thanks to Carl's guide the front head came off without too many dramas - and no sheared bolts! With a little help from a Harley cousin, we've had the valves out and the exhaust values didn't survive the cct failure - just waiting on replacements from David Silver, along with head & exhaust gaske...

Having shared details of my ccts disaster, thought I'd share some helpful info and better memories. Thankfully the ccts held out when I was charging across France earlier this year for the first time. Spent a lot of time trying to find some "authentic" accommodation with secure parking nea...

Any help you can offer would be brilliant. I think I've got my head around the timing and advice on the forum gave me the confidence to tackle the ccts. I'll have another go with on the cam chain and give it a good yank - fingers crossed! Thanks again all, its good to know your out there when I'm le...

Thanks fellas but the lady's not for turning! Front cams off, chain pulled up and taut, crankshaft rock solid - not a hint of movement. The front cct is out and there's no tension on the spring, so pretty convinced that it's gone. The rear valve cover is off and the buckets are perhaps a couple of m...

Plugs are out but I was struggling to keep the cam chain up whilst reaching back. Will grab a spare pair hands and try to tease the crankshaft round. Glad you were online!

Brew finished, back to the garage

Cheers Tony, all was going well (the cam chain bolt did shear in one of the cam covers, but was extracted without too much drama!) But after removing the front cams, I only managed a few quarter turns on the crankshaft before it locked out again - the first few turns were a bit stiff but ok, and the...