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by KarlosVTR
Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22501
Views: 1885417

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

tried it all. smacking the living snot out of it last night just didnt do a god damn thing. i think someone has tightened it right down in its life and its done its business now and stuck. i shall swap the crap rubber o ring with a nice viton one to stop any oil & rubber related swelling so that...
by KarlosVTR
Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22501
Views: 1885417

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

havent got one and the hole is near perfectly round.

im gonna have to chop it out
by KarlosVTR
Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22501
Views: 1885417

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

tried beating 12 shades of sh1t out of the generator cap so i can fit my god damn ccts. alas, it didnt move.

i think im going to need to get medievil on its wombles bitch ass
by KarlosVTR
Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:37 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: external breathers
Replies: 12
Views: 1338

Re: external breathers

to be perfectly honest, i dont care about power gains. im sick of being suffocated by oil vapour when i come to a stop when its warm!
by KarlosVTR
Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:36 am
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: Nitrous!!!
Replies: 12
Views: 2302

Re: Nitrous!!!

on a standard engine a wet 30% increase is generally considered the maximum safe increase. but as we all know, 130hp in a storm is going to tear the cases in half so go for a bit lower. i say wet because being carb fed, it would have to run rich as feck to get it to run and produce power on dry gas ...
by KarlosVTR
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Funny
Replies: 10
Views: 524

Re: Funny

no cos it smells like bigfoots Richard

regardless, 60% of the time, it works every time
by KarlosVTR
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:50 am
Forum: Bike Chat
Topic: RAM AIR on the cheap??
Replies: 16
Views: 1674

Re: RAM AIR on the cheap??

you may need to block part of the air jets up to at least to get it to run
by KarlosVTR
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Items For Sale
Topic: Ebay Finds (unusal/cheap/rare/or just good value)
Replies: 5673
Views: 512582

Re: Ebay Finds (unusal/cheap/rare/or just good value)

an oval section wouldnt adversely effect it. have you ever seen the old micron serpentine manifolds? i think the idea is to have a kind of venturi effect, bringing the faster moving air through the core and dragging the outer slower gasses with it edit: what you need is a flow bench or all this test...
by KarlosVTR
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:31 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Valves, EX and IN
Replies: 6
Views: 1335

Re: Valves, EX and IN

you may be lucky and only bent the exhaust valves.
by KarlosVTR
Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:22 am
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Quick action throttle mod
Replies: 20
Views: 3363

Re: Quick action throttle mod

ive researched this a lot and found this to be the correct part number NR750 part 53141-MT7-000 type the number in google if you like and see how many people say that its the hrc part also as i mentioned, i took out the push cable from my throttle and it works beautifully without. snappy and respons...
by KarlosVTR
Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:18 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Quick action throttle mod
Replies: 20
Views: 3363

Re: Quick action throttle mod

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15303

that one?

or have i missed something yet again?

with regards to the grip

get some wd40 and a straw, a squirt under the rubber, twist and manipulate, more squirts and jobs jobbed
by KarlosVTR
Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22501
Views: 1885417

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

£11 pads on ebay. theres a link i posted in there somewhere
by KarlosVTR
Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what have you done to your "bike" today
Replies: 22501
Views: 1885417

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today

did you laquer them after at all?
by KarlosVTR
Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:01 pm
Forum: The Workshop Knowledgebase
Topic: Flywheel/alternator rotor removal
Replies: 8
Views: 8510

Re: Flywheel/alternator rotor removal

im sure if you went to a fasteners suppliers, an m22 fine BZP hex screw would cost a few pence if not free if it doesnt meet the minimum order charge.

and the best part is, while you are there, you can order loads of stainless cap scres for engine dress up etc
by KarlosVTR
Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: Workshop
Topic: bellypan restoration
Replies: 23
Views: 2255

Re: bellypan restoration

no thats out of my god damn nose hahaha

the dust was unbelievable. ive painted it up in 3 light and 2 heavy coats of high build. just flattening it off with 600 then 800 and the results are pleasing at the moment