What have you done with your bike/s today?

[Worty]

Plenty of them cold bugs around at the moment Bergs.  Rest up and have a blast later.

[muskrat]

G'day Fellas.
Got the mates HD finished and off the bike lift. What a job 
I then lifted the rHonda up. Both the tacho and speedo decided they'd had enough after 42 years and 162,000km. The speedo would bounce off the stop peg once over 140kph and the tacho needle broke off and was making horrible noises. I found a new pair in the US but the US model has the speedo dial printed with both mph and kph. Only took an hour to fit (fiddly without taking the fairing off) and they look great. I then followed the HD on it's test run and to check the speedo. Spot on match at 60mph and the tacho was showing 3800rpm. Now you know me  , both worked up too 120mph and 7600rpm till the traffic got a bit thick  .
Cheers 

[Bodger paul]

Not done anything with the BSA lately...too much work and decorating to get done...Riding season now with us i need to find time and get the BSA up and running.

[Black Sheep]

Rode the Star Twin up to Edinburgh for a works pensioners coffee morning. Having done it and shown my face, I'll never have to do it again. 60 miles, damp but windy, good to be out. 

[berger]

that could have been a lot worse than it has turned out . tried to start the berger build and she wouldn't pick up she fired 3 or 4 times and died, i got the idea in my head that maybe the carb had a problem with being stood over winter. i had planned the first proper run out with a mate and while he was on his way i decided to put betsy's carb on for quickness . when he got to mine i had betsy's carb off and we took the carb off the berger build, after unscrewing the top and pulling out the slide the needle stayed in the carb. you should have seen my face when i noticed the needle clip had vanished and must have gone through the engine  i knew this clip was a bit weak when i put it in last year but didn't expect to find it gone. we got my camera thing and looked in the bores down the plug holes and couldn't see any damage or clip , i put betsy's clip on and she fired up so off we went, i am not a happy bunny and things will have to be altered . the engine sprocket is small and the gearbox one is also small to enable easy start off with the rrt2 and this doesn't bode well with top gear so it is coming OUT in the near future and my re built STD one going in after i've put some miles on the engine running it in. the back brake is crap so needs a coat of looking at and the brand new speedo cable is leaking at the crimp , what did i expect with these cables. we did about 5 miles and the chinesium chain guard decided to start catching the chain because it's just a piece of flimsy tin- yes i should know better!. apart from that my mate said the exhaust was buffering him and it is a very thumpy engine and very responsive, whatever happened to that clip it must have passed through the engine , who's a lucky boy

[Greybeard]

Quick Keef,run down to the shops and buy some lottery tickets🤞🤞🤞

[Worty]

Bergs - maybe you'll find that clip in the sump gauze

[berger]

worty i very much doubt that unless it's punched a self sealing hole in the head, it could be stuck in the combustion chamber but there's no marks on the pistons, i think it broke into two pieces and got fired out the exhaust when the throttle got stuck half open last year.

[Worty]

worty i very much doubt that unless it's punched a self sealing hole in the head, it could be stuck in the combustion chamber but there's no marks on the pistons, i think it broke into two pieces and got fired out the exhaust when the throttle got stuck half open last year.

I was going to say they may be in the exhaust - just make sure you've no mates behind you when you start firing out bits of engine

[berger]

worty sump gauze is clean except a couple of bits of soft crud i put camera down holes again today and can't see any damage i think it must have flown through at the speed of light. i gave it 5 jumps on the kicker to compare compression readings one was 110 the other was 108 i will see what betsy comes out at tomorrow bearing in mind this engine has only done about 5 miles

[Worty]

That gasket looks a bit second hand now mate!  I don't reckon there's damage, but I also know that when bits go missing you want to know exactly where they are.  I suppose it's a case of narrowing it down to likely areas and having a good look, which you've done already.  My bet is it's gone in and out, and is currently embedded in a tree somewhere down the road

[Greybeard]

We've been having lovely weather here in Cornwall. I managed to escape from house duties yesterday and went for a burble on my GS. I found a fantastic circular route along the north coast, west of St Ives passing Zennor that I will be riding again. The road sweeps around hilly areas and valleys - very good for bikers. I've bought a cheap mini camera - I'll fix it to my helmet* and take a video next time I do that ride.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/o63i4xAtmFrCvaZC6?g_st=ac

*No, the other one😜

[chaterlea25]

Hi All,
Back in 2006 we spent a week wandering around Cornwall and surrounds on the beemer.
The weather was fantastic 
A couple of encounters with soft tar /propstand  and one quayside stop where the rear tyre sank into the tar  .
I must go there again just to make sure it wasn't a fluke happening

John

[berger]

well the compression test on the new build berger was 110 -108 with about 5 miles run of the engine. betsy the thrashed beeza engine reads 165 - 160 and one piston is 10 thou lower at tdc because someone shaved a bearing cap and i had to have the rod machined.

[Greybeard]

I'm sure you know that a newly built engine is likely to have less compression than a well used one. Test again after a few hundred miles 👍