VFRBert

Buy something like this, for in the shed. Gives a lot of less stress when the boss comes home

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/witgoed-en-apparatuur/ovens-en-grills/m1060644135-oven-siemens-hw-330-510.html?c=8c285449651fa109c354bbabe740c1b&previousPage=lr&pos=23

Ouch nog the right way to park your mistress.

Analog speedometers are just to expensive to fabrikate. A Cheap lcd and some cheap electronics are way cheaper, but i love analog to.

even with the torque wrench set to the right spec??

Specs in wph's are for nuts and bolts Without grease or Anti seize, unless otherwise mentioned.

With grease the thread gives lees resistance, the result is you make more turns before reaching the spec on the torque wrench.

It looks like the thread is oiled. The thread has less resistance, causing you to tighten the bolt to much.

With redslut now out of storage, it was time to see how the Vtec topcase (I bought on a whim in winter) would look on her.

Euh......... I think I will put the case up for sale; it is (a lot) "too beaucoup" and not sure that the NH411 Silver looks ok in combination with the other colors.

Part of the "problem" is that I had to be a bit creative to begin with, getting the Vtec side case brackets on her.

And the GIVI topcase rack sits higher than original since I had to work my way around the Akrapovic high mount exhaust. All luxury choices by myself so no complaining from me....

So nothing bolted up yet, but you get my drift I guess:

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Keep it. It stores a lot of beer bottles or whisky bottles when going to a meeting

Are the Netherlands deserted then? Or are you very patient?

Today is a holiday and most Dutch went traditionally to the shopping mall looking for new furniture or have some fun in a amusement park, so roads are deserted on the middle of the day.

on a 2.50 rim a 110 tire is no problem.

Cheers! I will verify both the bulbs' wattage when the storm subsides...

Next question!

The BT45 upfront is nearing its wear indicator so looking for a replacement.

Size is 100-90/16, which limits choice of course.

Would a 110-90/16 fit/be a good alternative? Would it stay clear of the front fender? Dunlop Roadsmart comes in that dimensions.

What is the rim width ?

I hope it lasts for a very long time.

Thanks for your answer. I would go for the dremel option and glue the new seal in place with loctite 542

It looks like a normale seal on the parts fiches, so why is pulling the engine necessary ?

You fark because of an 3 euro part, wich is easily replaced ??

Putt the bike outside, spray al the contaminated erea's with degreaser and let the rain do the job for you.

Gas ??

Next on the list is the front forks, for they compress, but rebound is a bit erratic.....

Maybe in the coming months a large box will arrive at my door....

Unless you install cartridge emulators, there is not much around to improve the old damperrod fork.

Use fosforic acid for removing rust. Works better. The working part in coke is strongly diluted fosforic acid. The stuff is sold in Holland as Rustyco.

http://www.rustyco.nl/

Started working on preparing the front garden for the new arrival

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And then the rains came again (and I have a day job too....)

No reason to stop working. Today i wasn't working under a dry roof but on a roof. Not the right place when the rain pours down again. But job done !! Clothes are still wet.

So i missed your last purchase. (busy, busy, busy) Nice find. When in need of some assistance, let me know.

Turbooooo !!!!! :wub2:

Welcome i love this kind of projects.

My bike runs on a rich mixture, oxygene bottle advised.

patience grasshopper, patience!

I will put my sunnglasses on sunday, all those shiny colors will get my brains confused.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Damn Kel, that's about the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me!

Phantom - we have spoken. I'm a machinist also and boasted about the merits of CNC. Larry wasn't convinced!

wow you really know your bike? holy cow tore the whole thing down. If you don't mind me asking where did you learn how to do this? i am thinking of taking motorcycle certification classes so i can work on my own bike doing whta you are doing -- Good luck awesome ride..

I started teaching myself after a series of screw ups every time I took my bikes in for service - at multiple dealerships. Various ham fisted morons scratched a brand new tank to hell, cross threaded a sump plug, reassembled a gear train incorrectly, left spacers out of a front wheel, lost various fairing fasteners (and didn't replace them), and many more. One even forgot they had my bike.

If it had been only one dealership that would be easy to fix but this all happened at Honda, Suzuki, Ducati and KTM dealerships.

As a result I started out by doing an oil change myself. Then I learned how to change tires, and worked my way up to 2-stroke rebuilds. Then a 4-stroke dirt bike rebuild, then a 4-stroke single street bike rebuild, then a 4 cylinder rebuild. You get the idea.

All it takes really is a Haynes manual and a willingness to invest the money in tools that will pay for themselves many times over.

Check out my YouTube channel for a few different bike rebuilds, http://youtu.be/Jz-MzJ6yKUo

If I had one piece of advice to offer it would be this - buy a dirt bike that's not running. Then buy a Haynes manual for it and use it to learn. If you screw up, the parts are cheap and there's only one cylinder so its simple. Then when its fixed, either ride the hell out of it or sell it to pay for all the tools you had to buy. Then, when you need to work on something more complex/more important to you, the confidence is there because you know what needs to be done.

I personally consider the tech schools out there a total waste of time. They are nothing but profit machines designed to take money from people. If they just happen to turn out a good mechanic its by accident not design. There are so many truly horrific techs working in dealerships that it makes no sense to let them work on a bike. Obviously they aren't all incompetent but the ones who do know what they're doing are under pressure to do their work faster than is possible and get paid barely more than minimum wage to do so. They are not allowed to check their work because that takes time away from other jobs so bikes go back to customers with loose wires, missing bolts and cross threaded plugs.

Damn, I sound cynical but this is all from personal experience, not hearsay.

Seb,

that's a breather for oil vapor. The hose goes up to a catch tank in the tail which is then vented into the carbs.

Switchblade,

As far as I know the motor mount position is stock. What you're seeing is extra aluminum welded on by the race team to reduce/prevent flexing. I have noticed though that the Moriwaki chassis made for this engine actually uses the motor mount down in front of the sump - much like the RC45. That's some forward thinking engineering right there.

Amen !!!!

I started driving cars 27 years ago and my experience with dealers was about the same. They send me on the street with a subframe with loose bolts, repaired accident damage, but forgot to replace the fill nipple used for filling up the lpg tank. (I drove cars on liqified petroleum gas, wich is cheap and much better for the environment) Resulting in a pair of shoes, filled with liquid lpg. And that was cold on my feet. And at the same time my head turned red (very angry) And many more dumb and even dangerous things happened. So i started to do my own maintenance and repairs. Buy the tools and save lots of money. After a few years i got my motorcycle license and bought a bike. And off course i did and still do all the repairs and maintenance myself.

Great bike, thanks for sharing al those pics.

Here in Holland in 2008 a guy bought 4 rc30 endurance racers, including a NLOB version, wich is completely factory built. Some parts like the racing carbs where lease only in that time. The bikes were kept for 14 years in a shed.

Here a link to the Dutch forum, language Dutch off course, but a bunch off pics will tell the story.http://www.vfroc.nl/forumVFR/index.php?showtopic=10795

An rc30 having NLOB parts is rare.

Using a cellphone in The Netherlands, without handsfree kit kosts 350 euro, at current rates about 470 dollar. And still every day you see people using them while driving. They are talking, reading email, sending sms, using whatsapp and drive the same way as a drunk driver. Killing about 60 people in the busy Dutch traffic every year.

The best thing after a accident is driving as soon as possible again. After my last accident i was on a motorcycle one day later. But it cost me nearly a year before i rode on my old level.