I'm with you on the long gear lever part. My first thinking was to cant the top of it in over the frame bracket to keep it out of the way of the inside of your boot, hence the height. I think the finished item will be about half as high so that the link rod runs alongside the frame bracket. Regardin...

Hello all. I've been building a 'special' during lockdown but wasn't wanting to pay around £6-700 for japanese rearsets so have been designing some for myself on the 3D printer. Now I have them pretty much as I want them I'm talking to a few CNC machining firms to have them made. Since the cost for ...

I used Ritchie for a blue Z1B set. Top quality, good guy. Recommended.

That's got to be worth £10k hasn't it?

Thanks for the info kawasaki-man.
It's all back together and is working fine.
I'm embarrassed to admit, i think the problem may have been installing the thrust washer the wrong way round! To think Rolls-Royce trained me!

would love to but the engine came without a kickstarter, just a blanking plate. Could i fire it up with the gen cover off momentarily if i held the idler gear pinion in with my finger?

Each time i've dis and re assembled the rotor assembly i've been looking for a chamfer on the big thrust washer, but only looking at the outside edge. I even got my magnifying glass on it. Imagine my surprise when, for maybe the 10th refit, I noticed the (massive) chamfer on the inside diameter! Pre...

great advice, as always. I don't have any engineers blue but will give it a lap again and check for contact with a permanent marker. I borrowed a DTI when i built the engine to check runout on the taper, which was good. I remember not finding any smooth surface on the rotor to do a similar check whe...

Also thanks ChrisNI. How would the worn flywheel affect things? Is there a recommended measurement for the diameter on this? Doesn't seem to have much 'wobble' but it does have some. I could also whip off the flywheel from my good bike to measure any difference.

Thanks for that. I've put it back together without the dished rubber and with it and it's not binding. There seems to be next to no end float on the large gear wheel when built without the dished rubber. Cleaned the tapers with brake cleaner and torqued up above the recommended to about 24 ftlb but ...

Just started a rebuilt motor, engine span on the starter motor a few times as a quick check before trying to start it. Third prod of the starter resulted in unwelcome whirring from generator side. Stripped to find the woodruff key had sheared. Before rebuilding, i'm not sure whether my dished damper...

Hello guys Sorry to jump in your thread but have a similar problem. Just started a rebuilt motor, engine span on the starter motor a few times as a quick check to listen before trying to start it. Third prod of the starter resulted in nasty whirring from generator side. Stripped to find the woodruff...

love the ptfe idea kev. Just plumbed an entire central heating system and used yards of it but it STILL didn't occur to me!

I've stumped up for a new seal set which includes a new nipple. I'll give them a service and see if the new nipple is tighter. Are these calipers usually ok to bleed?

I'm having similar problems with mine (A1 rear caliper). When i pull the fluid through with my vaccuum pump, air seems to be getting in down the bleed nipple thread. Anyone know of a way of sealing the threads without blocking the oil way at the bottom? The nipple seems quite loose in the thread. Is...