Not exactly on topic, but I need to get a couple of headlight housings re-chromed in the reflectors. Does anyone know of a small shop that will do a pair of...
Try a silver-platers. The amount used is miniscule, so might not be expensive. I saw it done at tech - looked pretty simple, less involved than chrome-plating....
Guys, A motard racer friend brought his CR500 motor to me for a rebuild....and to find out why the other 'hot' barrel and head that came with the bike is fast,...
<snip> ... and brought along a carton of beer to help me along...<unsnip> I'm thinking that the quality of your work should directly reflect in the quality of...
Pretty sure that is the going rate. Swiss ... From: "indo2002nz" <Indo2002nz@...> To: <mc-engine@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:52 PM ...
Greg ... Suggest (insist?) your friend buy a CRF 450 and modify it as required with ~ $4k modifications for 65+ hp and Fly. "life is short, don't waste it"...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
Jul 3, 2005 2:42 am
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... You've got to be crazy if you think you can make a CRF450 a match for a CR500. Not in this lifetime. Not to mention that if the two-stroke maintenance is...
Darn ... I hadn't noticed the CR500s dominating anything lately, much less in Super Moto ... silly me. I guess if I suggested you can build an even faster KTM...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
Jul 3, 2005 3:35 am
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Most likely because they're not legal for AMA Supermoto, last I checked. It's not easy to dominate when you can't get on the grid in the first place. But if...
huh? ..... can't get on the track? hmmm click on the AMA SuperMoto pages for some insight on what the 'real deal' in the 'real world' is . interesting that so...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
Jul 3, 2005 5:20 am
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... Yes, most guys use a die set. two thick plates with hardened guide pins. still you have to tweak in that last few thou. I have done a few Honda cranks in a...
... unfotunatly the two strokes that clearly have the wheight and power advantage (65 HP and you can run it all year) just dont hook up. here on the left coast...
Guys, There is far more to making a motorcycle get quickly around a race track than just peak power. First, the power delivery has to be rider friendly enough...
Quite right Jordan, headlight reflectors have been silvered almost since time immemorial. The silver-plater probably has a trick or 2 up his sleeve to prevent...
RohanB
rohan3333@...
Jul 3, 2005 7:40 am
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... In the late 1980's, the ( then ) KTM importer - Bert Flood - built up what would now be called a super motard from a KTM500 2 stroke and entered it in the...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 3, 2005 8:25 am
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Ah, the 2 stroke VS for stroke debate! Of course each type motor has it's advantages for certain racing and tracks. I don't think it's fair to pit 20 year old...
johnayleng@...
Jul 3, 2005 8:59 am
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... I don't know anything about motard. MotoCross seems to be about throttle response, weight, and on some deep sand tracks, power. AMA >>GAVE<< the 4 smokes a...
... I don't see that production technology is any different now than it was 25 or 30 years ago - CNC machine tools just give you the ability to make changes...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 3, 2005 2:27 pm
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Ian, As you already know, 30 years ago castings were thicker and heavier. Injection casting was developing and we were working with heavier air cooled ...
Not to discount the importance of computer engine systems management, but they sure look different and weight less today. 1985 - Dry weight ~250 lbs ...
... I was referring to Ti engine internals, the reason you can rev the new 250 / 450's to 14,000 rpm is the Ti intake valves. Honda ( at least ) were doing...
Ian
iwd@...
Jul 3, 2005 4:22 pm
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djtcz@... Things have changed since 1885 when Gottlieb Daimler made his first engine powered two wheel cycle but since 1980 when Super Motard first...
You're obviously closer to all this than me, so perhaps you can answer a couple of questions. 1) What's the current state of play in TT and 1/2 mile in terms...
Julian, Those are good questions and answerable only as matters of preference but I'd suspect they are most compellingly answered as matters of economics. If...
... Just got home from the July meeting of our motorcycle club.....and a few Pale Ales....hic! Clock has just gone half past midnight .....and I read your...
... Michael, I'm in Australia, and here, CRs are certainly legal, and fast. I'll not buy into the 4 stroke-vs-2 stroke and the Yamaha-v-Honda-v-KTM ...
... Yes, your description of the jig as a 'die set' is exactly what I envisaged....hmm....maybe I might make one, in the long term...maybe But, it is good to...
