Bridgestone Motorcycle Parts Discussion Board
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: coxy on February 09, 2016, 09:54:40 PM
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What I thought was a clutch problem luckily not. The lever and purch are buggered.
Also has anyone installed there new clutch plate kit. I went to put mine in and found that the ring around the basket is really out of shape and the new plates won't slide through.
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I put the new plates in mine. Some sections of the ring were missing on mine and I cut metal strips and welded in the missing sections, but don't remember having any of the others interfere. You should be able to just bend or lightly hammer them out of the way. There is a reasonable amount of clearance around the OD to work with.
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Thanks I didn't want to tap the ring out as being so close to the show Knowing my luck it would break. It hailed yesterday here and pretty sure my car will be a written off
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Sorry to hear about your car, I still see cars getting around Perth with hail damage from the big storm we had years ago!
You could try putting the basket in the lathe and use the tool holder as a straight edge and try to ease you the fingers until you were close. Care would be needed...
Ryan
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Good idea Hardy. Really good way to get the basket nice and square to the diameter...nice!!
One more thought if you use a counter shaft to chuck in the lathe, then you can get the basket square to the hub and shaft. (Yeah over kill, but I feel better...;-)
...bert
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Well..... gased her up :) checked oil :D gave it a kick ;D leaked a little gas... but it fired up and filled the shop with smoke 8) i think the oil thingy works too much :o then took the pipe off ??? YUP.... lots of oil comeing out of it ::) guess i,ll have to burn that off 8) But it does run.... now for the fun stuff.....
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Thanks that's sounds like a good idea I've been thinking of getting a lathe for some time now. I missed the boat with a myford ml 7 with a Ute full of tooling and in immaculate condition. There are two others floating around. A really old nuttal and as hurcus both of these have 3phase which I would have to change the motor. The other thing is I'm limited in space I would have to throw out my beer fridge. With the car it was time to get a new one anyway so if it is written off maybe get a nice ss v8
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Beer fridge versus lathe. Wow, the decisions that some of us are faced with are beyond what one man should face alone.
Good luck on your decision - I am not sure what I would do in your shoes.
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I vote keep the beer fridge! ;D ::) ;D
...bert
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Sentimental value
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Today's new find twenty five bucks works well 1 3/4 horse eighty litre bloody heavy .the oil on the ground is from the 175 as it is in its spot until I figure out where to put it
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Gtr almost ready for the show
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Looks like another trophy coming up ;D
Ray
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Sentimental value
After losing many old decals when a refrigerator had to be scrapped, I've taken to putting my decals on magnetic rubber sheet, then slapping them on the fridge or toolbox. I lost many great old decals that were on my first shop fridge - it was a round-top late 40's model that already had many motorcycle-related stickers on it when I got it in the early 70's. It finally gave up in the 90's. It was really sad to see it go.
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Wait ????? i see a brake on the left and a shifter on the right.. ;D I don,t think you can ride that in the USA.... 8) we ride on the right side here.... ::) but still nice......
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Yeah I lost my old fridge which was a sixtys model it went to the bike wrecker with some bikes including a bs 175 guilty as charged. Many years ago. I had to keep that fridge shut by jamming a 22 bolt action daisy rifle under the door handle. This one I think I will try using a heat gun to remove the stickers when the time comes. As its only twenty years old
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The GTR is looking nice , coxy!
...bert
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Thanks guys
I had one of those days yesterday where I should have stayed in bed.
I took it out yesterday for the first time with the right hand conversion that all went well. So I went for a little ride. I only put about four litres of fuel in it. It was running perfectly until I switched to reserve then at idle the revs dropped from 1800 to around 1000 almost stalling with lack of fuel. I decided to go home when I felt something hit my leg I didn't tighten up the oil cap after bleeding the lines. I couldn't find the cap and it was my good one this made me very angry so I took off again to hit a bee which stung me right between my sunglasses and helmet. I turned it off when I got home and try again today. Doing things when your tired is just as bad as if you are drunk.
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I much prefer drunk! But either state can render you incapable. Good luck today. When is the show?
...bert
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The show is the fourth of March at least this year I only lost a oil cap last year I dropped it just before the show and did a fair bit of damage
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Hi Coxy , I've been following your posts on the progress of your 350 with interest , I hope you continue to take forward steps to get it to the rally , the last few details some time take the longest , I'm attending again this year , a small group will be riding from S/E suburbs of Melbourne , I didn't tick the box to enter my bike for judging ,It's not a Bridgestone & it's not that kind of bike.
Cheers Trev Whitty
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Trev
Hope to catch up with you at the Rally. I am taking my 1965 BS 60 Sport.
Cheers
Ray
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Gday Trev looking forward to catching up again are you riding the 1.1 hi
Ray might see you before hand I have been billed for the parts but no invoice was sent so I don't really know what's coming
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Yes the 1.1 is ready to go, need to only do an oil change , but am tossing up with taking the RZ 350 as our son is riding his RZ 250 & another mate is riding his RZ 250 that has been recently converted to 350 , so I would be in good company .
Keeping our fingers crossed regarding weather , should be good to catch up for a beer or 2.
So Coxy you'll be hanging out for the postie each day
Trev
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Love the how you can basically just chuck the 350 top end on the rz `S we did that in the eightys also with the rd `s only problem I ever had was with one ypvs. I would really like another rz 350r and a lc also a 500 I wrote two of them off pretending to be Wayne Gardner
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Well the weather pattern over the next week is perfect for the Canberra VJMC rally , low 30's , couldn't ask for better, our small group will be on the road mid morning tomorrow (Thursday)
Coxy , that was good going writing off 2 RZ 500's , I think they are a good thing , I bought one a short while back and just cant stop riding it .
Cheers Trev
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It will be a good ride up for you are you going through cann river /bombala. My old work has lost the contract for the roads it would be interesting to see how they have stood up to all the logging trucks. The gtr keeps blowing the same head gasket. I have to put the last one I have in on Friday