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Give me the dimensions & if necessary get your supplier to provide me with some materials!!!

I can confirm the bike looks even cleaner in the flesh - the 'king of bling'is having second thoughts about taking it out tomorrow in case it gets dirty! I heard a rumour that when buying a larger rear sprocket the suppliers asked what was more important - colour or size and someone admitted colour - wonder who that was? I am surprised that the sponsors stickers are not prominantly displayed! Montesa Honda Sponsored by VISA I'm only jealous really

Alluminium Works was just a little wet as well!

Want to learn how to ride like a stunt king. Have a look at the attached link. Stunt Kings No comment required!

Monty aka the 'king of bling' gets the prize AC Farias was the guy I was on about and it definately was a CBR600 he was riding at that time. This stood out like a sore thumb from a plethora of 1100 Suzukis that the vast majority of other riders were using. Have a look at some of the piccies on this website http://www.acfarias.com/index.html

Remember seeing him on the Stunt world championships - whether it was on TV or at Edinburgh I cant remember - he made the rest of the entrants look 2nd class. All the rest seemed to do were wheelies & burnouts while this guy demonstrated exceptional bike control. The only exception to this was a Brazilian guy with a 600 Honda (cant remember his name!). There is also the stunt rider who uses a Buell & massey fergusson (sorry harley) who is quite entertaining.

This Performance Bike Just imagine the power! Performance bike

That is not a bad 'ding' going by what I have seen fixed on a scrambles bike by using pressure and heat. I remember seeing a pipe which was flat and did not allow bike to run at all repaired back to nearly perfect condition. Try speaking to your local MX riders and dealers, someone locally is bound to be able to repair this at a reasonable cost. They will have the equipment to repair this sort of thing and more importantly know how to do it! Good luck!

Why dont they do these mods before they sell the bike?

I do not have a TYS but 15 minutes to start is NOT NORMAL no matter what bike you have. Try turning on the fuel then laying the bike on its side until fuel leaks from the carb, this will flood the carb and raise tohe fuel level which might nmake the bike easier to start. Try kicking the bike both with the choke on and off and with the throttle open and closed. If you cant work out a method of starting it within 5 or 10 kicks each time from cold I would be straight back on to the phone to the dealer for advice.

What does anyone suggest I use to make a heat shield for the front pipe of my TLR, I have already made one but am interested to see what the opinions of others are. Alloy Steel / Stainless Steel Titanium

When is the new 'king of bling'likely to have his bike together again for a bit of practice over the festive period? :hat: I'm sure if the new Mitani pipe does not make an appreciable differance to power delivery and it is surplus to requirements I can make it fit my TLR with a little bodging! My TLR needs less weight (and more 'bling') more than your 4RT! :santawink: :santa1:

As far as I remember the way a mate used to do it on MX bikes was similar although he had an air valve fitted to one end. The pipe was pressurised - dont know how high!. The area of the dents was then heated with a blowtorch or welding torch.

Please dont show this to Donald Duckwizard - his wallet hand will get itchy again!

I know a man who can - well I could make them but I know a man who can make better ones! (contact me off line Monty !)

Your garage is really getting to look like a breakers now, I have never seen so many 'project' bikes in various states of disrepair sitting on shelves, on the floor, in boxes etc. perhaps thats why you have one project in your front room as well! At least all my bikes are scattered around various sheds - well ok there are 2 with several spare engines in the loft!

Unless you have done a proper plug chop I would expect a plug to come out of a 4 stroke engine slightly sooty, especially if it has been running at low revs for a short period of time before you remove the plug. If you have turned the tickover down from the Honda set rpm like several people on this message board seem to have done it may be the spark is slightly weeker at tickover than Honda planned for the engine - this may also lead to a sooty plug. As for your thoughts on filter over oiling wouldn't the high tech fuel injection system on the Honda compensate for this - unless you really choke the filter with oil? I have a couple of old TLR Hondas - I doubt if I look at the plug more than once or twice a year, I dont think I have had to re-gap it yet but admit to replacing the plug every year or so. Think of the plugs in your road bike or car - what mileage do they do without attention, its not like a 2 stroke where the plug has to suffer horrible smelly 2 stroke oil in excess!

There is the chance that water is being sucked into the carb via the cable or via the cable fitting/adjuster at the top of the carb. If there is any damage to the outer of the throttle cable tape it up - or replace it, then lubricate the cable with penetrating oil or similar. If there is a gap between the cable outer and cable adjuster it may be worthwhile putting a tight fitting length of fuel pipe or similar over the adjuster/cable interface. If you have too much slack or play in the cable the outer may be resting on the edge of the adjuster, tcheck your cable routing so this does not happen. I would be inclined to go down the route of water getting in via the air filter or filter duct between the filter and carb. Do you pressure wash your bike and have you forced water into the carb? The other thing to look at is your fuel - it may be that the water has been present within your fuel/oil mix, its sometimes hard to see water in a 2 stroke fuel and it has got onto the slide this way. On a 4 stroke you dont have oil in the fuel and any water is more likely to stay in the float bowl. Strip and drain your carb, check for leaks, clean and re-oil your filter, seal the cable inlet to the carb and cross your fingures before you go out in the rain again.

Seems as if I have solved my gearbox problem. Initially I thought one of two things, a bent selector/selector shaft or a 'tight' selector drum. I thought that the selector was less likely since the problem was not related to only one or two gears but all six. After stripping the motor and examining the gearbox very carefully (as I did when I built it a year ago) I could not find any signs of selector problems BUT it was clear that the selector drum had been rubbing on the casing. I tried building the casing with the gear cluster and drum alone and it was clear that the drum was the root of mu problems. There are two options - make a thicker gasket(or use multiple gaskets) or turn some metal offthe end of the drum in a lathe. I chose the former, deciding on a gasket thickness after careful experimentation - et voila as our French friends would say, an easy gearchange again. Just think the bliss of being able to change gear in a section - perhaps my scores will mysteriously drop - then again pigs might fly....... If anyone else is using an aftermarket gasket set they may end up with a similar problem since the gasket is likely to be a different thickness than the OEM (Unobtanium!)Honda one, try putting the gearcluster in the cases and tightening the cases up to see if you have clearance before you fully build the engine it might save some grief in the long run. A thin gasket probably did not help my gearchange although I am not convinced it was the sole cause. Gordon

If that is a rule its a bit over the top! Take the following scenario for example. What happens on your first section of the day when you fall off (as i often do) and break a mudguard - are you expected to retire on the spot?

Have a think about the drive shaft boot off a BMW R series boxer road bike. Looks roughly the same, but dont know about dimensions.

Steve James was famous for CRASHING his NR750, it was in one of the bike magazines at the time - one of the few NR's in the UK. I have seen a couple over on the Isle of Man in the early - mid 90's but I do know of a Scots one. Niall Mackenzie the road racer owns or used to own one along with a mint VFR750R (RC30 to you). Both bikes had been ridden by him and were in the Alford Motor Museum up until a few years ago.

I wonder can this post be removed before Kenny aka Mr Cagiva sees it, then again hwe seems to have changed e to metatechno - perhaps Merlin/Cagiva 'projects' were getting too common in his garage. Cagiva

HRC? TLR Part Something different for the Honda TLR fanciers? Gordon