2 Strokes Down Under

Im looking forward to how it goes with time spent in the saddle..have been lookin at a ktm380 motard but was concerned about vibes..as in stock form they are supposed to be quite taxing..i know you have gone to some effort to reduce this and wait eagerly for the results..great spanners man.. all in...

It's been a while guys, I've had a self imposed forum hiatus (keyboard warrior):

As for the Mito, she's All done. Just needs the rich jetting (1/2-WOT) sorted then she's good for a trackday test

Cheeky test ride down my street:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpUW7NH8Jc

Been quietly busy since my last post. Made a crankshaft starting system so that the bike can be fired up using a handheld starter motor. Got my forks straightened, re-valved, re-sprung and serviced. They feel great now. Just need to spit these 3 parts out on a CNC machine after new years and then I'...

MT07

beast!!!!

Woohoo, My forks will be rebuilt, upgraded and ready to go in one week

measure it again with a little torque, you might find that the thicker gasket squashes down 0.1mm and gives you zero :) If you cant compress it down by torquing the following may be helpful: firstly, +/- .1mm will do sweet f-all to your port timing. But more importantly it will alter your squish. wh...

was that with the cylinder torqued down? it will compress the base gasket a little too

yeah, ive never used a torque wrench in my life.

Tight, but not so sight that your going to break the base of the cylinder! you'd have to really be trying hard to do that though.

looking very close to finished!

Wish it was in my shed!

you know you want to!

(330cc kit?)

another trick is this. put the clip in the hole at an angle so that is completely within the gudgeon pin hole, but just not lined up/straight. as it doesnt need inserting straight its a piece of cake Then, using the old gudgeon pin (from the old piston), slide this down the hole and use it to drive ...

nice one Lozza

forks are in getting worked on at promecha, Peter at promecha found a dent in the fork upper so ill be sourcing a new upper from lozza or converting one of his good left legs into a right leg

confirmed, forks bent.

2mm on the upper, 2.5mm on the lower

Luckily I didnt send it for a rebuild as it would have been 300 bucks down the drain
Luckily lozza has a spare RHS fork which he is going to check straightness of and let me have for a reasonable amount

no worries,

I did a quick search on google for 'forks stuck' and of all the results to pop up, most we from the aprilia forum with people who had seized bushes and seals.

Maybe ill be in luck!

Ill keep you all posted.