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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Teaser Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:53 pm | |
| Well as I said, I really only work on the bike when it's needed or I'm waiting for parts. So any guesses what I'm working on while I'm waiting for new rubber for the wheels? | |
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jon61 Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 544 Join date : 2010-04-27 Location : North Shore
| Subject: Re: Teaser Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:25 pm | |
| You’ve got space around your bike, or was that just to take the photo, moved it all into the lounge aye! Good job you’ve got going on there, those jacks are handy... Posters are out of focus, other than that... yep, a good tease! | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:21 pm | |
| - jon61 wrote:
- You’ve got space around your bike, or was that just to take the photo, moved it all into the lounge aye!
Good job you’ve got going on there, those jacks are handy...
Posters are out of focus, other than that... yep, a good tease!
Yeah, theres space for 2-4 people to work around a bike in my workshop. More if you open up the door, and space for one at the workbench. That's only if it's tidy though. Nearly wall to wall and ceiling of posters. Going to get some black concrete paint to do the floor, and paint the hardware and shelves red. And paint the main door white, as it's dirty aluminum blandness at moment. | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:58 pm | |
| Mufflers off so I'd say a new set of pipes. Try walking round 12 bikes in your garage. Bugger to fit 3 people in there | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:03 am | |
| Yeap, fitting on four 2" shotguns. Just need some adapters made up - 1 1/4 " to 2"
Wheres a place to get really cheap cloth exhaust wrap? | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:08 pm | |
| There was a whole big discussion on that last year. Cheapest I got was Repco. Dearest was Deus but there was someone on TradeMe with a pretty good price a while ago. Worth checking again. Rene may know someone as well. | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:59 pm | |
| Cool. Will look into it. Just want something tidier than some 2inch stainless pipe I've fitted on. | |
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andrewj Mechanic
Posts : 143 Join date : 2010-05-08 Age : 47
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 3:23 pm | |
| $29 for 15m from redline performance in penrose. they do the alloy look one as well if thats your style. i wrapped two sets of pipes with one $29 pack. they do the stainless ties to for a couple quid each to but i found them to be shit. couldnt get them tight enough. | |
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brett7777 Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 1425 Join date : 2010-04-27 Age : 60 Location : Waitakere
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:02 pm | |
| wot is the best thing to tighten them with then? | |
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rattlecan ren Mechanic
Posts : 60 Join date : 2010-04-26 Age : 51 Location : north shore ish/west ish /super city
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:50 pm | |
| yeah ditto on what andrew said....trademe name redlinevip. real good price | |
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jon61 Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 544 Join date : 2010-04-27 Location : North Shore
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:03 pm | |
| I’ve got stainless cable ties, with a ball bearing thingie lock in them... and a tool for locking up tight and cutting excess flap off... nice & works a treat. There is no brand on it... Had it ages for work, think it came from one of those stainless nut & bolt places... Any one wants to use it, feel free but I’m on the shore... | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:48 pm | |
| I was just going to use some hose clamps that I can grab from work.
I've seen bikes in various mags who use them, and I rather liked the silverish ring they make around the exhaust. | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:51 pm | |
| I've always used ordinary hose clamps but the skinny stainless ones look better on there. | |
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mike Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 628 Join date : 2010-05-16 Age : 42 Location : brisbane
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:15 pm | |
| cv clips would work sweet theyr only s/s about 5mm thick but probly best to have the tool to do them up tight enough | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:58 am | |
| Getting machining done today for the new exhaust...
Then its time to cut up the stock exhaust so the new mufflers fit.
Nearing the point of no return!
Here's praying I don't end up needing to buy a new stock exhaust set.
Now... where did I put that damn wheel spacer in the mean time....? | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Sun Jul 18, 2010 12:04 pm | |
| Did you get the exhaust wrap? | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:18 pm | |
| Not yet. While it'd be nice to have everything here and ready, I've decided to take it one step at a time so as not to buy stuff I don't end up using or needing. | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:56 pm | |
| I always end up with stuff I don't need at the time but it all gets used eventually. | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:00 pm | |
| Any tricks in wrapping exhaust cloth around mufflers and having a mount bracket welded on them? Haven't got to the bracket yet, but planning ahead. | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:48 am | |
| I find it easier to wrap when I get it wet first. | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:35 am | |
| What about getting it around a bracket though? Wouldn't having a bracket end up with a gap in the wrap or a funny pattern in the wrap? | |
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andrewj Mechanic
Posts : 143 Join date : 2010-05-08 Age : 47
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:54 am | |
| if you double it round the bracket a couple of times it shouldnt be a drama....just try it and see. you can only fuk it up.....half the fun is fukn something up aye.. even if you end up with a funny pattern its still gonna look sweet. thats the beauty of wrap. | |
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Irishjon Admin
Posts : 1360 Join date : 2009-11-04 Age : 67 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:09 pm | |
| My brackets have always been on the muffler and the wrap is only on the header so it didn't come up. You can try and do a couple of wraps round the bracket at an angle and then go back up the pipe and wrap it again but you will end up with a thicker part where the bracket is. Hard to visualise. I need a whiteboard. | |
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Sara Admin
Posts : 37 Join date : 2009-11-05 Age : 50 Location : Auckland
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:36 pm | |
| - The_Lone_Rider wrote:
- Any tricks in wrapping exhaust cloth around mufflers and having a mount bracket welded on them? Haven't got to the bracket yet, but planning ahead.
Get yourself some latex gloves - the wrap is made of some of the most vile material on the planet. A sort of cross between fibreglass, asbestos, and shards of glass. If you're not wearing gloves, it gets in/under the skin on your hands/fingers, and itches like a bugger. | |
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The_Lone_Rider Serial Bike Abuser
Posts : 198 Join date : 2010-07-08 Location : Canterbury
| Subject: Re: Teaser Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:29 pm | |
| Sweet, will try all that.
Nearly done welding up one of the new mufflers. My header pipes are chromed, it'll be the mufflers wrapped in cloth. | |
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