I'm going to have to send it back to be amended. Colour, engine size etc.
Psssst,don't tell the wife!!
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I'm going to have to send it back to be amended. Colour, engine size etc.
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Nice bit of work that! 
Thanks mate. Rides lovely. Needs a touch of fettling but on the whole, fabby. I'm really pleased.
Nice bit of work that!
The man is a genius.
I’m away over xmas Tufty but hoping to get out on the Peak lanes in January- looking forward to seeing this bike in the flesh - gorgeous
As soon as you're back, get in touch. We can sort a trip or two.
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Well, the touch of fettling turned into a head scratcher today,Thanks mate. Rides lovely. Needs a touch of fettling but on the whole, fabby. I'm really pleased.
The bike wouldn’t run over 2k revs, massive backfiring dying off no power etc.
Turned out I’d wired the Emerald Isle reg rec in parallel with the brush feed so once it started charging it was backfeeding out of the rectifier into the alternator brushes and was charging at 16 volts,with no voltage control.
This was freaking out the seimens ignition unit and making it advance a stupid amount.
It all made perfect sense once I had realised what I had done.( I’ll blame it on too much caffeine that day
)Any how’s,
It was obviously running a bit rich though the mid range and on idle so I dropped the needles one notch and tweaked the idle mixture ,rebalanced the carbs.
Jobs a goodn
I’ll let tufts tell you about the bike
Well, what can I say?
Once the problem was identified and rectified I rode the bike home. On a nasty cold wet day, greasy roads are not that good for first 'proper' rides.
All I can say is the bike flies. Whatever Mikeyboy has done to the engine, it really shifts. It's the kind of engine that the only reason to slow down is so you can accelerate again. I'm sure it's faster than my 1150!!
The riding position is comfortable for me, all the switch gear is familiar so riding it is easy. So easy that it's 'easy' to forget how tall it is. There were a few moments at junctions where I put my foot down and remembered just how tall the bike is and had to stretch the extra to touch the ground.
Did I say how quick it is and how good it sounds? Superbly put together by Mike, it's so good. Everyone should have one.
To prepare for the Lands End Trial, I shall be pretty much riding this bike in preference to my others where possible so as to get used to it and generally make sure everything is working how it should. We need to spend some time on the lanes to ensure the suspension is set up.
So apart from a little electrical mishap, this bike is a real stonker. The 650cc to 860cc converted engine pulls so much stronger than my 800cc g/s. Completely different feel. It has an urgency about acceleration and probably a much higher top speed.
Oh, and I suppose I should find an empty car park and practise some slow speed stuff too.
Did I say how fast it was?
Once the problem was identified and rectified I rode the bike home. On a nasty cold wet day, greasy roads are not that good for first 'proper' rides.
All I can say is the bike flies. Whatever Mikeyboy has done to the engine, it really shifts. It's the kind of engine that the only reason to slow down is so you can accelerate again. I'm sure it's faster than my 1150!!
The riding position is comfortable for me, all the switch gear is familiar so riding it is easy. So easy that it's 'easy' to forget how tall it is. There were a few moments at junctions where I put my foot down and remembered just how tall the bike is and had to stretch the extra to touch the ground.
Did I say how quick it is and how good it sounds? Superbly put together by Mike, it's so good. Everyone should have one.
To prepare for the Lands End Trial, I shall be pretty much riding this bike in preference to my others where possible so as to get used to it and generally make sure everything is working how it should. We need to spend some time on the lanes to ensure the suspension is set up.
So apart from a little electrical mishap, this bike is a real stonker. The 650cc to 860cc converted engine pulls so much stronger than my 800cc g/s. Completely different feel. It has an urgency about acceleration and probably a much higher top speed.
Oh, and I suppose I should find an empty car park and practise some slow speed stuff too.
Did I say how fast it was?
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I pretty much agree with tufts on this,
the motor is “angry”
The mid range is just fierce,loads of torque and wanting to rev,,,, I love it.
First run today saw 90mph on a single track road.what a hoot
the motor is “angry”
The mid range is just fierce,loads of torque and wanting to rev,,,, I love it.
First run today saw 90mph on a single track road.what a hoot
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And to add,it’s very stable ,no wobbles!
Although it should be as it’s 4 inches longer on the swingarm,
But still has an impressive steering lock due to chris’s Work on the head stock.
It still needs a bit of tinkering to get the jetting right but ,
I want one
Although it should be as it’s 4 inches longer on the swingarm,
But still has an impressive steering lock due to chris’s Work on the head stock.
It still needs a bit of tinkering to get the jetting right but ,
I want one
It's proper mental. 
Bloody lovely
Any dirty videos too?
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If you wanted one I’ve just bought a really good doner bike
Oh don’t !! Let me have a think
You know you want one. 
I have got it a bit dirty riding it. I need to clean two bikes now.
I haven't had time to ride it off road properly, and it needs a proper front tyre on it. Mike says that there's still some bits and bobs to be done as well.
But that won't stop me going out on it tomorrow!
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