Roo's Viffer

[philward]

Well done Roo (and Ken)! Patience of a saint!

[Johnwebley]

Well done


I do love the VFRs

With the single sided swinging arm,

Elegance and style

And not to slow

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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Nice one buddy. 👍👍👍

[Oddjob]

'Captain Happy'  endless dad jokes, tactless Mancunian attempts at humour and not being able to get a word in.

That's ok Roo, no offense taken at all. 

[Laverdaroo]

Must try harder


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[Spitfire]

Thank goodness for that, I remember timing a 250 AJS backwards once, did it time after time until I finally twigged.

Cheers

Dennis

[Laverdaroo]

Ted, sent you a text mate re yer carbs……


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[Bryanj]

OK Triumph T110, 1960 vintage with magneto. For years and years timed with a pencil down the plug hole on the rh cylinder, just once i did it on the lh cylinder and it ran like a sack of shite. Ended up checking timing on both and found 23 deg difference between cylinders due to cam ring wear and spent 6 hours with a slip stone evening it out.

[Rozabikes Tim]

Well done "OdRoo".

[Laverda Dave]

Well done Roo👍. You can't keep a mighty VFR down for long. I didn't mention it at the time but there's a guy running a YouTube channel called My Restoration. It's a pretty good watch as he's done a few bikes. One of the restorations was a VFR800. He took the cams out and when he set the valve timing he got it very wrong and managed to break a camshaft! Luckily both you and Ken have considerably more skill and got it right👍

[Johnny4428]

Brilliant news Roo! Happy biking! 👍👍

[Laverdaroo]

Well done "OdRoo".

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[Laverdaroo]

Well done Roo. You can't keep a mighty VFR down for long. I didn't mention it at the time but there's a guy running a YouTube channel called My Restoration. It's a pretty good watch as he's done a few bikes. One of the restorations was a VFR800. He took the cams out and when he set the valve timing he got it very wrong and managed to break a camshaft! Luckily both you and Ken have considerably more skill and got it right

Yeah, saw that. Videos like that are invaluable tbh as I’m sure youre aware. We’ve all had a ‘please make that just didn’t happen’ moments!

His was gear driven cams though so couldn’t use his timing tips but took what I could from his vids

No leaks apparent as yet but expecting a weep from the front cover gasket, it was a little past it’s best but gone back on with a bit of goo as they’re about 80 quid!


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[davidcumbria]

Glad it's sorted Roo. So the tight squeeze did create a little reassembly problem as you predicted. Do you think a vfr would be OK as a restoration project or it would just be a serial pita?

[Matt_Harrington]

Yay! Glad it is all sorted and now you can resume the other projects! Will call for a chat soon...