Roo's Viffer

[Laverdaroo]

Cheers Bryan, starting prepping a bit today for getting done doing exactly as you mentioned. Saw a chap do it on a video  today so gonna do it while it’s out on the bench. The replacement head has done hardly any miles so not expecting much to be honest but thanks for the offer Ken, I’ll be in touch.

Clean isn’t it Ted, I was quite happy with that visually.


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[Laverdaroo]

She
d o’clock then!


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[Matt_Harrington]

And he's under starters orders.......

[Laverdaroo]

Engine all done but a proper pug to time up. Realised after a while, having the cam chain adjuster partially engaged helps a great deal. All done and on the stool in the garden. Taped up and waterproofed for a proper degrease tomorrow. I still have the cans to torque down but can’t until Andy bobs over tmrw with his 1/4 drive wrench. Ihavent got one that goes as low as 9ft/lbs which is the requirement for the cam holders.

All but two of the shims on the new head were in tolerance and by juggling about with the old ones off my head, managed a full set in spec

Spot the new head


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[Laverdaroo]

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[Johnny4428]

Great job Roo! You’ll be back on the road at the weekend!😜😜

[Laverdaroo]

Got to squeeze the swine into the frame yet, looking forward to a good swear


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[Johnny4428]

Great confidence in ya Roo! Sounds like a bit of a pig to work on though.

[Laverdaroo]

Satisfying but absolutely terrible to work on. The engineering is awesome but like I said before, they couldn’t have squeezed any more stuff under the fairings, it’s absolutely stuffed in there with zero room for anything else. Can’t wait to get the crap off it though, my OCD-ometer is jangling off the hook


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[Laverda Dave]

Looking good Roo. Are you not going to polish the cases before it goes back in .
Agree about the lack of room in there, I stripped my FiX last winter to give it a good clean and was amazed with how tight the packaging is. Still the best bike Honda ever made though imho.
It's a big day for my own Viffer tomorrow when I will be forced to decide it's future :'(

[Bryanj]

Lots of copperslip and screwed in by hand first on the plugs is it?

[Laverdaroo]

What you getting rid for Dave, thought you'd just fettled it to keep it? The design on paper/computer fr this must have been a right thing, there is literally no spare room for anything, even wiring for the power commander abd charging tails for the optimate  are a squeeze. I agree completely about the best bike Honda made, there's a reason for that and its simply the build quality. Inside mine is still mint, just the outside that needs the tlc but thats only through neglect due it it not needing any nannying


Bobbed an old set of plugs in for the wash and some paper filled, 'jonny glove fingers' into the spark plug tunnels before the wash but yes Bryan, ever so delicately coaxed in by hand for me!

[Orcade-Ian]

Got to squeeze the swine into the frame yet, looking forward to a good swear


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Great Job Roo, as you say it will be fun squeezing it all back in - reminds me of the gynaecologist who wallpapered his hallway through the letterbox.  Do let me know if you run out of swear words - I still have a drawer full somewhere.

Ian

[Matt_Harrington]

Yay! You'll soon be whizzing around on it!

[Laverdaroo]

Got to squeeze the swine into the frame yet, looking forward to a good swear


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Great Job Roo, as you say it will be fun squeezing it all back in - reminds me of the gynaecologist who wallpapered his hallway through the letterbox.  Do let me know if you run out of swear words - I still have a drawer full somewhere.

Brilliant, thanks Ian, they may come in handy. I like the thought of storing them all in a drawer, that made me chuckle

Ian