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Offline Woodside

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The importance of oil circulation?
« on: January 08, 2015, 09:42:24 PM »
I've been cleaning the garage?
Took 12 hours to sort it all out?
Any way found these from my 450
This is what happens when someone (not me) thinks the bike looks better with no tacho drive take of so they put a lhs cam journal on the rhs so it looked real tidy......they forgot to make an oil way though???
The results are as follows

It was making a screaming noise?
But surprisingly still ran?

Just thought I would share it funnily enough it still makes me smile....I guess that why I've still got it all....???
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2015, 10:34:10 PM »
I love the 450's but, some people have not got a clue when it comes to engines. That can be repaired.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2015, 10:51:26 PM »
Slight aside, does anyone really think that engine was worth DOHC ?
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2015, 11:12:58 PM »
I here were you are coming from Tom. This has been a main topic on the twin forum for many years. The racing boys put roller bearings on the end of the cams and they do rev up a lot quicker.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2015, 07:33:53 PM »
Out of curiosity, I'd like to blank off the mechanical tacho drive on my 550 and have ordered a blanking plug.  Do I need to be concerned about this too, or are the 550's different?
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2015, 07:44:58 PM »
Yeah don't panic
Blanking the tacho,off is fine
On this the guy changed the whole cam journal so it looked good...and put the wrong side on? thus fxxxxxg the whole thing up...
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2015, 07:53:25 PM »
To the original post they were planks and Trig I too thought the 450/500 engine was brill
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2015, 07:54:59 PM »
Quote from: Bitsa on January 20, 2015, 07:53:25 PM
To the original post they were planks and Trig I too thought the 450/500 engine was brill
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Not the 500T engine i see today ;) ;)
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2015, 07:57:36 PM »
Trig
More or less same design wasn't it? ;)
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2015, 07:59:34 PM »
Quote from: Bitsa on January 20, 2015, 07:57:36 PM
Trig
More or less same design wasn't it? ;)
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Bitsa

Same, more than less Bitsa but, went to buy one today that turned out to be a bag of nails.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2015, 08:03:18 PM »
Damn shame Trig but in the day I liked the 500t although did not sell well and got slagged off.Like all first thing to go was the exhaust but to service liked them.Only got to see the brown ones.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2015, 08:04:04 PM »
Quote from: Woodside on January 20, 2015, 07:44:58 PM
Yeah don't panic
Blanking the tacho,off is fine
On this the guy changed the whole cam journal so it looked good...and put the wrong side on? thus fxxxxxg the whole thing up...
Thanks for the news Woodside, I'm doing my best to make sensible decisions when building my bike but it's the stuff like this that worries me - hope I won't get blindsided by something important!
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2015, 08:07:37 PM »
Quote from: Bitsa on January 20, 2015, 08:03:18 PM
Damn shame Trig but in the day I liked the 500t although did not sell well and got slagged off.Like all first thing to go was the exhaust but to service liked them.Only got to see the brown ones.
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Bitsa

Brown or orange with brown seat on both. My last one was stripped and sprayed in diamond black and a black seat cover, Nice.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2015, 08:10:39 PM »
Trig
I would snap one up if it came my way but have to say not seen any here or for sale.I did know off the orange but never saw one though.
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Re: The importance of oil circulation?
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2015, 08:16:51 PM »
Quote from: Bitsa on January 20, 2015, 08:10:39 PM
Trig
I would snap one up if it came my way but have to say not seen any here or for sale.I did know off the orange but never saw one though.
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Bitsa

Bitsa, a not so nice one >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221667345758?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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