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Other Bikes / Re: How do I value a Maicoletta Scooter?
« on: February 11, 2024, 10:46:28 AM »It actually looks quite nice. Would the what looks like Hammerite finish on the dash be a factory finish back then .
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Other Bikes / Re: How do I value a Maicoletta Scooter?« on: February 11, 2024, 10:46:28 AM »It actually looks quite nice. Would the what looks like Hammerite finish on the dash be a factory finish back then . 17
Other Bikes / Re: How do I value a Maicoletta Scooter?« on: February 11, 2024, 10:35:46 AM »Join the Facebook group and ask there. Or is it the one that is currently for sale at offers over £4000 18
Anorak's Corner / Re: CB400F airbox rubber sealant« on: February 09, 2024, 07:17:44 PM »Black Sikaflex EBT Too late i guess. 19
Member 4 Sales / Re: CB 400F Tank and side panels« on: February 07, 2024, 12:42:16 PM »Who said GB500TT?? I quite fancied one for a long time but they rarely came up for sale. 20
Member 4 Sales / Re: CB 400F Tank and side panels« on: February 07, 2024, 09:01:14 AM »It makes it look quite GB500TT ish. 21
Project Board / Re: My 750F2 project.« on: February 03, 2024, 02:14:29 PM »In defence of Ken yes sometimes he might be a little direct if he sees things that are not correct but at least he goes on to say why. He does not say stuff like "I've never had that problem" and offer no solution. Would you care to expand on the "I'm a grown man not a snowflake " 22
Project Board / Re: My 750F2 project.« on: February 03, 2024, 09:36:22 AM »just over 12mnths ago he flounced threatening to leave the forum but came back stating he would come back but be hardly posting. I bet he must have done well over 1000 posts since. I have been doing the CBX550 over winter and its nearly finished but he and his attitude is the reason I rarely post now and there will be no pics of the CBX on this forum. I know for a fact others that no longer bother with this forum for the same reason. 23
Tricks & Tips / Re: Freeing stuck brake pistons with basic tools and no mess!« on: February 02, 2024, 09:47:32 PM »Where's the warm feeling of satisfaction and achievement in that! (Whereas keeping a tenner in your wallet...now there's a fine feeling,).🙂 It comes from making what some consider a difficult problem, easy for the sake of a tenner. Now £40 he was quoting in the vid that's a different matter. 24
Tricks & Tips / Re: Freeing stuck brake pistons with basic tools and no mess!« on: February 02, 2024, 12:56:41 PM »For less than a tenner on Aliexpress you can buy a complete front master cylinder with lever and a hose. Just pump it out whilst at your bench without all the huffing and puffing. Save that for doing something else. When done just put it back in the drawer with all your other tools. I bet he spends more on gloves. And I am a Yorkshireman 25
CB750 / Re: Head Bolts« on: January 21, 2024, 10:30:44 AM »What, can't have this. Everyone's in agreement! Quick, someone start an oil thread... 👍 Who's to say I've done yet. I might want to throw Specific Gravity into the equation just to complicate matters. Anyone for ATF vs Fork Oil. 26
CB750 / Re: Head Bolts« on: January 20, 2024, 11:01:07 PM »
Where do you get 0.9psi from for a column of water 1ft high. 27
CB750 / Re: Head Bolts« on: January 20, 2024, 10:54:02 PM »
No just as a column of water lift the tank 10 ft and you will have 0.433 psi X 10 = 4.33psi at the pipe end. Volume in the tank is irrelevant. A quick Google What is the pressure exerted by a 1 foot column of water equal to? Using Water as a Guide for Determining Pressure – Math for ... 0.433 psi The relationship between water, height and pressure is constant. If we were to take a column of water 1 foot high and use a pressure gauge at the bottom to measure the pressure it would read 0.433 psi. This is our constant when dealing with water and it remains consistent as we add more water. 28
CB750 / Re: Head Bolts« on: January 20, 2024, 10:04:31 AM »Typically mc fuel pumps delivers 3psi. Float valves are generally overcome at approx 4.5 / 5psi. 1ft head of water gives 0.433psi do the maths. One thing many don't think of is that in use float valves open very tiny amounts so the smallest of debris is likely to stay in the valve and never be flushed through unless the carb is drained or stripped and cleaned properly. Anyone wanting to check simply put a airline with a pressure reg on a upside down carb on the carb inlet and see at what point the valve leaks air when using leak detector spray. 29
Misc / Open / Re: Fuel tap size.« on: January 19, 2024, 06:30:46 PM »There are plenty on Aliexpress for a couple of quid 34mm centres 30
Misc / Open / Re: Bahco adjustable spanner - Sept 2023 Classic Bike article« on: January 17, 2024, 06:30:17 PM »
I've had them for years sizes from 6" to 18" and only ever broken one and that was with total abuse using a 4ft length of 2" pipe on A 15" one I
had cut an extra tooth on the movable jaw enabling it to open wider than they are designed to do. Carrying a 10" and !5 " on your belt was a very common practice in pits to save carrying a heavy bag of spanners for miles. I must still have 7 or 8 of them in varying sizes. |