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Doms CB550F1 project
DomP:
They're bench sync'd but not balanced as such, because it's a rebuilt engine I don't want to have it sat idling for long
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
We have an old floor standing fan that I use when tinkering to give an air flow over the front of the bike.
It used to be whiteish - with the ravages of time its now beige/yellow.
I've brought it down from my garage loft ready for setting the dynamic timing and the carb sych.
DomP:
I have had this thought Ted, just I don't want the pistons and rings to suffer before they are bedded in
Laverdaroo:
Im with Ted on that, get some fans on it but keep yoiur time idling to a minimum to reduce the risk of glazing. I dont have fans so going to be carrying my guages with me on the test rides. Roadside fiddling always been a part of my motorcycling career but that might be due to the amount of old and shagged out Ducati's I've had. ;D
DomP:
The main problem I've caused myself is that I can't set the revs due to having no working rev counter. I just can't get it to idle nice and even, when I blip the throttle the revs won't fall meaning I end up hitting the kill switch, it is pretty even across all four cylinders on my Morgan carb tuner though so that's a positive.
One other thing to note, sometimes when I turn the ignition on I get a pop/air type sound from around the battery or airbox.
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