grant81rs wrote:
Just bag me out and call me names without getting off topic to much, as that just may be all the motivation that i need to get my ass into gear..
Hey ya slow bastage...get that thing sorted.
Riding is at hand....well, it might be for some if only they could get their own bike sorted.
How polite of you steveD, i expected a good thrashing, i actually got the bike out and polished it up this arvo, is now looking very respectable to pass a roadworthy...
For quite a while now I've been wondering why aftermarket gears aren't available for our airheads. There is, of course, that "overdrive" gear that some people have used. But other than that, nada, as I understand. When I was paying more attention to the Brit bike world there was at least one manufacturer (Quaife?) who made whole gear sets and spares for at least some of the more popular/numerous Brit bike transmissions. There were even specialized close-ratio gear sets for racing applications.
I'm thinking that there are a lot of airheads still being operated in the world. And of the 5-speeds there are only(?) two different sets of gears (5th gear helix angle change). Surely the demand for airhead gears is at least as much as for the various Brit bike gear sets for which aftermarket gears are available. With CNC machines now relatively common, even in low volume shops, I'm surprised that the (perhaps latent) demand hasn't inspired an enterprising gear manufacturer.
And the entrepreneur doesn't even have to own a factory. The world is full of manufacturers who can make anything we want of any quality we're willing to pay for. Are there no Chinese short-run job shops?
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have gears with machined dogs (and their mating holes) instead of as-cast?
For crying out loud, we're only trying to run up to 60 HP (stock) through relatively large gears. How hard can it be?
Ken, naive in Oklahoma
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There's no such thing as too many airheads
grant81rs wrote:...
Its all ready and sitting there for a RWC, just have to get it done and throw the money over the counter at vicroads, its that simple charlie.
Just bag me out and call me names without getting off topic to much, as that just may be all the motivation that i need to get my ass into gear..
GRANT FOWLER, YOU GET YOUR LAZY ARSE DOWN TO YOUR LOCAL TAME ROADWORTHY BLOKE THIS VERY DAY WITH A SLAB OF BEER UNDER YOUR ARM, THEN GET YERSELF DOWN TO VICROADS WITH A POCKET FULL OF DOLLARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT, OR THE MOTORCYCLING GODS WILL SMITE YOU ROYALLY. A MOB OF STROPPY EMUS MAY WELL KICK DOWN YOUR SHIT-HOUSE AS WELL, JUST FOR THE JOY OF IT.
There, how's that? See you at Geehi.
Charlie
and Brunhilde - 1974 R90/6
Graduate, Wallace and Gromit School of Engineering and Design (Pending)
Airbear wrote:
GRANT FOWLER, YOU GET YOUR LAZY ARSE DOWN TO YOUR LOCAL TAME ROADWORTHY BLOKE THIS VERY DAY WITH A SLAB OF BEER UNDER YOUR ARM, THEN GET YERSELF DOWN TO VICROADS WITH A POCKET FULL OF DOLLARS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THAT, OR THE MOTORCYCLING GODS WILL SMITE YOU ROYALLY. A MOB OF STROPPY EMUS MAY WELL KICK DOWN YOUR SHIT-HOUSE AS WELL, JUST FOR THE JOY OF IT.
There, how's that? See you at Geehi.
Damn! I thought it was pretty good. I felt this crazy compulsion to get myself a ticket to Oz with a fist full of good ol' 'Merican dollars and look up that Tame Roadworthy bloke myself. What kind of beer would be the best for me to get?
Of course I know that's all irrational thinking on my part. Stroppy Emus cant swim oceans--can they? And if I don't have a shit house, that won't piss them off will it? And why won't Grant get off his ass and relieve me of all this worry?
Ken, nervous in Oklahoma
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There's no such thing as too many airheads
