2013 Preparation

[El Loco]

And the upgrades keep coming. Spotted this on FleaBay and got in contact with the seller who was happy to see it go to a fellow competitor (well, you know what I mean..... ;D):

It's the Sunter Clutch Cover/Oil Filter Conversion which comes in at over £110 just for the silver parts alone. I've got the lot for.............nah, that's MJM business only! ;D

Anyway, the seller is a fella called Ken Davis who is pretty handy on a classic (and other bikes) around the IoM. He's very kindly offered to help us out as and when we ever need it - top fella:

www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events/Races.aspx?meet_code=ALL&ride_id=7924

The cover's gonna need the Spray Meister's touch I think though?

M.

[El Loco]

Just checked the MCUI website and details of the Training Days at Kirkistown are out as well as the Flag Seminars:

Hopefully we'll have the K4 ready for February?...........March? ;D

M.

[El Loco]

Marty, his son Kevin and myself headed up for another round of restoration on New Year's Eve but, due to the stormy weather (well, it was feckin blowing a gale here ) and subsequent downing of our phone line, it's taken until now to get the pics uploaded:

New Clutch Cover rubbed down ready for masking



Masked Up



Sprayed



De-masked



And fitted! ;D



Then it was time to finish off the exhausts which were ably masked up by Kevin



Sprayed by the Spray Meister himself



And now looking as good as new

While we were there we also got the refurbished front caliper and master cylinder re-fitted so it was a good few hours of work to the say the least.

M.

[marty]

Starting to look good mate, when the next time.


;D ;D ; ;D

[El Loco]

Don't know mate - back to work proper on Monday and working Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday nights

Would be ok for Thursday evening then if it suited? ;D

M.

[El Loco]

Dec 23, 2012 17:58:42 GMT El Loco said:

Just checked the MCUI website and details of the Training Days at Kirkistown are out as well as the Flag Seminars:

Hopefully we'll have the K4 ready for February?...........March? ;D

M.

Attended the Flag Seminar today along with Jack and now know my Yellows from my Whites from my Blacks from my Reds from my Yellow and Blacks! ;D

Anyhow, and most importantly, the wee slip of paper saying I was there is on its way to the guy in MCUI who hands out the licences...........this might just happen you know

While we were there Jack got a name to check out regarding sorting out the timing/PVL so we'll see where that takes us as well.

M.

PS. We've also sourced a Scitsu Rev Counter and the Clutch Lifter is now on its way to be worm drived.......

[El Loco]

Well Marty and myself headed up this evening to do a bit more and we decided to start with the Primary Drive Gears:

They're the little ones on the right



When we fitted the oil filter conversion there was about a centimetre gap left between the outside gear and the tightening nut as so

Had a dig around Jack's garage but couldn't find anything to fit (that looked like it wasn't needed elsewhere ) so Marty's going to see if he can get one engineered specifically for the job.

Couldn't do anymore with that so we took out the back wheel and checked the drum brake etc which only needed a bit of a clean. Next up we decided to do the infamous brake bleed:

After a fair bit of sucking we eventually managed to get the fluid flowing through and the brake bled fairly quickly.

Jobs done for the evening we headed off and will probably head back early next week to fit the washer! ;D

M.

[El Loco]

Not sure where January went but it flew by and we didn't manage to get as much done as we'd hoped. Anyway, February's here and we've started off the way we hope to go on and got a fair bit done last night:

This is where we left things



So we got ourselves another one these (Oil Slinger )



Measured it up



Cut it



and......hey presto!



Next we turned to the rev counter bracket mounting which had split



No short cuts on this job!





and once stripped we set about the repair with some cutting



Some welding





Some grinding



And some welding again



We got there! ;D



Last but not least the Spray Meister added his touch and we ended up with a mounting as good as new (but stronger!)

A decent night's work and we're almost there; a rebuild, oil fill and nut and bolt check and the bike should be ready to go to the tuners.........if we can find one!

M.

[marty]

We're getting there mate. sorry cant make Sunday but have a good one.


;D ;D ;D

[El Loco]

Well, what a day that was - all we needed was Noah and his feckin Ark and we'd have been squared away!

Jack and myself headed down to Kirkistown for the first of three training days and it was a wash out.

Cold and wet........very wet



Too wet to pull the bikes out of the van so we decided to make ourselves a brew. Err...





At 1.30pm they decided enough was enough and, due to alot of standing water on the circuit, the training was binned



;D ;D

All was not lost however, and I managed to meet up with an old friend who's going to be racing a rather sweet (my daughter's saying ) Fireblade. Nice one Davey! ;D

So, we got back to Jack's a bit earlier than expected and decided to do a wee bit of work on the K4

The new clutch actuation mechanism arrived and was duly sorted........Rubbed down



Masked up and painted



And fitted as easily as that! ;D





On a roll we went straight into re-fitting the exhausts and now have something resembling a bike once again



Still not content we then managed to fit the Rev Counter bracket and new Scitsu as well



So, despite the lousy weather, we managed to get a fair bit done on the bike and even filled her up with oil. We just need to source a kill switch and race plugs and she'll be ready for the Tuners ;D! Can't be bad.

M.

[Phil]

I've been reading a lot of people complaining about the piss poor organisation of the day, the "organizers" knew it would be binned before they decided to turn up at 11am, didn't pass any information on to all the riders and why did they not have a plan B to cover poor weather conditions (it is winter) and will there be a refund of all or part of the £60 fee, seeing as they only covered flag training, which is free anyway.

[El Loco]

Feb 11, 2013 10:16:25 GMT Phil said:

I've been reading a lot of people complaining about the piss poor organisation of the day, the "organizers" knew it would be binned before they decided to turn up at 11am, didn't pass any information on to all the riders and why did they not have a plan B to cover poor weather conditions (it is winter) and will there be a refund of all or part of the £60 fee, seeing as they only covered flag training, which is free anyway.

Yep the organisation WAS like the weather.........shoite! They still took the £60 but are 'hoping' to let us have the next training day for £40. Suspect that will be more down to the owners of Kirkistown though.....

The thing that will piss me off however is that there were quite a few who never bothered their arses turning up at all and it looks like they'll be able to rock up on the 24th and/or 3rd and still get their licence - should be told to feck off and come back next year! They won't be though........

Anyway, this is all about getting a licence to race and I'm another step closer to that so it ain't all doom and gloom. ;D

M.

Ps. You're right that there was no Plan B but, to be honest, there wasn't a Plan A either!

[El Loco]

Keep your eyes peeled for Number 25 in the classic races lads - he'll be somewhere at the back! ;D

Coming together, coming together..........

M.

[marty]

Sorry to here about the rain mate, you and Jack got some good work done, come on 25 just finish


;D ;D ;D

[El Loco]

Jack's just spotted on Facebook that the next Training Day will be free - good to see a bit of common sense being applied.

Mark.

PS. Notice the MCUI website says nothing about it though.