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Hi, Cant you get a mig with gas? i have a small Cebora 130A (it was the same as snapon when i bought it)i have had it for over 20 years i use it for most jobs on the small bikes i run it with a beer gas regulator and straight CO2. I find gasless is ok for some things but i find it better to use a MI...

Thats it get the grinder out just keep going until you have it done.
Remember a little progress is better than no progress get this bit done and i think that will be the hardest part done.

Alex

smiles per hour instead of miles per hour

Its a good job you are over there with it as if you left a old fiat in a garage over here for 15 years most of it would still be on the floor when you pushed it out. i take it you have had a look under it.

Hi it sounds like a good plan and the PTO sounds good idea 1900's saw mill would be good :lol:. if you want automatic maybe CB450A. i think Tim has a superdream he cut the cylinders and the front of the engine off and coupled the gearbox with a belt to the engine have a look around on the other buil...

Mark, I use Comma diesel magic in the chitroen its a 2002 C3 1.4hdi that has done 240000 miles it has it about a week befor the MOT it will not pass the emissions without it. I dont use it more than that because i find it very satisfying deploying the smoke screen when the local boy racer is up my a...

well i made it this year i had a good ride to get there wend down most of the roads around the place but i had a good afternoon when i was there. i am looking foreward to next year hopfully i will be there for the ride out. i am getting a sat nav thing.

Diesel disaster :( :( Well the bike has been going well I have had a little technical hitch. Filled her up and the next day I was greeted with a lovely rainbow. Remember the noise issue my solution may have caused me another problem. I have got a steady drip. I am in the process of draining it out t...

Bugger again, Well what happened was. This time I was enjoying the bike too much all that sliding the ass end around has cost me some time and a few days without the bike. But that is what the first few months are for isn’t it. It turns out that drifting the ass end although it may be fun puts a lot...

Well I have fitted my new glow plugs and fitted the new relay I have put it on the toggle switch for now but I am planning to fit a push switch as it will be better and I can’t forget them good shout Mark. I left it overnight and fitted the plugs it was pretty cold and it started straight up. I am h...

It’s registered as a 2 wheeled motorcycle. I made the sidecar detachable as there are less things the DVSA and MOT man can test. You need to think of these things when building also because of the Q plate it now only has to abide by 1971 rules for mot. I have read a lot about the art of riding a sid...

i have to switch my fan at the moment i am gonig to put a switch in my radiator its an old polo they have a switch and can trigger a relay but i wonder if it would still work if it was attached the the head or somthing like that. it may be woth a try if they are about 7-8 quid.

alex

I have fixed the oil leak and all seams ok but it’s not so good with the first cold start of the day. But at the moment I am not too worried about it and I am getting it going and that is all that matters I put new glow plugs in it when the engine was out but I suppose you get what you pay for as I ...

Ride out. So I took some tools and some oil and jump leads just in case. Thought I would just go a few miles and give it a check over so I took it down the road to H café first time with the sidecar so i have got to learn where the wheel is still :lol:. It went well I was grinning all the way. I had...

I got a registration, Well I sent the forms off and was waiting patiently they have had what they said they needed. I got an email turns out they needed more so they asked for some mort forms to be filled in. they wanted receipts for the parts. Well I had sent a copy of my ebay invoice for the engin...

I Done it. :D 🎉 Well I am no sound engineer that’s for sure but I have made a new air filter out of a fire extinguisher and a bit of flexi pipe attached to a new air intake over the other side of the frame. I gave it a quick test it has made a massive difference so I thought I would download a decib...

Hi womble, There is loads of build info on the forum it realy helped me and there is always somebody with a good sugestion or a bit of help. I think Tim used a toothed belt set up to drive the gearbox. I had look at his bike at the big Knock. Try to gather up as many parts as you can as the mock up ...

Hi womble, There is loads of build info on the forum it realy helped me and there is always somebody with a good sugestion or a bit of help. I think Tim used a toothed belt set up to drive the gearbox. I had look at his bike at the big Knock. Try to gather up as many parts as you can as the mock up ...

MSVA update. I had my MSVA test today. It failed on 3 things but only 2 in the end. it’s too bloody noisy. This is my main concern. The other was just bloody spill pipe decided to leak it was rather cold today. I was 4db over well I don’t personally think the exhaust was the problem. It was just eve...

Well the bloody day of the msva. :evil: I didnt have a good start to the day and the bloody day didnt get any better. I had few bits to do at work before i got the bike loaded and that took a bit longer. i was rushing around and went straight to the test center got it all unloaded and thats when the...

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I put a yamaha wheel in some suzuki forks.I had to make a plate that held the drum on the forks. It was straight forward i just had to make a spacer. the spindle went through the plate and i made it fit the new wheel and attach to the original lugg.

alex

Well I have been ringing DVSA daily trying to get a cancellation slot. I’m not having much luck. I rang my insurance it’s no problem getting insurance. I only get 3rd party. Yes I recon I have foiled the average motorcycle thief unless they do a drive by with a flat bed and a HIAB they won’t be pick...

Ok Ron its heavy 600kg and another 120kg for the sidecar. I thought it was heavy as I had a rite job with it when it fell off the pallets and I had to catch it when I was building it. But not that heavy this would explain the overheating brakes. I have made more progress i had another read of the ma...

Sorting it all out. Lights well I got the lights off eBay they are pretty crap. So I thought bugger it. I will have to think of another solution. Now I have a box of bits for lights nothing complete and most of it is broken. I normally just cut bits from them for the lenses. I managed to find a clea...

Last few bits I have been off work and the kids are with the grandparents and wife has been working. What was I supposed to do with all that time? I have been doing 14hr days on the bike and it’s nearly finished. Well I had to wait for parts so I just started all the little jobs that get put off for...

Rolling again I have got the parts from the bloke at the engineering shop. Now its time to put it all together . Everything fits although I think I may be a little out on my measuring. I will get that sorted out after I have done the brakes and tested it out it is an easy fix. I have got a stay bar ...

Getting a bit closer. Well some bits came I got a bolt on flange bearing for the calliper carrier, short piece of precision tubing for my spacers and a few other bits and bobs. I set about making the next part. I got it all sorted out but I found that the pillow block had too much movement I think i...

Moving forward again. Well I had to go away for a bit but I am now back working on the bike. I spent a few hours working out things and drawing up the part I needed making. I found a couple of places that would help me out. Unfortunately when they gave me the price I nearly passed out. So it was tim...

Thanks Mark it looks better than it is but it will do. hopefully I will be able to find somewhere and get it sorted out. I had a good afternoon on Saturday at the big knock. A lot to take in some of the conversions were really well done. I was hoping to see some of the big bikes but it was still wor...

Well I am getting there. Done some more work have made a swinging arm and attached it all to the forks I have made it so I have 2 options for the fork trail. The good thing that comes with any of the modifications is change. I have hopefully improved things quite a bit I intend to put a link on the ...