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OK - they are the Mk1 version. If you have rebuilt and they work, then all good. If they give trouble then it might be worth looking for a set of Triumph 900 carbies.
I have not worked on the Mk1 version. I have MkII on my 750 and the Mikuni flatslides on my 896.
You are definately going to have to go bigger than 750 stock, so I guess you have a starting point. If you do happen to find a set of carbies off a Triumph 900 triple they bolt staight on and I did not need to touch the jetting. Most people prefer the Keihin carbies but I found a set of the...
Interesting point. Down here no one winches, it is all drive off, drive on. There is only 1 ram I know where I have seen a big boat trailer go over the end and it was no big deal as he still had 2 axles on the ramp!
We are very lucky down here, in the last 12months the government has decided...
Hi Sonic
I am very happy, but it has had limited time on the water. and it was almost glass.
As you can see in the video I did hit some boat wake and on the boat I did not realise how much air we got. The suspension seat mounts only have 45mm of travel but they totally eliminate the jarring...
Well it has happened.
First sea trial has happened. All good
No leaks - I can now confess that I never tested for leaks, I was just confident that the welds were sound.
Boat went really well.
Sorry about the video quality, the younger generation just don't get about holding the camera still...
Getting close to throwing it in the water.
Everything is connected and working. Spent Saturday sanding the outside of the hull and cabin. First went over it with 80 grit on the 125mm velcro pad on the angle grinder to sand down the high spots (weld). If you keep the disk well lubricated with wax...
Its not going to sink. Put 1.3 cubic metres of PE closed cell certified buoyancy foam filling the hold. The sheets are supplied as 2m X 1m X 50mm, I used a bread knife to cut the sheets down into smaller blocks to get them in under the deck. It was probably the most physically demanding task of...
Spent 2 days making up a bit of indulgence. A suspension seat using a mountain bike air shock.
And it works, needs a bit of a clean up with the shock mounting bolts and then bolted down onto the pedestal.
Lights Action!
Solar cell has been installed, charging controller connected = Batteries are now charging via the solar system. Woo Hoo!
Still have to install the duel voltage sensing relay, to make sure the starter battery is protected from being drained to a point the motor will not start...
Starting on the dash.
Also just gave the starter a squirt - motor started after 3 or 4 cranks on the residual fuel in the pump and injectors. Turned it of immediately, that was a relief that it started so easily.
The welding is now complete after today.
Added a rub rail on the sides, that really was to pull some weld distortion out. Used scaffold screw jacks to push out the concave section, then welded on the rub rail. To make sure it would hold the panels true, I slit a 50mm tube with 6mm wall in half...
Last day before returning to work.
Plumbed up the fuel tank.
Made up new 5m battery cables, tinned the ends, swaged on the terminals using hydraulic pliers.
Initially, I thought it might have been an overkill using 63mm conduit (not fitted yet) but as you can see the cable run is filling the...
Motor is on. Apart from getting the wrong bolts to lift from the flywheel. I bought 5/16UNF per other blogs, needed to race out to Bunnings (hardware store) and get 3/8UNF bolts. After that it all went smoothly. The main bolts holding the motor to the transom are 1/2UNC SS316 torqued to 45FTLBS...
I have been given an opportunity to get stuck into the boat. Orders have dried up at work (no surprise), so half the staff have been stood down for the 4 days before Easter and the other half will be off after Easter. I am back to work Tuesday after Easter. Then I guess we will see what happens...
Interesting times - hope you are all doing OK.
With staying isolated, has meant having to adapt. For my boys that means their gym has closed. They are a very close knit community, and we are maintaining our membership payments (luckily we still have work) thus the gym has allowed us to take...
Interesting times, apparently we are in lockdown after Monday. Luckily my wife and I can work from home.
Managed to get some more work done on the boat. The rub rails are stitched on. The front hatch hinges are done. The double height shelves are installed all the way from the transom to front...
I guess it is more that I understand the settings of the welder better. Now that I have reduced the frequency of double pulse and changed the high current to only 40% of the cycle and the bottom of the pulse is 50% of the max current I am really getting that stacked coin look. The other benefit...
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