Recent content by Saturnicus

Introduction. Learning my way around this site. I have almost completed a engine-out rebuild of a 1980 Z650 I have owned and been restoring for many years. Just got to a point, despite some great help from a guy who contacted me on the net, Dave Porter-Smith, I didn't know him. I needed to...

Aaah, you have good attention. Yes my mistake it is cb350, slip of the finger. I regret not asking for a compression reading in writing and suggest all others do just that if buying from persons unknown. Trust no one! However, Steve at Windsor Engines, Walker Street did a nice job boring and...

After having a ball on a mates stripped down cb 250 paddock basher way back in 1973, I was super impressed on how tough and how much fun these bikes were. Never forgot that weekend. A huge chunk of life later I got the bug for a cafe racer or perhaps a sled, after a life of continuous ownership...

You probably have discovered already that the cutting tool will dig in to to material if you cut from left to right as the teeth will want to grab material. It can easily cut gouges going this way. For more control cut from right to left in small touches at a time. Kind of touch, lift, touch...