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So cool, love this. My friend's 12 year old son is really interested in engines and the like so me and another friend are going to build with him his choice of death machine this summer, either a go kart or motorized bicycle. I'm on engine duty, my mate's going to be fabbing the go kart frame...

Looking good man

With the CB giving me fits and the GL's idle refusing steadfastly to resemble anything normal, I needed a garage win. Long disliked the front brake feel and suspected (and confirmed) a warped brake rotor. Not an easy thing to come by but finally tracked one down in Denmark, ponied over an...

Cool!

Savage sounds about right. What little I know of KTM's that's as good a description as any. My mate's 950sm is an absolute reprobate when cajoled, and it doesn't take much cajoling that's for sure. There's a guy local to me who's an old KLR guy and keeps eyeballing my C model - he just bought...

I can only imagine what this bike must be like to ride. KTM engines are awesome so this must be an absolute blast when you give it the beans

The badges are cool. The Thing attached to each is a nice touch too

Also have some time on my hands so teaching a friend's young son what I know about internal combustion engines by taking apart some old lawn strimmers. He wants to get into car restoration so I gently/not-very-gently-at-all suggested to his old man to nurture that vibe and get him some old...

Think I've narrowed the problem on the CB down to a weird heat-related vacuum leak. DHL are dicking around with parts that were supposed to be here yesterday, so all bets are off as to when I can have another crack at getting the thing roadworthy. No worries, giving me some time to get stuck...

The CB has been one step forward one step back for the last month trying to figure out what the fuck is wrong. So yeah, progress on the GL feels good man

Updates. Been trying to get the shittily running CB back in good shape so the GL has taken a bit of a back seat. Waiting on parts however has meant I can turn my attentions back to this old girl. With the water pump rebuilt and timing belts changed, I flushed out the engine's cooling system...

Well that worked

That seat came out great. Great looking bike man

Sure is, lovely environs too

Blooding the crankcase. Rite of passage!

Absolutely shitloads

Those engine brackets are things of beauty

Cool man, I'm enjoying watch this shape up. It's like watching Overhaulin' in slo-mo

If you don't have to pull the carbs, that would admirably demonstrate the theory that everything in the universe is in balance - for every positive there is a negative, for every headache there's a rainbow etc. I've had to pull the carbs out of my '82 Super Sport going on for 478 times chasing...

Whenever I've attached exhaust nuts I've always pretty much whaled on the them - you don't want to break anything but the copper gaskets are designed to compress under torque and make a good seal. If they're not compressed, you'll get a leak or a lost nut. Happened to me on an old bike...