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Nearly There!

Well over the last weekend I’ve got an awful lot done, which is good. but pressure of work means that I’ll have to cancel my test at Mallory and test closer to the Brands meeting on the 20th, which is … Continue reading

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The long list of Odds and Sods.

You know I can always tell when I’m getting towards the end of a build the engine bay starts to look like it has been visited by the NASA fairies, as I finalise the cable and fuel line routing and … Continue reading

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It Moves!

The car has today, moved forwards and backwards under it’s own steam. Given that I’ve pretty much completely replaced the engine, transmission, clutch & brakes you can imagine the was a pretty big moment. .An added advantage was that at … Continue reading

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Gear linkage and Drive chain Numptyness

Last night I remade the gearlinkage by shortening the lever and returning the pivot to its previous position. The need to add an intermediate bell crank to the gear linkage in order to drive the high mounted actuation lever on … Continue reading

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Its running again and getting close to moving

A fair amount of progress has been made this weekend. First up Duncan and I refitted the engine following fitting the baffle plate last week. This took a leisurely three hours. Before fitting the engine I took fellow racer Gordon … Continue reading

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The Toys are back in the pram… but only just

The saga of my rear handbrake calipers continues. As my paddock buddies are off racing this weekend I’m stuck in the garage fitting brake calipers. The new calipers are really my last option so they better fit. A trial fitting … Continue reading

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Sump and Sprockets

At last I seem to be taking two steps forward and only one step backwards. Firstly I’ve fitted the baffle plate to the engine. That was a straightforward if messy process, because there is no such thing as a sump … Continue reading

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What is wrong with this picture?

The more observant of you may have spotted that the engine bay is now sans engine. One of the (few) benefits of missing the first few meetings is that I can use the data gathered by others also developing CBR1000RR … Continue reading

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