Monthly Archives: April 2007

It Moves!

Posted on April 29, 2007 by admin

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

Posted on April 25, 2007 by admin

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

Posted on April 24, 2007 by admin

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

Posted on April 20, 2007 by admin

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

Posted on April 19, 2007 by admin

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?

Posted on April 16, 2007 by admin

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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Some Brakes Progress At last

Posted on April 16, 2007 by admin

Well I’ve returned from holiday keen and eager to make some progress. I have some nice new rear brake disks from Hi spec and so I crack on with a trial fitting. Unfortunately this was as much progress as I … Continue reading →

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I love it when a plan comes together!

Posted on April 9, 2007 by admin

That’s because for me it doesn’t happen very often .Unsurprisingly my brake disks failed to turn up in time for me to trial fit them before I left for holiday, and this caused a realistic evaluation of the amount of … Continue reading →

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