Race Bike Rebuild
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Got the engine built and started on the heat cycles. Mounted the clocks and have painted the inside of the fairing black. There are lots of other little bits n pieces I've done since last weekend, but probably not worth a mention.
Next job is to change the water in the cooling system and work on setting up the new ignition, as it has the stock CDI installed at the moment. I'm still working on the air box as well at the moment and I know there are no pictures of that, but I'll post some when it's finished.
Going to run it as it is this Wednesday at Mallory to get the engine ran in and get a feel for the bike again. It's now been 6 months since my crash at Anglesey, so I'm feeling fairly rusty.
Next job is to change the water in the cooling system and work on setting up the new ignition, as it has the stock CDI installed at the moment. I'm still working on the air box as well at the moment and I know there are no pictures of that, but I'll post some when it's finished.
Going to run it as it is this Wednesday at Mallory to get the engine ran in and get a feel for the bike again. It's now been 6 months since my crash at Anglesey, so I'm feeling fairly rusty.
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That's a good question 375375 wrote:Curious,
On a race bike do you run with coolant or do you just use water
I know water is a very efficient coolant on it's own when under pressure - it doesn't need to be mixed with coolant/anti freeze to have an increased boiling point. But water alone may increase wear and corrosion of alloy etc in high temp areas..
I'm interested too - maybe I best look this one up
If it takes more than 2strokes then your just playing at it..
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Vid of it running was taken on my phone, so a bit rough, but still...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCoFifx2nHA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCoFifx2nHA
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