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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:45 pm 
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Into August.


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File comment: Rear exhaust hanger finished.
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File comment: Desperation setting in about time flying by. Grabbed what ever was handy to mount seat. It is light though.
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File comment: At last...ready to bump it off. Got one cylinder going at least.
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File comment: Robbie likes it running on two cylinders MUCH better.
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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:04 pm 
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Swing arm pin keeper onner installed, and it's on to the dyno. The dyno chart is the last file, hope it can be opened. If not I'll try another way. Robbie won with it by a mile in it's first P-89 race.
Bill


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File comment: This is the dyno chart, click on it and then open it. It should come up.
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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:30 pm 
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Nice work Bill, Bud would be proud!
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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:34 am 
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Morning Bill. I believe Moto Guzzi used the same material (wood) for something on the famous V8 500cc GP racer, or other racers in the 1950s. What is the story on the swingarm keeper/end caps? MikeV


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:54 am 
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Hi Mike,
The pins on both Walter and Mr. Dude were working their way out while being ridden. Cranky/Mike Weber did a much more elegant fix on his bike. His whole bike is much more elegant....but, I'm still waiting to see it actually ON the track.
Bill


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:00 pm 
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huit wrote:
Nice work Bill, Bud would be proud!
Paul

Thank you Paul, I really would have loved talking it over with him.
Bill


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:24 am 
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what's in the motor for all that hp? or should I have been reading all along and paying attention? sorry.


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:12 am 
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Hi Brad,

That is a strong motor. I know the basics, but I'm really not the one who should be talking about it to someone who is an engine builder. I'm just a chassis peon. Bruce Meyers built the motor last winter, and it's possible he may not be revealing all his tricks. Bruce likes building race engines for Robbie and takes good care of him. Mike Weber (Cranky Roller), who does know a thing or two, talked it over with Bruce before he and Robbie took it to the dyno (I couldn't go that day). Mike jetted it in and was playing with air filtration, but it didn't like anything back there. Mike - jump in here please.

Mr. Cranky was/is a very helpful consultant on this project. Thankfully he came up with a possible reason why it was only running on one cylinder when we initially got it running, which was driving us crazy. He provided a known good set of Kokusan wires from the pick ups to the boxes, to check the polarity of each of the two wires as they were positioned in their nylon plug-in holders. Sure enough, one set was inadvertently switched at some point.

Bill


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:12 pm 
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Bill,

I want 85 HP. How does one contact Mr Meyers these days?


Geoff


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 Post subject: Re: 1986 F1 garage find
PostPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:41 pm 
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I'm not going to tell you until he finishes the Adamo 851 motor.
Bill


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