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Old 20-09-2019, 06:25 PM   #1
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This cant be right??

This cant be right,


spark plug gaps on NGK Dpr8ea plugs are only 0.2m?????!!!!!!! jeeez i have set them to 0.6mm maybe the bike will run right now ??? never assume anything previous owner has done is right ...

better check the valve timing shims etc
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Old 20-09-2019, 06:30 PM   #2
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on my 696 the gaps are 0.6 - 0.8mm. Previous owner was the opposite of yours - 1.2mm!
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Old 20-09-2019, 08:12 PM   #3
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Yep, I once bought a Ural sidecar outfit off a capable sounding bloke who had fitted ex Douglas leading link forks.
I didn't check the work.
I later discovered that the gap between the Douglas steering bearings and the Ural frame had been filled up with a matrix of araldite and steel ribbon !
That was after I'd hauled it out of the ditch.
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Old 20-09-2019, 09:15 PM   #4
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i will test it again tommorow see what gives
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Old 20-09-2019, 10:32 PM   #5
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Yep, I once bought a Ural sidecar outfit off a capable sounding bloke who had fitted ex Douglas leading link forks.
I didn't check the work.
I later discovered that the gap between the Douglas steering bearings and the Ural frame had been filled up with a matrix of araldite and steel ribbon !
That was after I'd hauled it out of the ditch.
I'd have thought that it would have been hard to tell the difference in handling
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Old 21-09-2019, 03:33 AM   #6
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I'd have thought that it would have been hard to tell the difference in handling
Araldite is a performance mod for Urals, didn't you know?
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Old 21-09-2019, 10:24 AM   #7
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This cant be right,

spark plug gaps on NGK Dpr8ea plugs are only 0.2m
I think they should be more like 0.4m apart, as otherwise they won't reach the sparkplug holes?

Just be careful what you say about Urals! I had a brand new Neval. (Ural, Cossack, Dnepr, Neval.. All the same animal.)
It was hands down the best combo I ever rode. It would cruise at 80 on curvaceous A roads, was the best handling thing for drifting round roundabouts in the wet and I even managed a sustained 60mph over a freshly ploughed field.
The only motorbike I ever owned that had a reverse gear and a machine gun mount as standard... Trump that, clever d1ck Ducatisti...

Edit... You have to be on the ploughed field on purpose and upright, for it to count here!!
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Old 21-09-2019, 06:36 PM   #8
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It would cruise at 80 on curvaceous A roads, was the best handling thing for drifting round roundabouts in the wet
I had a Japanese home-market supercharged MR2 (140+ BHP << AT THE REAR WHEELS on a good day) that was awesome in the wet, just a touch on the pedal sent the ass fishtailing. lots of fun on even slightly damp roundabouts
Not sure that I'd be very happy, OK deeply unhappy, with an outfit doing the same thing on or off road.
Having tried an NSR 400 in a one of Robins wasp chassis and an RE Interceptor with a chair I am able to conclusively say that the three wheels experience is almost exclusively brown adrenaline based.
The NSR when it hit the power band especially so.
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Old 21-09-2019, 07:42 PM   #9
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went for a thrash today bike is now spot on ,,,,,,hunting and missfires all gone at low speeds ,, can triclkle allong at 20mph in 3nd gear 2500 rpm smooth same in 5th at 40mph at 3000rpm thats how its should be ,, pulls hard at all revs no pinking , plugs nic brown colour
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Old 21-09-2019, 08:11 PM   #10
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went for a thrash today bike is now spot on ,,,,,,hunting and missfires all gone at low speeds ,, can triclkle allong at 20mph in 3nd gear 2500 rpm smooth same in 5th at 40mph at 3000rpm thats how its should be ,, pulls hard at all revs no pinking , plugs nic brown colour
Result - well done!
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