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23-01-2017, 09:42 PM | #46 |
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My buddy Delrin says
You lot are talking a load of Polyoxymethylene! |
23-01-2017, 09:42 PM | #47 | |
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Quote:
This was a development of an age-old tradition of using 2 steel gears and was a big improvement as it avoided both the wear and noise of steel on steel plus didn't require any specific lubrication.
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23-01-2017, 09:52 PM | #48 |
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Also, I recently bought a 'throttle tamer' to increase the throttle movement on my Monster. This consisted of an aluminium throttle cam/tube/cable fitment with a delrin lining to replace the original (916) throttle assembly.
The instructions specifically state that it is self-lubricating so doesn't need any oil. http://www.g2ergo.com/store/g2-stree...throttle-tube/
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23-01-2017, 09:52 PM | #49 |
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Nice work Gazza, BTW.
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23-01-2017, 10:16 PM | #50 |
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Thanks Tim.
I've been roughly pricing materials up. Aluminium is way the most expensive. (you need to be able to swing 191mm diameter Jeff) followed by Delrin, which seems to be very difficult to obtain in sheets which divide into 200mm squares for the blanks. Then there is a polypropylene type sheet. That would seem equally difficult to machine as Delrin. My experience with thermo-plastics is that they can very easily weld themselves back together behind the cut, although I believe that good results can be had with slower cutter speeds and single flute bits... Still a bit of an unknown as far as working these plastics are concerned? Tricoya is still coming out on top for price and workability. Finishing it is remarkably easy with paint, and I think a better finish is achieved compared to what I could machine onto the plastics. Unfortunately I would have to buy enough Tricoya to make 72 adaptors and at the moment my arm is not exactly being bitten off for the 3 that I have available @£5 each. I think that until the Carbon fibre ones get off the ground that Tricoya is the ideal material. If we could just stop thinking of it as MDF and think of it more in terms of the Titanium of the woodwork world... It really is a different animal. By the way Jeff I had a slight dyslexic moment when I glanced at the name cast on the lens of the new light. It says AUTOPAL.... Maybe the way the light caught it , but I was sure it said UTOPIA...
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24-01-2017, 11:08 AM | #51 |
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I will buy one off you when available ,,,
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24-01-2017, 04:33 PM | #52 |
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They are available now Jerry.
Will drop you a PM.
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24-01-2017, 07:57 PM | #53 |
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https://www.firstfour.co.uk/wipac-7c...sidelight.html
its the latest crystal beam wipac upgrade for landrovers looks really similar to suzuki SV 1100 lamp i will probably use thsi one with a PIAA or phillips extreme H4 bulb and relays fpr upgraded cables and your kit Gazza ????
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24-01-2017, 08:09 PM | #54 |
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And another thing, I see Dirty has finally succumb and revealed his tinder portrait as his UKMOC profile pic too!
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24-01-2017, 08:17 PM | #55 |
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Gary, I've just sent you a long PM which I'm not sure all sent. So apologies if you didn't get it all.
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24-01-2017, 08:25 PM | #56 |
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also Cibie H180 with side light for about £40 will fit gazzas upgrade kit
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24-01-2017, 08:40 PM | #57 |
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Yep. I got your interesting PM Darren, thanks.
Thanks Jerry for posting up interesting ideas for lamp units. I went for this, just for a starting point. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2816962742...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT It came with 55/60 xenon bulbs, so I thought it was worth a punt. The light is White, which is an immediate improvement. I think it has better penetration on main. The dip has a worrying pale area in the close nearside, but a useful looking bright patch in the hedge about 15-20 yards away. Maybe a set up with the mot testers beam machine would help? I have only pushed the bike out and shone it down the road so far as it's too cold for a ride by far, so I am waiting for a night time temp above at least 2C for a proper try out.
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25-01-2017, 12:55 PM | #58 |
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Be interesting to see how the light performs as I'm on the lookout for an improvement, although my Monster doesn't actually have a Monster headlight so it might not apply in my case.
I do have a Monster headlight on my Guzzi though...
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25-01-2017, 01:16 PM | #59 |
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Ha ha no that's my buddy Paco. I'm not sure if he is shy or his keyboard has broken but I things for sure, he's so ugly the last time he stuck his head out of a car window he got arrested for mooning and he once made an onion cry!
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25-01-2017, 04:50 PM | #60 |
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im looking for a light that dips a quality 20m in front but bungs a searchlight beam 80m=100m ahead , the SV one on my M750 doea that nicely with a phillips extreme but all other i have tried on my S4 experiments are fails including standard bosch with phhillips xtreme , and some chinky crystal ones
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