My build up: Big Red Dog... ;)

Interesting, some pictures of the Aussie radiators would be nice. 

Edit - the best Value for money ,
i know there are some rads which are 2% better at cooling but cost 100% more , go figure .

Cheap radiator's are good in my book  

About this stage of the bike build there was no real "da-taa!, it's finished".... Instead I quickly bolted it all together, literally rode around London to get an MOT, and then it was shipped down into Morocco.












The three bikes we prepared




Great time had by all

The bike ran brilliantly, but did have a few teething issues - the countershaft seal started leaking, fixed in Zagora




And the rear rack fell to bits, also fixed



And with my flash Wilbers rear shock, plus wound up front fork settings, the side stand was too short, as proved when the bike fell over in a garage. So another stop at a local welder

bigkuri wrote:..... into Morocco.

Oh screw you too Kuri, NO, I'm not jealous at all...
.... nada
... not me
... maybe just a little bit?
Curious I am though - where is this, and what is it???
 

It's great eh.

It is desert artwork of Hannesjörg Voth




So you ride from Merzouga on a huge gravel track for 30km, then hit Arfoud. Just past Arfoud you hang a left and just plough off into the desert. The three artworks are still pretty unknown, so there are only small tracks (if that) leading to them - we just had GPS bearings and bush-bashed in a straight line. After 20km or so you come to the first one, the "Stairway to Heaven", the other two are close by.

Top tip, if you visit the Spiral "The Golden Spiral" last, instead of tracing your way back you can simply head due South to the road; 10km of some of the best open desert riding following a large dry river bed.

If I get a job with Emirates, we will have to get together for a desert ride!
 

I am not jealous , i am not jealous ,..... ok i am .  

bigkuri wrote:

AURORA wrote:Who did you buy the Chinesee radiator from on Ebay?

winner_racing_international

If you are interested, just hang off a month or two so we can work through getting the right fighting measurements. I need to strip the bike and measure the mods I made to the radiator, then Winner-Racing will incorporate and get on the market. Other than the slight needed tweak to the fitting I am impressed with the radiators - really made a huge difference to keeping the bike cool.

echo your findings, ive fitted simular rads to my bike, abit of hassle to fit as they didnt quite line up[ still not perfect] but they do work a treat in combo with the rad cap, im presently rebuilding my waterpump , honda actually supply a seal kit for them at 30% of a new pump

Kuri, grrrrreat find, never ever seen this! Desert Art hmm? Well, so I learn   

little NZ is too small to have terrain like a full blown desert, looks like ideal country for opening up the throttle....

Picked up two things today while on holiday in California....

A nice wee 40mm pumper carb

and....

A 18 hour ex-JCR engine in San Clemente. 18 hours from new...

You will love the carb   

So

The last time I saw my bike was pretty much this



A part view.  But I've now been up-close to this new engine I found. As said, a barely used race team engine from JCR, they did 18 hours on it to "wear it in" and then never got around to prepping it for a race bike, so it is nearly OEM.

Peeks through the crate






Nice and clean





Clutch basket is only marked by the plates, just the slightest grove if at all. Nice wear, so starting to believe that it is a really low hour bike. Clean.

I guess this means that as long as I get it back into the UK ok next week, then I will have a 2006 engine with a nearly new top end for sale!  The engine purchase was not planned (or needed) at all, I was just a sucker for the chance, and nice to have a nearly new engine

Why dont you use your old engine untill it needs some work , then you have spare engine to go straight in , no waiting for parts and mechanics . ( that is what i would do )  

Mad Frosty wrote:Why dont you use your old engine untill it needs some work , then you have spare engine to go straight in , no waiting for parts and mechanics . ( that is what i would do )  

What I would do is send Mauser the engine as he likes things clean and shiney; I'm pretty sure he will send you his engine by return and jobs a good un   

I thought about that, and tempted to keep as a shiny spare for a rainy day.
But... Wifey would kill me, need the cash, and a working engine with recent top end should fetch a decent price. Plus my SuperEnduro needs some work and attention too!...

It's too clean for you Mauser, nothing for you to do!

Well not that many people will ever wonder or care, but bringing an engine back with you from a holiday on a commercial airline flight is a piece of cake    Just double and triple check it has no fluids at all, even a drop on the casing. They do and will check this.

The engine fitted nicely in an old rollie bag, had to pay $60 extra for over-weight, and that was that, picked it up at Heathrow with my other luggage, and bought it home to the sunny ol' UK   

shiny





When my wife leaves to visit her Mum next week it'll be installed on my coffee table to bolt all the covers back on, check valves, then transplanted into the bike in the next 3-4 weeks  Pics to follow.

How much did you pay for it if you dont mind me asking ?

Loads, in USD.

Well it better be very fecking special for that price    , that is the most expansive engine i have seen .
( unles we are talking brand new honda engine which is priced astronomicaly    )

Kuri I think you will need the smog of / air pump block off kit as that is the californian engine version , but you probably already know that .

Oooohhhh you Twit!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you've warned him, instead of keeping quiet as a mouse waiting for Kuri to start it, finding out it runs shitty if at all, incapable of finding the cause and next putting it up for a song so I can buy it for peanuts!!
Well done my man, great, thanks, I owe you one!   




Good on you Kuri, looks awesome!   

 

Hah!
Just wondering who wants the old engine with all that work to it

bigkuri wrote:Hah!
Just wondering who wants the old engine with all that work to it

I do!  

How much for the old engine ?