Geoff's 3AJ rebuilds....

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Re: Geoff's 3AJ rebuilds....

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MEZO wrote:Do you actually do any work (at work) or do you just build bikes all day. :lol:

Mezo.
Haa... yeah we do get quite busy on occasions.... which does tend to get in the way of bike building :biggrin:
Its much easier doing bikes at work, when I took Snow White home she was only half finished, problem was I was spending too
much time in the garage, which was causing a bit of friction..... :pissed: so now I tend to take paperwork home & do my invoices
on a night on the settee & do the bikes during the day... works great... :shades:

I try to allow at least an hour a day on the bikes......

Can't remember what I used to do before I started all this... :scratch:

I'll re-phrase that... Mezo started all this, this is all Mezo's fault... he got me started on all this.... :rtfi:

Won't be doing much today my back's still bloody killing me... :tough:
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Re: Geoff's 3AJ rebuilds....

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GeoffD wrote:
MEZO wrote:Do you actually do any work (at work) or do you just build bikes all day. :lol:

Mezo.
Haa... yeah we do get quite busy on occasions.... which does tend to get in the way of bike building :biggrin:
Its much easier doing bikes at work, when I took Snow White home she was only half finished, problem was I was spending too
much time in the garage, which was causing a bit of friction..... :pissed: so now I tend to take paperwork home & do my invoices
on a night on the settee & do the bikes during the day... works great... :shades:

I try to allow at least an hour a day on the bikes......

Can't remember what I used to do before I started all this... :scratch:

I'll re-phrase that... Mezo started all this, this is all Mezo's fault... he got me started on all this.... :rtfi:

True Dat!
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She is a beaut Geoff. I am still not entirely sure on that girly seat you have there, but my wife loves it :stir:
No seriously... Tenere 2 has gone from a bit of a

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and with some serious effort and skill on your part and a healthy application of

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you have created a thing of beauty...

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:congrats: Awesome job!!
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CharlieGreger wrote:Image
Pump up`s for sure. :rtfi:

But we don't mind that on this forum eh. :bouncing-boobs:

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Well done! neat tenere again :bigeek:
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xtjoe wrote:Well done! neat tenere again :bigeek:

Thanks Joe...

Was gonna try to start Tenere 2 saturday morning, but, I went to see this local band Friday night.....
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& I had a few too many sherbets :guinness: & didn't feel very well Saturday..... :puke:

I did manage to fit the oil cooler & battery, the engine turns over on the button & I have sparks so just have to fit the carbs & exhaust.... :rock:

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Had some sun this arvo so got out on Snow White.... spotted this particulary nice windmill....

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clocked up 500 miles on her now... :ride:
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So today I fitted the carbs & headers (Motad headers that came with the bike) & loosely fitted the mid pipe & X40FOX tailpipe....

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Turned on the ignition, hit the button & it fired up in a second... :funkynanna:

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However........

Remember this.....



:rolleyes:



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I had the left hand crankcase welded up cos some :tosser: broke it.........

well it's leaking oil...

:banghead:

So... the options....

Strip the engine & find another set of cases...

Use this l/h case that I got the other week

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the bloke who did the welding job said he would pair up my r/h crankcase with this one & any other neccessary work free of charge... well he would wouldn't he...

Or build up the 3TB bottom end I bought the other month using the head, barrells, piston, etc off this engine....

Either way, it means I've got to take this engine back out & strip it AGAIN...

Fuck..... :rolleyes:

First of all.... I've bought some of that metal putty stuff, in the morning I'll drain the oil, clean up where its leaking with contact cleaner & try & force some of this stuff into where the oil is leaking from... hmmmmm what a bastard...
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GeoffD wrote:the bloke who did the welding job said he would pair up my r/h crankcase with this one & any other neccessary work free of charge... well he would wouldn't he...
:foot_tap: :DICKHEAD: :censored: :censored: :tosser:
Sorry to hear the news mate. I know a few hardcore Kenyan bouncers who could perhaps show the man the meaning of the phrase" do it right the first time" ? :bat:

But despite the fuck up, she sure sounds sweet :congrats:
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Ive just got to playing the sound on the big setup, i heard it on the phone today but thought id get an earful on the PC.

Engine sounds nice & tight, there's a leak happening though? at the head? (high pitch click) exhaust gaskets?

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Re: Geoff's 3AJ rebuilds....

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I've got a few people who would benefit from a visit from your Kenyan bouncers Charlie... slywink:

There's an exhaust leak at the mid pipe Mez, well spotted, the bloke who made it has been over & taken it away to modify it a bit.... we may be closer to having mid pipes made to order now.... :rtfi:
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