Number 9 - What was and what shall be

[porndoguk]

SO WHICH BIKE WILL LIVE? 136 OR 9?

[Drunkn Munky]

Cant be that hard to make 1 good motor out of the 2, its just the cost of gaskets etc and the ball ache of doing it.

[porndoguk]

but its worth doing a sterling job, new rods and pistons, bearings etc then you know its pukka,

[Drunkn Munky]

Fuck it just chuck some cosworth pistons and Ti rods in there, no point messing about with it :)

[porndoguk]

Fuck it just chuck some cosworth pistons and Ti rods in there, no point messing about with it :)

BIG BORE :D

[CMSMJ1]

Well.. I have got the price list from Chris @ Dynopro - it is salty business and looking at a grand basic..so no big bore!

The bike that will live is no9 - It will be mainly in spirit as I am going to reframe it and get the reg transferred over.

no136 might live again if I feel the skills and the motivation to rebuild it - it is sitting as half a chassis now and has the best std shock in it that I have ever used. might use that while myRS250 gets sorted or I'll have a look at the CBR shock too.
To be frank, I cannot be arsed with a project - those days are gone. I want to have it all now..but have to be realistic and resign myself to doing it properly over the winter and making sure I get a bike sorted that works!

So, engine first, run it and see how it likes it.

[Variablevalves suck]

Get the motor over to mine and jobs a gudden!

[CMSMJ1]

You feeling the skills Chris? Have you just got a nice workshop by anychance?

I'll be stripping the three motros I have down - seeing what I have and having a tinker. might take you up on some REM related goodness as I'll want a nice gearbox - no9 always had a jump out of 5th that scared me.

[tanuki]

Do it mate with mr haynes to hand you can't really go wrong, get the crank balanced while your at it some new crank shells and fresh o rings all round, don't bother with rods and stuff as that's when things get really pricy.

It's all I'm doing and with any luck when I'm done I'll have a reasonably trick motor with a medium amount of tune and I'll learn shit loads in the process.

[Dgeoff33]

I have a couple of VTR1000 motors if you fancy some go!!