... Holding screens to fairings is as far as I go with SS - never in a highly stressed application. ... Suprisingly - nickel is not a rust proof coating. You...
Ian
iwd@...
May 1, 2004 8:25 am
7013
Hello all I am wondering if anyone can help with a contact for ARD. I have just got an ARD Magneto from a kawasaki and want to fit it to my Yamaha. ...
I've done an Excel program to calculate sprocket centre distances for any chain pitch, sprocket size and number of links in chain. ( 6 chain pitches are given...
Ian
iwd@...
May 2, 2004 1:42 pm
7015
Howdy Ian, The chrome platers I use ALWAYS use copper first... they tell me it is a "given" in the industry.... yes cadium would do.. but looks ugly after a ...
British Cycle sells the latest CDI ARDs and they have installation info listed. http://www.britcycle.com/Products/ard_cdi_magneto.htm There were various...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
May 3, 2004 4:29 am
7017
Kelvin, You will have to make adaptors and mounts but the e-phasing of all self contained mags is built in. Set the point gap as they suggest ( usually .012"...
Ken Said: Set the point gap as they suggest ( usually .012" to .015" ) and the magnetic flux will be properly phased to the point opening. Mount the housing...
The lack of points wasn't stated but then I would mount it to any crankshaft and case or a lathe, mark the rotor, spin and strobe it to see when it does spark...
You should be able to reach ARD at (562) 941-5842, in Santa Fe Springs (Southern California). The owner, Alan D'Alo, is a great guy to deal with. I've bought...
Kelvin, the ARD mags that I have, which are also pointless, have a mark scribed on the rotor that lines up with a line scribed on the trigger coil when the mag...
Thanks guys, I got hold of Alan....he mentioned that as I was putting it on the left side of the engine I will have to move the mark on the rotor 180deg.. ...
Has anybody had any experience with using a Bulge in the exhaust header pipe to bounce the wave back, instead of the usual collector or balance pipe. I see...
Mario Ricciardiello
Mario.Ricciardiello2@...
May 5, 2004 10:46 pm
7024
... I've noticed these bulges but wondered if they are more marketing than performance. Are they turning up on high end racebikes ? ( WSC , GP etc ) There is...
Ian
iwd@...
May 6, 2004 12:36 am
7025
I can't imagine the one on the blade being Marketing, as it's very inconspicuous, and doesn't even get mentioned in any of the press releases. i think it's...
Mario Ricciardiello
Mario.Ricciardiello2@...
May 6, 2004 1:13 am
7026
... pipe ... ... Have you got any pics or URL to showing these "bulges" ? Thanks. -- troncs...
The first production head pipe I've seen with a 'bulge' was on a KTM dirt tracker who was at the Las Vegas 1/2 Mile last fall. Hey Swiss, are you listening? ...
David Kath
BSAGS@...
May 6, 2004 8:55 pm
7028
Dave, I will get in on this! HA!HA! My son is having his Eagle Scout Award Ceremony on Friday night and we just got him a car that we have been working on...
Hi Guys, I hope that you can you give me some advice? I have a '97 Honda VFR750 which I have just had bored out to accept 837cc JE forged piston kit. I use...
In a message dated 5/6/04 6:54:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... .002" sounds kinda tight for an almost 3" forged piston, due to the material density of a...
XCBMW@...
May 6, 2004 11:10 pm
7031
... You need to talk to someone knowledgeable in JE pistons specifically or forged pistons generally. My feeling would be that you should be out to the nominal...
Ian
iwd@...
May 6, 2004 11:29 pm
7032
... You could do this with a "dunny brush" hone ( as they are known in Oz ) but a machine hone will always be a better job. Cheers IAN -- SHORTLY CHANGING...
Ian
iwd@...
May 6, 2004 11:46 pm
7033
... *** A recent bad experience with a 900cc bevel Ducati twin, showed that 0.05 mm was not enough (around 90mm forged pistons). A 0.07 or 0.08 would be...
"Oliver Hoyt McKagen, III, 59, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004" http://obituaries.roanoke.com/obits/obtd? cat=2&seq_num=33&pg=4&id=15132...
... This came a shock - I'd figured Hoyt to be around my age. His parents survived him - how old are they ?? As your subject states - Valhalla won't be quite...
Ian
iwd@...
May 9, 2004 2:56 pm
7036
"Oliver Hoyt McKagen, III, 59, of Blacksburg, died Wednesday, April 28, 2004" http://obituaries.roanoke.com/obits/obtd?cat=2&seq_num=33&pg=4 &id=15132 Hoyt had...
Really sorry to lose him. He was an asset to the cycling world. We posted personally a few times, but not on a regular basis. Swiss ... From: "Michael Moore"...
... Damn. I didn't always agree with Hoyt, but I always read what he had to say, and frequently learned from him. I'm glad to have met him, if only digitally. ...
gthomson@...
May 9, 2004 11:47 pm
7040
this is so crazy and intensive... yesterday was my birthday... have been to a restaurant with a few friends, and after that, a friend, a ducatista to the core,...
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