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General Chatter / 2024 The Quail Motorcycle Gath...
Last post by kpke - Today at 03:26:16 PMWell, it was fun for a couple of hours...
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Race Discussions / Re: 2024 MotoGP - Roberts
Last post by SoCal250 - Today at 03:23:00 PMMotorSport.com: THE RIDER MAKING A BREAKTHROUGH TO AWAKEN MOTOGP'S "SLEEPING GIANT"
Pretty cool stats:
-- For the first time since 2006, an American rider leads the standings in a grand prix class of the MotoGP world championship.
-- 3 podiums in a row, the first rider to do that in any GP class since Nicky Hayden in 2006.
-- And coincidentally, Roberts currently has 69 points.
Looking forward to what he can do at Le Mans!
Pretty cool stats:
-- For the first time since 2006, an American rider leads the standings in a grand prix class of the MotoGP world championship.
-- 3 podiums in a row, the first rider to do that in any GP class since Nicky Hayden in 2006.
-- And coincidentally, Roberts currently has 69 points.
Looking forward to what he can do at Le Mans!
#3
Events / Re: Donut Derelicts - May 04, ...
Last post by SoCal250 - Today at 01:56:08 PMQuote from: RDnuTZ on Today at 10:06:35 AMA friend of mine had a Cosworth Vega in high school. Pretty rare car for a 17-year-old to be ripping around So Cal in.Quote from: SoCal250 on May 04, 2024, 11:32:23 PMThis Holden LX Torana SS rolled in late. Right hand drive and it sounded pretty mean. I dig it.That Holden body shape looks to be derived from a Vega. I always wanted a Cosworth Vega back in the day but it would have been a never-ending series of engine failures from what I remember reading at the time. IIRC it had Aluminum block that turned out to be better in theory than application for production cars?
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Events / Re: Deals Gap Prep 2024
Last post by SoCal250 - Today at 12:39:40 PMI've heard that road paving has been going on at the Dragon and daily closures are to be expected for almost a month. Hopefully the group will be able to work around this. And new pavement will be nice and smooth but greasy for a while
#5
Turning Wrenches / Setting points by dwell
Last post by RDDave - Today at 12:07:19 PMI set points with a feeler gauge many, many times on my cars and bikes way back when. But I haven't done that in a long time. For decades now I have used a dwell meter. It is not only more accurate but is much easier. So I have been surprised that there has not been more information on this for and from the guys that still have point ignitions on their RDs like me.
Anyway, I spent yesterday experimenting with this. In the end, a .013" point gap gets you about 45* of dwell on the 4 cylinder setting of a dwell meter. I spent a good amount of time going back and forth between the 2 sets of points trying to get them both as close to .013" as I could. But they were a few degrees dwell different every time. Now I understand that a slight difference between the point settings is not a big deal. But setting them both at 45* with the dwell meter while it is idling is much quicker and easier, besides being more accurate, than using a feeler gauge.
And good dwell meters have a test setting. So, I can now pull the side cover off and check the condition and setting of the points and adjust if necessary, in just a couple of minutes.
And my spark plug life has been much shorter than it should be. So, I bought a pair of the NGK Iridiums. So far, so good. If something changes there, I'll post that. And by the way, O'Reilly's had the best price at $10.60 for non commercial accounts for the BR8HIX. My store did not stock them, but ordered them in and had them the next morning.
Anyway, I spent yesterday experimenting with this. In the end, a .013" point gap gets you about 45* of dwell on the 4 cylinder setting of a dwell meter. I spent a good amount of time going back and forth between the 2 sets of points trying to get them both as close to .013" as I could. But they were a few degrees dwell different every time. Now I understand that a slight difference between the point settings is not a big deal. But setting them both at 45* with the dwell meter while it is idling is much quicker and easier, besides being more accurate, than using a feeler gauge.
And good dwell meters have a test setting. So, I can now pull the side cover off and check the condition and setting of the points and adjust if necessary, in just a couple of minutes.
And my spark plug life has been much shorter than it should be. So, I bought a pair of the NGK Iridiums. So far, so good. If something changes there, I'll post that. And by the way, O'Reilly's had the best price at $10.60 for non commercial accounts for the BR8HIX. My store did not stock them, but ordered them in and had them the next morning.
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Events / Re: Deals Gap Prep 2024
Last post by RDnuTZ - Today at 10:12:53 AMlove the look of the RD350 built like that! I'm still hoping to put together something similar in this lifetime. I have all the bits and core bike, but life happened in other directions since I started collecting everything for the build in the late 1990s.
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Events / Re: Donut Derelicts - May 04, ...
Last post by RDnuTZ - Today at 10:06:35 AMQuote from: SoCal250 on May 04, 2024, 11:32:23 PMThis Holden LX Torana SS rolled in late. Right hand drive and it sounded pretty mean. I dig it.That Holden body shape looks to be derived from a Vega. I always wanted a Cosworth Vega back in the day but it would have been a never-ending series of engine failures from what I remember reading at the time. IIRC it had Aluminum block that turned out to be better in theory than application for production cars?
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Events / Re: Donut Derelicts - May 04, ...
Last post by RDnuTZ - Today at 10:02:28 AMQuote from: SoCal250 on May 04, 2024, 11:17:06 PMBlown V4 VegaThe Vega wagon reminds me of a neighborhood friend's car from the 1970s. He just showed up 1 day with a 74 Vega wagon with a HiPo 327 shoved in it. Custom Headers exited through the front wheel wells and it had an engine compartment crossbar added for rigidity. That bar didn't really help as when he stomped on it you could feel the motor roll to the side a little and shook the whole front of the car! I rode in it only once and it scared the shit out of me. Surprised it never killed him.
I met the owner of this '35 truck when I was out on my neighborhood walk about a year ago and he was working on it in his driveway. It's a Factory Five kit that he built in his garage. He decided to paint it the same color as his E46 M3 because he likes the color so much.
#9
Events / Re: Deals Gap Prep 2024
Last post by kpke - Today at 08:22:25 AMHave a great time at that great event. Lots of pics and videos please.
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Events / Re: Donut Derelicts - May 04, ...
Last post by kpke - Today at 08:21:02 AMWonderful pics and event. Seems quite worth the early rising. Thanks for posting.