My minitwins project

Why is that then?

You like green don't ya? What colour is bodywork gonna be? How come you had to get a whole engine for a cylinder head?

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

You like green don't ya? What colour is bodywork gonna be? How come you had to get a whole engine for a cylinder head?

Yeah the bodywork is gonna be matt grey with a green sort of pinstripe affair.
Sort of stumbled accross the engine by chance. The only cylinder heads I could find were between £70 & £100 and none looked in really good nick. Found the engine on e-bay and paid £164 for the whole lump. So I have 90% of a spare engine. I can either sell bits off or keep em on the off chance...

Well hopefully I should have it started by tomorrow. Just borrowing a mates spare tank while mines in for spraying. Oil changed, radiator flushed and filled. Can't believe how quick its all come together... shame the battery is uber flat.

The M4 Race System


Cylinder head back on, slightly obscured by the rad.


And the front wheel is on, just need that pesky spacer to replace the speedo drive!

Was that battery knackered I gave ya? A pinstripe bike eh? That should be interesting. Is it a normal cylinder head then and what was wrong with your one?

Sorry mate forgot to pm you about that, yeah battery was duff. Connected it to the optimator and it just came up red staright away. Cheers anyway bud.
Yeah it was just a straight cylinder head swap. I think its the second picture on this thread about the cylinder head. I sheared the 2 exhaust header bolts on the front head. No bother, ill centre pop em, drill em and use an easy out. Nope not budging. Ok i'll drill em to 6.5mm and re tap the threads. Only one problem, I was given duff info by a dealer about how long the bolts were and when to stop drilling. He told me there was a 15mm air gap after the bolt, before the outer head starts. NOPE!!!! Bolt was flush with the head and ended up drilling straight through to the water jacket! Gonna send off the one I knackered and see if they can repair it so I can have a spare engine.

DOH! That's a bit crap. Thought battery'd had it. I should've charged it sooner. Bet you can't wait to get the bike on the track?!

Yeah, the main delay is just waiting for the bodywork coming back from the painters now. Should be the end of the month for that.

Originally Posted by Razor

Is that a Dyson in the background?

Good lass well spotted

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

How much were the hypero springs?

I think the moderators will have to block out that steering damper, its pornogaphic. Gorgeous, flippin' gorgeous

Matt

Pointy's must be different than Curvy's cus I can't see the point in a damper. Never needed one on my curvy although it looks nice.