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Yellow flash trying to keep up with a red ass-dragging NA POWERED wagon...... hahaha.

How wet? Like submerged wet? Is it cranking over? Take apart your dizzy as well and blow dry all the bits.

Yeh, I reckon I've seen it, I'll check it out. Seeing as your in melbourne, go check out Kustom Lane Gallery, down in Hawthorn behind Baranows cigar bar. They've got loads of crazy custom car and bike mags.

Yeh DicE is a killer, the dudes who write it have a sick sense of humour as well. I read Old Skool Rodz and Car Kulture Deluxe a fair bit. I've also got an A Model Chassis under the house at the folks, thats my long term rod project!

Ahem - Speak for yourself and your post 1972 mates! :yes:

Hah, sorry Tom, I hit the bloody Submit post halfway through my story! I didn't buy either of those two. Keep reading though.

Scored a bike off Ebay back in December - we'll 7 boxes of bits makes about 0.85 of a bike. The original XS650 frame had the swingarm rear end sliced off ready for a hardtail, one motor (on the right) was partially assembled with a fresh build, then there is a second motor in pieces. Missing front end, wheels and brakes, but $622 was a good price: I haven't done a whole lot given that I'm gunning to get the rolla going first, but last week I took posession of a TC Brothers weld on hardtail, about 450 Australian delivered from the US: I fitted it up to the cut stock frame and I was blown away at the fit: I'm hoping I can clean it up and get it down to a welding shop next weekend to get it welded solid. Next things are to chase up a stock front end an some wheels and I can basically start bolting it all up! This rig is one I found the other day and I'll draw plenty of styling and stance cues from. Most XS650 bobbers look like a smashed crab, but this is one of the cleanest I've seen. Wouldn't even know it was a yam with it's custom side crankcase covers: Its well done because they haven't gone overboard with the stretch on the frame, which is the typical mistake as it leaves a lot of open space between the back of the motor and the rear fender. Because the Early british stuff all run oil tanks and pre-unit gearboxes, that space is taken up. I plan on running a harley sportser tank and these style of clubman bars like this rocket: The exhausts are probably a little excessive, but I am keen to run twin side by side like that, just not with the crazy kick-ups! I just thought some of you might be keen to see what else I've got planned..... Let me know what you think. Cheers TP.

I thought I'd post up my other project at the moment - Custom XS650 Yamaha Bobber. But first, let me tell a Story...... 2006, I was walking through Sydney Airport and spotted a Deus Ex Machina TW200, flat black, in a window display, much like this one: Always ridden Ning-Nings off road as a young delinquent, but never got bitten by the bug, although my old man foams at the mouth about bikes. This thing looked mean, so I googled Deus and it led me to this thing that Deus were selling at the time (at 20k I couldn't afford): Triumph Bonneville custom bobber. I started reading up a bit, chasing pics of custom Triumphs and BSA's on the interweb and eventually started reading DicE magazine. For the last couple of years I've watched Ebay keeping an eye out for a cheap triumph to customise, with little success. Basket-cases are hard to come by, and I don't want to slice up a restored or original condition item. Yet. Not only that, but they are pulling top dollar. I eventually came across the Yamaha XS60, a Jap ripoff of the 60's triumphs twins. Although the XS650's are much more reliable, simple, electric start etc, the traditionalists aren't big fans. I saw them as a good cheap alternative to built my skills and learn about bikes without butchering an expensive classic.

I might get some paint slapped on my quarter panel and cruise on. That'd be good. I could take the 911, but it's not that tidy.

Boat hey.... do tell?

Sounds like fun mate, keep us posted how you go. Mind you, your car isn't exactly a sleeper with the flat black, globes and a cannon. I would have said that's screaming out "I'm going to try race you".

It'll be soon. If this damn car hasn't been driven by the end of next weekend, I'm giving up cars booze and women and joining the clergy.

Yeh metalflake white. My mate painted a 54 lincoln flat white with metal flake royal blue roof.

I've also looked at the Jaycar kit, but finding good, solid "user results" on them is proving to be difficult. I like the idea of a simple, 2D ignition curve, but I just can't seem to find anyones detailed experiences using them. To me it's a much nicer solution than regraphing a dizzy, but I want to know how reliable they are before I try learn to solder. One of those with a Hi6/6AL and a locked dizzy would be very handy. Plus added knock sensor ability, and you could plumb in a MAP sensor for engine load.

I also was aware of that but wasn't going to mention it haha....

Done!

Probably written on top of your dizzy cap...!

Yeh like mentioned there's a drain plug, its a brass hex length pokin out on the passenger side of the timing cover, below the water pump.

I don't have any friends like that, but the old man has plenty hahahaha! (I'm gainfully employed and he's a uni student, but I still skive his beers off him) Did you really get lifters for 3.80 each? I'm guessing Solids?

Dunno about that. Is it law to have a coat of paint? Plus, Bog doesn't look that good under a coat of WD haha.

Cool - any idea what carb that was? I want to get hold of a solenoid valve that I can rig up as an anti theft device.

Its forecast 47 in Roxby today. Last night (we get QLD channels as well) the news said 60% of QLD was flooded???!?! Thats nuts....! We've had +40 every day for 2 weeks, the ground is now so hot that the water coming from the cold taps is in the mid-high 30s. I don't mind it too much, but if it were 35 and high humidity I'd be in a foul mood!

I'll tell you know what all the datsun guys will tell you, throw your hitachis in the bin and (strangely enough) get some British built SU's. They are notoriously hard to work with. Good luck getting a K series manifold, they are fairly sought after. The size you want are 1.5 inch throats, anything bigger wont work with the K engine manifolds (lynx manifold) and will be too big for the car anyway.

Easy as piss. I think taz's time was 27 minutes?

I use Shell 20W/50 in my K. I went chasing what oil to put in my 911, and when I found the factory specs for that were 20W50 I figured its good enough for a K engine!