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Okay peeps, will sort this out tomorrow, all those who havent voted then vote tonight as tomorrow i will start up the february post. trust me peeps

holy crap dude, never knew you went there!, we used to ride out of benson and up to the H with the benson MC club most thursdays , and Newbury isnt hick, the chavs have moved in and bred like rabbits, now they're taking over :/

Thought i recognised it lol

take all the fairings off so you can get to the engine, take the head off, then the piston will be flopping around like a dogs d*ck and you will be able to see if there are any bits missing off the rings

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im only electrolysing the inside of the tank

after sitting in a garden for 13 years and then a car park for a year there are plenty of rusty things on the XJ turbo i could probably use, i prefer shotblasting though, such a nice finish

there's tutorials on the interwebs aswell, would be interesting

I do have another DT50 tank from the bike im splitting for spares, its on ebay at the moment but if it doesnt sell i wouldnt mind trying the electrolysis method

It wouldnt take a lot of bending to throw the forks out of aligment and you would nescessarily have to see it with the naked eye for it to be bent, i would be asking the garage to prove that they arent bent, personally i would check by stripping the forks down, mounting the stanchions in a lathe with one end of the stanchion in the chuck and the other end supported by a live centre and run i dial test indicator along the length whilst its rotating, as the piece rotates any bends would be shown up on the DTI

Yeah many times, i thought that was the right thing to do? once i know the tank is a good base to start from i will look at treating it, for storage i was going to fill it with oil

What do they usually coat these tanks with when they were new?, i want it to be as close to original spec as i can get it right now its dark and cold out there, will empty the crap out of it tomorrow and see whats happened. Just had a look at the phosphoric acid i used on the mini and its 75%, you can buy them up to 81% and can find it even at garden centres where it is used to alter the PH of soil, this is the one i used

Ah bollocks, this is why i dont drink when im in the workshop -.- Ive used phosphoric acid to kill the rust on my minis valence before though, is this not the same principle? :S

Heya peeps, Ive finally got my arse into some sort of gear and started work on the DT50 restoration, the tank that came with the bike was in good condition but had some dents and chips in it, aswell as rust on the inside although it doesnt seem to be too bad, i was planning to chemically treat the inside but its expensive, non-original and i dont think the tank is that bad that it requires it to hold liquid. I read an article sometime ago where a guy used vinegar to clean the inside of his fireblade tank, and also how i used to clean model aircraft engines back in my yoof, so for £4 i bought 8 bottles of distilled vinegar from tescos (each just under 600ml) and put these into the tank along with some random nuts and bolts i had laying around after blocking off the petcock and breather and shaking it like f*ck for about 5 minutes in various orientations. So far the vinegar has changed to a browny colour from its normal clear and there is visibly less rust on the tank neck, it is also fizzing slightly and has a vapour coming off the surface indicating that there is some sort of reaction tanking place, Will give it another good shake tomorrow morning and leave it for a few hours, if there is noticeable improvement i may well strain the mixture off and use it on the XJ turbo tank and see how that comes up, when i have the inside of the tank back to a reasonable condition i can then start rubbing down and painting the outside once i know it isnt full of holes Tank before treating: Well post a pic tomorrow and compare the two , may be a good ref for someone who is considering removing rust from their tank too I have some filler left over from my other mini aswell as some Mercedes paint which is a better match to the original DT fenders than the original sky blue paint, if this experiment works i should have it sprayed up and good as new in no time

assuming it is the clutch plates sticking it would jump forward when put into gear, if it doesnt jump forward it is likely to be one of the safety switches.

That a dellorto PB19 carb you got poking up at the sky Drewps?. Looks lovely, kinda makes me want to get my ass in gear and work on the turbo... or the DT...

I last a bit longer then 2 strokes, cheeky bugger -.-

ive recently bought two, one im breaking for parts and the other im rebuilding, i have too many projects as it is, although if the reg of his bike is G237MYA then im sold. ask me again when im drunk, i will add it to my collection of regrettable projects

someone probably just sneezed when programming the CAD machine

may be worth checking those forks just incase they are bent. glad you were okay though

well there's the H-cafe on the A4074 just outside wallingford, but thats the sorta place you hear banjos :S

ow, my f*cking head, ive had a visit from the beer badger -.- i remember as far as being slapped by some irish bird outside the weatherspoons pub in newbury, then getting a dominos about 5am, then woke up at my mates house, how i made it there i will never know

I like the way you think! Hope 2013 is good to you all, peeps. Much love <3

Yeah i got that problem earlier, keep trying to re-post and eventually it will accept it, does Alex know about the glitch?

Hi everyone, The old man's been looking at getting a moto guzzi california as he is now unable to fit behind the tank of the fireblade, but whilst on eBay came across a Yamaha XZ550, complete but in need of recomissioning, looks very unusual as its an oversquare v-twin but are they worth anything and are they any good?. hopefully someone else on here will have experiance with these 80s' bikes