Bike's in the hozzie :( - UPDATE - Bike Returned

[CaNsA]

Taken my bike to "guru", who worked on my mates SP2 last year, for a bit of much needed tlc.
The valves need doing, the big-end might be kissing the bottom of the head and i need the HG doing anyways.
Lets see what he says when he phones me tomorrow or weds morning.


I miss my bike already

[wonderpupp]

I used to hate it when you take a bike in and they phone you back to tell you it's knackered and it'll cost oodles to sort out.

So I started buying new bikes. Lol.

[CaNsA]

Well, had a fone call from pete last night saying that the HG had blown on #2 and that we caught it in good time, there is no warping that is worthy of a head skim. a 0.005 on the bit between #1 and #2 so no need for a skim 40 quid saved.

the exhaust cam rod is way out of tolerance on the far end of the cog so i dropped the spare lump up there this morning for him to salvage parts from that.

took a couple of pix of my bike, felt like looking at my missus with her chest ripped open

[masterofinsanity]

there's something missing mate

[CaNsA]

Aye,

its sprawled across his work bench, its a horrible sight lol.

this is his bike that he run the IOM TT last year on. Ducati 999s Factory. Sorta why i trust him. he also builds and races sidecars and they gotta be perfect lol

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=347874190789

[cargo]

"Exhaust cam rod" ????????????????????????

Do you mean exhaust camshaft ?

[CaNsA]

yeppers, that sounds right

[CaNsA]

Right, picking the bike up on tuesday, then riding it straight to maghull motorcycles to get it mot'd

In all its cost me 330 in total, with 250 of that being labour.
New HG
lump out
Strip 2 lumps
replace 1 exhaust shaft
gaskets
lump in
lump 2 put back together
Carbs balanced, valves and shims done

He also said i can use his workshop + tools to do other work to my bike for free

If you are near-by pop on over and chat to him

Pete at
OTC Racing + Dyno Centre
Unit 7
Alexandra Industrial Estate
Rhyl Street (off moor lane)
Widnes
WA8 7AE


Cant wait till tuesday just waiting for money to clear in my bank then im sorted

[CaNsA]

Picking the bike up 2moz, feelin a bit sketchy about it as i have to ride about 10/15 miles in the pigging sketchy icey roads lol.
Get home, bosh the fairings on and then ride a fair bit upto maghull for the MOT, i could have gone closer, but i have a small plate and i aint got time to order a new one :S

[RedexRobB]

Order a plate? goto halfords they will do it on the day, there and then.

[masterofinsanity]

i've used these guys before, great service http://www.myshowplates.com/

[CaNsA]

Woke up, looked out the window, thought f*ck that

I looked out the window and i dont think its worth me takin the risk with the bike, the roads look faaaar to icey and i dont want to throw a bike thats just cost 350 to get working down the road cos i was being impatient.

going back to bed

[CaNsA]

The head gasket was seeping between #1 and #2, need the valves doing too so popped upto Widnes to see pete up in OTC racing who builds outfit racers and has OCD when it comes to bikes and lumps lols.
For £330 he done the HG, shims and valves, replaced my inlet shaft, including al the gaskets and seals that needed replacing, new oil filter and oil and coolant.
The ZXR now runs like a dream. Im liking this "kick its head in over the summer and get it fixed during the winter" thing that might be going on lol.
The missus gave me a load of dyno money for chrimbo so ill be going back up there in Feb after i have replaced a carb rubber inlet.

Pete said that i can come up and use his workshop whenever i need to work on my bike, and use his tools too. how friggin cool is that?

The bike is running much sweeter than before i took it up there, highly rate this dude is you need work doing on your bike. He was recommended to me by my mate "Swiss Tony" cos his dad took his SP2 up there for similar work and bangs on about him all the time

Contact info
http://www.westonmotorcycle.co.uk/
http://www.steveenglish.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=84

Unit 7
Alexandra Industrial Estate
Rhyl Street (off Moor Lane)
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7AE Contact : Pete Alton
Tel : 07841 453 981
Fax: 0151 495 1878