What did you do to your bike today?

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Ouch Wyly. I feel your pain - dropped a valve on my '82 a while back. Head, piston, rod, sleeve, valves and few other bits and bobs later she was ok.
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I rode up to meet my car mates for the annual train race.

Here's a great pic of my '79 :P
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Nice! and the X looks good in the background!
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Is that a Merlin engine? Looks very like it. I have a buddy who takes one around the uk on a trailer and lets it rattle the windows for miles around!!
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had my two sad days of grieving and ordered the most difficult to find part a "single" overbore piston to start the rebuild process, thanks to Phil and Dave who've offered to help with parts I may need them yet..

new parts for the GS( stator and R/R) will be here early next week to get me back in the saddle but in the meantime the HELLA dual horns I was intending to put on the CBX I'm now installing on the GS...I did a quick hook up to test them :o :shock: they're wake up the dead loud and annoying :lol: they'll have no problem getting the attention of oblivious texters in their SUVs :D
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cbxmel wrote:Is that a Merlin engine? Looks very like it. I have a buddy who takes one around the uk on a trailer and lets it rattle the windows for miles around!!
Quite an interesting story to the engine. The intention was to obtain a Merlin but the search for one in useable condition turned up this 1943 Liberty unit. It is similar to the Meteor tank engine (Merlin derivative) - Also a V12 of around 27litres. The chassis is a from 1933 Rolls Royce - I wont say which as this seems to annoy the RR faithful :laughing-rollingyellow: that and the noise :D
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Mello, getting to see and hear that project in person would be wonderful.

There are several clips on Youtube about "Lucy".




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finally figured out how to wire dual horn Hella Sharptones with relay today....seriously loud and annoying, I love them :lol: 8) 7280
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Sorry to hear it, wyly. I have had good experience with a Canadian vendor of used CBX parts named James something. If you want to avoid cross-border shipping, you may want to hit him up. Let me know if you want his contact info.
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There's a Canadian guy called James Elliot who used to be a source of chrome plating and I think spares. Met him at ICOA rally at Deals Gap many years ago. Owns a very low vin number 79 number 37 I think. Lived near Komoka. ELLIOTT@SKYNET.CA

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Haven't heard from James in a long while. Assume he's still alive and well?

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Wyly. Seems I've missed reading about the trials you've been having. :o :no
Let me know if you need a temp six fix and I'll haul my X in for you to ride.
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Mouse wrote:Wyly. Seems I've missed reading about the trials you've been having. :o :no
Let me know if you need a temp six fix and I'll haul my X in for you to ride.
thanks mouse that's a generous offer :-) but way too much to ask of you, Fred offered me his Water Buffalo too...the first of my GS parts arrived yesterday and the remainder will be here tuesday/wednesday and I'll be on the road again...
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Syscrush wrote:Sorry to hear it, wyly. I have had good experience with a Canadian vendor of used CBX parts named James something. If you want to avoid cross-border shipping, you may want to hit him up. Let me know if you want his contact info.
absolutely! the more contacts I have the easier the rebuild will be...the most difficult part is one of more common ones the head, shipping cost is a killer, I'll do my best to source that locally first...
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many thanks for all the offers of support it's really appreciated :D

I'll start a new thread in the Projects, I know how everyone including me loves a new project :-) ...in this case "me" not so much :(
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