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A little view from the cockpit showing the auxiliary control pod which houses the heated clothes/grips controls, altitude switch, fan override, 2 x 12v sockets and a spare switched 12v feed which resides under the seat waiting for a purpose......
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Electrical pod finally done so now have functional lights, indicators and heated grips/clothing sockets.....
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Covid progress
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Been riding it some but encountered first major snag, Magura hydraulic clutch slave cylinder failed quite badly so new Wilwood unit followed by a Brembo radial (19mm) master cylinder lever assembly, should be good to go then for it's inaugural MoT…..
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Five year build ???
Sounds like one of mine :rofl: Some excellent work there. What a great project. bier |
Hydraulic clutch conversion
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Been learning the principles of hydraulics of late the hard way and expensive I might add. The Magura unit was perhaps too under-engineered for the task (it failed) so have fitted this Wilwood unit from Trumpsville… With hydraulics SIZE does matter, the nearest we could get to the 7/8 piston size of the Wilwood slave cylinder as a match for the master cylinder was 19mm from a Brembo. It has an adjuster that can decrease or increase the bore effect by 1mm (please don't ask..!!). This we calculated would just give the travel range we needed but it hasn't FFS..!! We are now using geometry and Pythagoras to come to a resolve and get that range up..!!!! Aaarrgghhh..!!!!
A clutch cable and lever will be a back up solution should the hydraulic setup fail out in the field OR failing success BE the main solution.... |
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BMW K75 engine...….. I love you...!!!! Been doing some miles on it and I have to swoon over this engine, weight and balance similar to my GSA as I expected but the pure silkiness of this engine is amazing and an utter pleasure to ride. Gone is the bar buzz and engine wobble that a boxer lump gives..!!!
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Bump...!!!
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Ok, i'm bored and away from home working so trying out my picture posting abilities and the long standing sideways issue here, let's see now..........
Yup, as always sideways..... Again please now I have some time, what's a good way of getting correctly oriented pic's uploaded...???? |
Preparation
Gerald Vince,
older brother to Austin: "Spend your effort on the trip. Not on preparing for the trip." Not in this video. But they share some experiences. https://youtu.be/S_y6wV95WVk?t=377 Five years, work an money spent. Could have been used for many wonderful trips. |
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I have my own agenda and time scale which is based on the fact I'm a working class father of 5 kids and need to see them settled into university first before setting off. How many travellers do you know with a hoard of kids...???? It's all good though, the plan is going accordingly. Feel free to comment further, no worries..... Sent from my SM-G781B using Tapatalk |
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That's all well said and done until you're stranded in the middle of a dead end town with a broken bike. Getting rinsed by DHL and customs. Trying to find anyone half interested or qualified to fix it. Waiting weeks for parts which might or might not fix it. Watching your time and savings disappear as your permits and visas expire. It's quite obvious that the project is a labour of love as well. A hobby too. I'm sure he knows he doesn't need to do all that work to travel on it. I spend 100x more time working on my bikes than riding them. But it's time that I would have otherwise spent in front of TV or some other mundane task. How have you spent the last five years ? |
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Your correct of course, the build did get out of hand because an OTT engineering obsession based on a bomb proof engine. I really don't give a shite what these late comers have to say on my project, it's been said 'to death'...!! Appreciate your prospective though...!![emoji106][emoji106][emoji106] Sent from my SM-G781B using Tapatalk |
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