Mates. Where would we be without them?
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From: zymurgy on 4 Jun 2010 14:57 On Jun 4, 7:22 pm, "Nige" <de...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Champ wrote: > > Regular readers will know that my ZX10R has the engine from the race > > bike that nearly killed me two years ago. Whether that motor had got > > damaged in the crash (i.e. revved its nuts off upside down, or > > similar) was always an unknown, so the only way to find out was to fit > > it and run it. Which I did a couple of months ago. And it all seemed > > fine... > > I never went over 6k...honest :) And it's not like you haven't got form for blowing up motors ... ;^) Paul.
From: Lozzo on 4 Jun 2010 15:40 Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ > <neal(a)champ.org.uk> typed > > > > I'm busy doing racing stuff tomorrow (inc doing a wheel change > > during a pit stop! Ulp...) > > Top tip: Do not overtighten the spindle. I have ZX10R rear wheel swops down to just over 90 seconds on my own now. That's from wheel off the floor to wheel back on the floor. I can thank the changeable weather at Brands and Lydden and Danny's 04 ZX10R for the practise. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Champ on 5 Jun 2010 03:43 On Jun 4, 6:22 pm, Mike Buckley <M...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > In message > >> Will the road motor be ok with the race ECU/mapping? > > >I thought of that - Gyp and Mike have packed the road ECU in with the > >motor. > > Good job you didn't hack the wiring for the race ECU, that loom part you > bought just unplugs? Yes! Wasn't that far-sighted of me... -- C
From: stephen.packer on 6 Jun 2010 07:00 Nige <deead(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > Lozzo wrote: > > Be fair, they were BMWs > > It was a Honda *cough* *cough* *cough* *a* BMW...
From: Champ on 6 Jun 2010 19:02
On Jun 4, 1:24 pm, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > ... so the engine swap will be Sunday morning. And I did. Well, some of it on Satuday, and the rest on Sunday. Took most of the day, but at the end of it I had a running bike, so I went out and did 3 laps. Well, it is Mad Sunday, after all! The roads were deserted - it was like an evening practice session. -- Champ |