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Re: I've been K0'd! 12 years later, at the finish/start line.
« Reply #725 on: December 16, 2021, 09:03:27 AM »
Quote from: Don R on December 15, 2021, 03:47:47 PM
I thought I was done then the turbo dragbike and K1 RC836 came along. I could not say no to the price.

I hear you! I say “no more” and then something always pops up….. Still looking for a cool road racer to replace the MR2 for next season. Best Wishes for Christmas, stay well.
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« Reply #726 on: December 16, 2021, 04:29:42 PM »
Is the MR2 Gone to God John? I always liked them, but not sure if I'd comfortably fit in one, as I'm 6'2" tall? ;D
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« Reply #727 on: December 16, 2021, 05:35:46 PM »
Terry ….. I’m 6’1” and 180lbs. Even with the helmet, Hans Device and roll cage, the MR2 is an easy fit! Very roomy cockpit, and the road car has removable, glass “T tops”. We actually got a full 8 hour race out of it on the Sunday (after we cut most of the front end away and mounted the repaired rad). The entire car is very tired, after three full seasons…. We are looking for something else, but it may come back again!
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« Reply #728 on: December 17, 2021, 03:48:28 AM »
That's good to know John, I'm about 40 pounds on you, but if an MR2 has the legroom I might start looking for the turbo version, if I can find a rust free car it might be a good stablemate for my twin turbo Subaru. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #729 on: December 17, 2021, 10:24:34 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on December 17, 2021, 03:48:28 AM
That's good to know John, I'm about 40 pounds on you, but if an MR2 has the legroom I might start looking for the turbo version, if I can find a rust free car it might be a good stablemate for my twin turbo Subaru. ;D

Terry.....you would not be disappointed! Really fine car.
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« Reply #730 on: December 17, 2021, 03:17:57 PM »
I saw one going cheap a few years ago in an el-cheapo car yard when my son was looking for a car, but it was in really rough shape. I saw a turbo version on FB for only a couple of grand a few weeks ago, but I imagine it's gone now. I really should stop looking at more cars, I have no room to park the ones I have now, but they are fun. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: I've been K0'd! 12 years later, at the finish/start line.
« Reply #731 on: December 19, 2021, 09:22:14 PM »
 I would look for another one of those. You know the car and might even have usable spares already.
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Re: I've been K0'd! 12 years later, at the finish/start line.
« Reply #732 on: December 20, 2021, 07:37:23 AM »
And you don't just know it mechanically, your team knows how to drive it to its limits.
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« Reply #733 on: December 20, 2021, 12:37:49 PM »
Mmmmm. Three seasons and +1000’s of laps. Time for a change! Looking at an ex TransAm Mustang. 52 years of Motorsport and never raced a V8!
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« Reply #734 on: December 20, 2021, 02:16:00 PM »
 A friend just set a record with a Mustang in nhra stock class.  He got the record in qualifying, did the teardown and went home. Wanted the record more than the race win. It didn't hurt he works at Holley in charge of EFI and racing. He found an unused body in white and gave it an ID. He has more data than a lot of pro racers, with the Holley, MSD and Racepak.
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« Reply #735 on: January 02, 2022, 05:15:46 PM »
 I have a weld repaired K0 frame, title and it's born with engine. I'm about out of K0 parts for it but I believe I can put together enough stuff to make a complete engine and most of a frame.
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« Reply #736 on: January 02, 2022, 07:00:47 PM »
Front forks and brake caliper? Otherwise, fairly easy bits to find…..
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« Reply #737 on: January 03, 2022, 05:27:17 PM »
 I think so, it's really late like 43,xxx so I might skate on the early stuff.  I need to remember my diecast has a K3 engine and to not use its early engine parts. This motor had mice so there's that.
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« Reply #738 on: January 06, 2022, 07:24:05 PM »
  On my list of projects is a diecast motor to go in 14,100 to replace the k4 836 hot rod engine in it, that motor still has a frame on the shelf. the new one is a no number replacement case that was in a sandcast. I'm setting the parts it needs aside for assembly, so I don't lose them or use them elsewhere.
 Tonight, I realized there are three diecast heads without the center bolt. One is below serial #200 due to the lack of the extra o ring under the cam holders. It does have valve seal type guides so it has been worked on at least once. That one, and another need valves which I have.
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« Reply #739 on: January 07, 2022, 02:53:15 PM »
Yeah it's interesting that there were 3(?) different K0 heads Don, I had pics somewhere of the 2 different heads I had when I built my K0, I think the one on mine is actually off a sandcast, but a later sandcast, the earlier ones had a different casting again. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #740 on: January 07, 2022, 06:10:04 PM »
 Sorry, I meant there are 3 K0 heads here. I thought I only had two. Bwahaha.
  Maybe there are three types. Really early ones only had the o ring on the oil jet but not the other end of the cam holder. The ones with two O rings and no center bolt, and the ones with the added center bolt. I guess I do have all three types.
  Man, these engine parts are filthy, I'm buying a parts washer tank.
  Things like clutch nuts and lifter plates, where do they go? They must be with the 10mm sockets.
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« Reply #741 on: January 07, 2022, 06:30:46 PM »
Yep, I bought two K0 heads and ended up with one each of the heads in the pic below.

K0 head comparison by Terry Prendergast, on Flickr

According to the "sandcast only" website, the head in the bottom of the pic is the early sandcast head, and the one on top is the later diecast K0 head. http://www.cb750sandcastonly.com/support09.htm

I kept the early one for my engine because it was in better condition than the later one which I sold to an "Expert" who told me with some authority that the one I sold him (same as the one in the top of the pic) was for an early sandcast, so I'm confused. Oh well, it's a good head, and my K0 goes like a rocket, so I'm happy. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #742 on: January 08, 2022, 07:23:53 PM »
  I've been doing engine inventory, rocker stands, valvetrain, nuts and bolts, clutch parts, The ultrasonic cleaner has made two batches of mud.  The turbo motor came partly apart, and I needed to find anything it needs before using it elsewhere. I have most of two F2 motors, an F2 backcut transmission, a sweet K6 top and bottom end from different bikes both around 10,000 miles, one was sitting on a sandcast crankcase, one was wrecked and left with the carbs off. I made sure to find all of the K0 parts for a diecast motor, I'm stacking parts for the late K0 motor/frame to sell.
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« Reply #743 on: February 08, 2022, 09:52:02 AM »
 I was cleaning up a double disc'd Lester mag I got recently and noticed the axle was bound up. The speedometer drive adapter didn't fit well into the machined brake rotor and was mashed between the rotor, rim and speedometer drive.
 I ground the flanges on the drive adapter thinner to fit over the hub's OD and filed the notches in the rotor so it all nested nicely. The rotor drill patterns don't match so I temporarily removed the extra rotor.
 Then I realized a later drive and cover turn the speedometer drive bolt on style. When I put the Lester on the Diecast so long ago, I apparently didn't have a newer style speedo drive and modified an early one double disc style and pinned it to the lester hub with a roll pin. Now I realize that could have been a bolt on deal. Learning you were a dumbass is an eye opener.
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« Reply #744 on: February 08, 2022, 01:07:18 PM »
“ Learning you were a dumbass is an eye opener.”

If you were any smarter you’d be doing something else’s??
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« Reply #745 on: February 08, 2022, 05:04:39 PM »
  Fact! And I'd work on one thing (machine) at a time and not always the first shiny thing I see while cleaning up the shop.   
  Today, I did find a nice points cover. It had been a nut and bolt bowl that was over-sprayed black when an engine got painted. No large dings and a shot of carb cleaner cleaned off the paint. A couple laps around the buffing wheel and BOOM. I screwed it to the wall for safe keeping.
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« Reply #746 on: February 08, 2022, 10:18:13 PM »
 Did you ever go back and read your early posts? I've certainly evolved since then, but my build plan was always interrupted by finding a better, older, prettier or more valuable bike.
 
  I think my problem was trying to use the bike stuff I was given while spending a minimum of (none) cash.
  The $650 I spent on the diecast was a great deal in spite of the fact it had an incorrect engine that didn't run. I already had a free K3 engine that did run.

  Oddly, the bike I was going to build 13 years ago was a lot like the one I'm going to build next. Low, raked, lengthened, fat back tire, the difference being it's now turbocharged.
 
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« Reply #747 on: February 12, 2022, 07:34:52 AM »
Quote from: Don R on February 08, 2022, 05:04:39 PM
  Fact! And I'd work on one thing (machine) at a time and not always the first shiny thing I see while cleaning up the shop.   
  Today, I did find a nice points cover. It had been a nut and bolt bowl that was over-sprayed black when an engine got painted. No large dings and a shot of carb cleaner cleaned off the paint. A couple laps around the buffing wheel and BOOM. I screwed it to the wall for safe keeping.

Don..... I see the blank covers are back up on Vintagecb750.com. $39.99
Some Honda ones on EBay for $200! Nice find for you....
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« Reply #748 on: February 12, 2022, 08:35:13 AM »
  Thanks. It was with the pickup load of parts I got with the two bikes. A lot of it just got distributed amongst my totes without a lot of assessing what was there. The little gems pop up once in a while now. Like the two ignition switch lock tab washers, nice to find and I had a place for each one.
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« Reply #749 on: February 13, 2022, 03:25:44 PM »
Quote from: Don R on February 08, 2022, 05:04:39 PM
  Fact! And I'd work on one thing (machine) at a time and not always the first shiny thing I see while cleaning up the shop.   
  Today, I did find a nice points cover. It had been a nut and bolt bowl that was over-sprayed black when an engine got painted. No large dings and a shot of carb cleaner cleaned off the paint. A couple laps around the buffing wheel and BOOM. I screwed it to the wall for safe keeping.

Good call. I have one I used to use as an ash tray! Cleaned up really nicely, but still stinks.....
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