[DIY] The Clinic

[Bikee]

The cat pillow drawing has rotated another 10 degrees by itself!

 

Kalyan.. I think u should patent the cat pillow drawing. It can be used as a vibration indicator for bikes. So for the next DIY session at the Clinic, we will improvise on the "Cat Pillow-Bike's Vibration Indicator".

[Vashie]

what's the steps in pushing start a bike? I'm hearing different versions.

Now rain damn big...wanted to go change my battery but the rain spoil my plans.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

You can run with the bike and dump the clutch at running speed on 3rd gear, or you can get someone to push you.

 

Be sure the push is not too big or bike faints on you. Bad. For self-push-run start, it's easier if you detach the left side box or you're trying to run like ah pek on walking stick.

 

Third and easiest way is to roll down a slope.

 

Fourth and best reserved for trusted friends is hook up a tow rope to a car... don't try that for real!

[Vashie]

Hmm...I have slope at mscp

What I want to know more is...the steps for push start.

Open choke, clutch in select gear 2, hold the clutch, go down slope, release clutch gradually...engine will start? Then clutch in and open throttle to maintain?

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Just on the ignition, kick to gear 3 or 4 (3 for normal road, 4 when slippery), clutch in push as fast as you can and release the clutch when you hit 20kph or so (estimate by eye!)

 

Should not have to use throttle as the engine will turn over itself. Open it and it may choke the engine with an over-rich mixture, preventing it from starting until you unload the flooded engine through the exhaust (with more pushing!)

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

I thought of a Japanese method - first, sit down and meditate in a room with paper walls and cherryblossoms.

 

Tie the kamikaze ribbon around head.

 

Open eyes run at the bike turn on the key kick gear, yell BANZAI!!!! and push as hard as you can!

 

Repeat banzai maneuver until started.

 

Great fun

[Vashie]

That's...hard.

I so small size...bike more than triple my weight...don't know can run so fast or not...

But I think my battery seems to be dying. I think I drop by planet see how.

 

Everything now rest on the sole starting of engine to decide if I can go anywhere later.

 

Rain is clearing up...if bike can start, will drop by clinic later.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

hey guys i need to go to a wake..tonight..

the clinic is still open..but i have to leave at 6.45..

so sorry.. u all have fun..

 

Omg clinic no doctor. Who is the nurse

 

Lets see if mine can start also lol. Prissy little.....

[Vashie]

What's wrong with your battery? Just weak battery or is it dying soon too?

Go planet together?

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Will need to transport various large suspicious looking dangerous tools to Dr Koh & that's my first priority :3

 

If it doesn't start properly I'll head to planet in about an hour.

[Vashie]

I'm going soon...Think I wearing shorts and sandals.

Still drizzling...and all my gears are wet.

[Silent Hunter]

I going out with Family. Go Zoo.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Lol zoo. We had a zoo at Dr Koh's place. There were many fine specimens including Super 4s, Steeds X1s and oh, Phantoms

 

Clinic report 3/7/10

 

Dr Koh was really busy with en masse oiler consultation and installation. Unable to do vashie's hazard lights.

 

Reports of my fiery demise were greatly exaggerated. From the fires of... burning $1 "fireproof" insulation comes the all new Miracle Wrap, tested and proven to reduce engine temperatures by... a lot, and shifted my powerband such that maximum torque is available immediately after changing gear.

 

And it sure as hell looks cool with a custom fabricated fishnet style self-tensioning wire brace with separate insulation package secured with a quick-release catch... all from the awesome flexibility of Victorian-era basket making techniques.

 

1960s NASA derived technology now at your fingertips for just $????

 

Disclaimer. NOT available for anything with more than one cylinder and above class 2B.

 

Pic below shows me touching the engine cover bare handed after a 50km Tuas - Neo Tiew - Kranji time attack. Temperature was about 45 deg C. And yes like any hardcore DIY mechanic I took a nap under the bike

Edited July 3, 2010 by Pandora's Kitten :3

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Been inspecting my NASA heat shield; the fishnet is holding up perfectly and nothing's flying off.

 

Infact the layer of carbon from the roasting insulation and the heat of it all bound everything together in one lovely shiny tube

 

Of course, I could modify it so it dispenses chaff and flares to distract enemy missiles by removing the fishnet stockings.

 

The EGT also makes my bike look like a steam engine in the rain, as everything boils when it hits the heatshield! But everything else is cool.

 

On the 50km back there were various people trying to point out my steaming header but I promptly and easily left them behind at the traffic lights. (That's after I jettisoned the redundant insulation at a convenient trailer park)

 

Next up - carb insulation, using the same tested NASA ideas, of course.

 

ps. The thing is producing maximum torque from 0 all the way to 90kph. Pretty much behaves like a proper cruiser engine optimised for low - mid range now. And 100% of that torque is available instantly.

 

Will not be trying this plus water injection because the heatshield has allowed the modified intake to enter forced-induction mode every time I go above 30% throttle. Water injection would likely blow the engine.

 

Well that's why German fighter aircraft in 1943-45 had both superchargers and MW50 water-methanol injection for use at high altitudes

Edited July 4, 2010 by Pandora's Kitten :3

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

Final verdict on $2 exhaust wrap.

 

Improved low end torque still there, engine didn't explode, nice "turbo" sound from 2500rpm, and I'm not painting the road with aluminum. Actually behaves better with the reduced backpressure. Ie, not jerky when engine braking.

 

Therefore, it works

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

The ultimate would be to get some of that roofing insulator but the foam will probably catch fire or something. Still, makes a great afterburner effect. Or steam engine lol

 

I might deliberately put 'water injection' on the heatshield to generate special effects

 

Oh, I'm about to start production of the Shokobutsu Vacuum Operated Chain Oiler

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

... would you prefer I use the Clairol Herbal Essence bottle instead? It's doing wonders for my hair - it'll do wonders to the chain, too!

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

I uploaded my clinic pics to facebook (including some of my secret Type R mods) However there's no mepkoh on facebook = top secret clinic pics.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

I don't even use my given name for social engagements. Don't like my parents, but I love the Hispanic connections that I made. Lmao.

[f_tup]

Hey bros im enquiring as to how i cld get my hands on chrome air filters purely for cosmetic means for my bike... any inputs bros?

[pureice68]

Hey bros im enquiring as to how i cld get my hands on chrome air filters purely for cosmetic means for my bike... any inputs bros?

 

Wow... something new! So do you still cover this filter if it's being use? Chim leh!

[Silent Hunter]

Hey, anyone wants to do boot chains like the Knights Boots we saw at Mustafa?

 

I am thinking of getting metal chains and rings to DIY a customised set based one our own boot sizes.

 

Shouldn't cost much for a simple design, unless we want to customise them with tags and emboss letterings onto them.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

I liked the weight of the chains. Allowed me to ram through the gears easier lol. Good exercise for your calf muscles too. Pity one of the chain links just disintegrated one day making it unsafe to ride with.

 

Let me know the capital investment required nya?

 

While we're at it pass me some extra chains for relevant S&M art decor on the bike

[Silent Hunter]

Oh... Definately will want extra chains for S&M.

See my avatar photo?

 

I figured the Boot Chain Kaylan picked up from the floor at Mustafa was weak because the other end of the chain was not hard fixed, but clipped on to make to adjustable to the different boot sizes. If we do up one that is customised to our own boot size using big big keychain rings and real chains purchased from hardware stores instead of clips to fix it in place instead of dangling it should not disintegrate like the one Kaylan had.

[pureice68]

Hey, anyone wants to do boot chains like the Knights Boots we saw at Mustafa?

 

I am thinking of getting metal chains and rings to DIY a customised set based one our own boot sizes.

 

Shouldn't cost much for a simple design, unless we want to customise them with tags and emboss letterings onto them.

 

Think I have to get a nice pair of black boots before I can get the chain. Found some pix, check them out!