Mates. Where would we be without them?

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...

....right up to the point where it was run flat out on the dyno on
Weds. On the 5th or 6th run the power dropped off a bit, and then the
oil light came on. We dropped the oil, and didn't find any alarming
shiny bits, so put new oil and filter in, started it up, and the oil
light was off. So I rode it a bit, and it seemed fine...

....until I gave a damn good run over the mountain yesterday. At the
next stop, the light flickered on at tickover, but went out above 2k
revs. And then there was a new engine noise. Again, not too
alarming, but a noise that wasn't there before. So, time to park it,
before anything *really* bad happened.

I've got the original road motor in my garage. So I rang up Gyp and
Black Mike, and said, "Could you box/palette the engine while I figure
out how to get it over to the Island". Which they did, and then Gyp
took it 40 miles (admittedly on his way to where he was going anyway)
to the freight depot where it was put on a truck this morning, and
will be with me tomorrow.

I'm busy doing racing stuff tomorrow (inc doing a wheel change during
a pit stop! Ulp...), so the engine swap will be Sunday morning. And
I'll leave the sick tuned motor with Slick for a refresh once the TT
rush has gone.

Anyway, without Gyp and Mike, I'd be crying into my beer and getting
an early ferry home and a recovery truck down the M6. Cheers guys

 

Champ wrote:

Fucking lovely ;-)

Wheel changes - piece of piss, man. Even I could do that in remarkably
few seconds. A few seconds more for a front wheel, mind - don't forget
your heat-resistant glubs.

Top geezers, both of 'em - just the lads to have in your corner, eh.

Engine swap at Keef's, no doubt.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Top tip: Do *not* overtighten the spindle.

 

Champ wrote:

[snip bad engine stuff]

I wondered why, in another post, Gyp mentioned he had a 10R engine in
his car!

At least you'd have beer. Mmmmm...Okell's...

Why wouldn't you stay and get the recovery at the end of next week?

Indeed.

 

Will the road motor be ok with the race ECU/mapping?

 

in case you didn't get the voicemail, himself has gone to Finedon to get
your gaskets.

 

<snort>

DAHHHK,HJDOK.

 

I thought of that - Gyp and Mike have packed the road ECU in with the
motor.

 

Along with industrial quantities of weapons-grade gay pornography. Mike
said it would be rude not to.

 

In message

Good job you didn't hack the wiring for the race ECU, that loom part you
bought just unplugs?

 

I never went over 6k...honest



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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

I ragged it rotten but he'd have been upset if I didn't.

I've said I'll help change the engine on Sunday but the reality is
that all I'll do is drink beer and pass spanners so he'd better not be
expecting too much.

 

So did i....

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

Uh-huh, that you 'just happened' to have on hand ... ?

Paul.

 

You're coming over to the Island? Good effort.

 

And it's not like you haven't got form for blowing up motors ... ;^)

Paul.

 

I wish Andy, but I am going to Croatia Sunday AM

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

Bitch!



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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

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.

 

You are? Cool, I'll be following you on Wednesday evening.