Australian Belly Tank

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Unh, if this happened -- "...when the sirens went off ..." - - - how'd you know why people started running and screaming?  Perhaps you might consider changing the comment to "When the sirens came ON..."

Signed Jon, the Comma Cop

[Dr Goggles]

When I mounted the rack I'd spent a bit of time jumping up and down on the spring perch for all the reasons mentioned above so I thought about this, how to demonstrate the movement. But yesterday when the sirens went off and people started running everywhere screaming I thought it best to answer the question....

I measured the track width and then looked at clamping the spring down to check the fully loaded measurement...couldn't find anything that would clamp the suspension down the way I wanted to.I bounced the suspension standing on it, and couldn't see the slightest movement. I would expect, as the steering arms(bell cranks) are trailing that the toe-in would increase as the suspension was compressed.

Then I just got a roll of masking tape and stretched it tightly across the rear of the tires at axle height. Old dried out masking tape doesn't stretch, and it doesn't want to stick to much

I jumped up and down on the frame right above the spring so that it was just bottoming out, the tape didn't even come unstuck.

discuss.

Shall I say..."When the sirens SOUNDED"

[grumm441]

Hey Slim. You might be the comma cop.
But I believe Goggles is the punctuation pedant.
G

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Hey, great word, Grumm.  I'm familiar with the derivative -- pedantic -- but haven't run across the root word before.  I thank you for helping my vocabulary.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Doc, if you're confident with it, I'll stand behind you.

Grummy, what would you consider to be a safe distance?

[Milwaukee Midget]

Hey Slim. You might be the comma cop.
But I believe Goggles is the punctuation pedant.
G

Well, maybe one of you educated sorts can point me to the galley gendarmes . . .

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Chrils:  Don'lt tell me thatl you thinkl therle's sometlhing wronlg with that nalme tag.  Want a new and (I hope) corrlect one?  Whyn't you sayl somethilng beflore?

[Dr Goggles]

Doc, if you're confident with it, I'll stand behind you.

Grummy, what would you consider to be a safe distance?

the safe working distance depends on whether you want to be in front or behind, Graham's experience is that there is no safe distance in front.



This last few days has really got me thinking....I've been a little lax.....from now on every thing I do will be shiny.....and safe....













n't.

[Bob Drury]

  Oh boy Slim ,if you are the comma cop, I am in deep do-do.
  I already got a P.M. from Stan telling me to drop the comma's after all noun's or he would protest me if I ever get a record.
  As I told Stan, my senior year of High School (1964) coincided with the release of the mini skirt, and  I had to walk with my notebook in front of me, so English, Math, etc. all went in the toilet.................. if you get my drift..........  Bob

[grumm441]

I never should have given him that fire extinguisher.


And I believe  it's A.K.A.

G

[grumm441]

Anyhow. I have the day off today. On a normal day I work at a motorcycle business in Melbourne.
We work on just about anything Italian or English
On any given day I might do a service on an Aprilia RSV4 followed by a Vincent or a Norton
I am their LVT (Licensed Vehicle Tester) We have pretty strict rules over here as to what can and cannot be licensed for use on the street.
And before it's licensed, it has to be inspected by a LVT. The inspection is very comprehensive and we have to take pictures, which we then have to store for seven years. This is pretty funny because the certificate that I issue is only valid for 28 days.
What to do on my day off.
Work on one of my project bikes.
So I'm organizing the parts to get it rolling. I've got some wheels that I had laced locally a few years on new old stock Akront rims
They've been sitting here waiting to go on a bike
Look closely

I found 27 cracks in this one
Now I'm going back out to the shed to work on the Belly tank motor
At least if I find a broken bit, it's from abuse on the dyno and not sitting
G  

[wobblywalrus]

Do you know what happened?  Did someone overtighten the spokes?

[Dr Goggles]

.
And before it's licensed, it has to be inspected by a LVT. The inspection is very comprehensive and we have to take pictures, which we then have to store for seven years. This is pretty funny because the certificate that I issue is only valid for 28 days.

We too have to keep our paperwork for seven years. I figure that if a client returns to a homeless crisis service that whatever you did last time didn't work,I've had some clients five times over the last two years....so as you can see most of our "work" goes in the bin...or ,only about 2% of the Subaru we throw sticks. But at least we keep the paperwork!!!!!

What to do on my day off.
Work on one of my project bikes.
So I'm organizing the parts to get it rolling. I've got some wheels that I had laced locally a few years on new old stock Akront rims
They've been sitting here waiting to go on a bike
Look closely
I found 27 cracks in this one
Now I'm going back out to the shed to work on the Belly tank motor
At least if I find a broken bit, it's from abuse on the dyno and not sitting
G 

ouch............

Do you know what happened?  Did someone overtighten the spokes?

I'd say a fat bastard was riding it?

whatcha doin to the motor??...(see ,I know if I get a reply that the real answer is "nothin'")

[salt27]

Grumm,
Regarding the the cracks in the wheel, it looks as if the angle of the spokes are pulling the spoke nuts against the side of the hole in the wheel where the cracks are.
Could this be? Maybe it's just an illusion from the camera lens.

Don

[Reverend Hedgash]

Little bit of silver paint will fix those cracks...