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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #780 on: July 09, 2016, 10:19:33 AM »
I learned early that if you want to learn how to tune - tune a single!  :evil: One hole has no "friends" to help it along!  :-o
Then when you move up to multis you have to figure out how to make all the other ones run like the first one!  :cry:
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #781 on: July 11, 2016, 05:19:56 PM »
Locked and loaded for Loring!  Finished the rebuild this morning and loaded this afternoon.  I did not even get a chance to start it.  Just have to pack my bag and make it to Digby, N.S. to catch the ferry tomorrow morning.
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #782 on: July 11, 2016, 05:54:50 PM »
Good luck to you, Tom.
And for that new tow vehicle.

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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #783 on: July 11, 2016, 09:41:38 PM »
That is amazingly quick to get a blown engine back together.  There are advantages to air cooled singles.  Good luck at Loring.

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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #784 on: July 11, 2016, 10:11:51 PM »
Good work Tom. See you soon

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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #785 on: July 12, 2016, 05:55:17 AM »
Good Luck Tom!!

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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #786 on: July 18, 2016, 08:30:12 PM »
The rebuild was apparently successful.  I managed a 150.8 mph on my own 151.3 record on the BSA after multiple jetting and timing changes.  The little Bridgestone made itself proud with a 110 mph in the mile and 113 in the 1-1/2 mile and we ran out of gear.  Looking forward to BMST in August.
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« Reply #787 on: July 18, 2016, 09:44:11 PM »
It was great seeing you Tom, good luck on the salt.
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #788 on: July 19, 2016, 07:50:17 PM »
Way to go Tom.
Lots of guys would have thrown in the towel.
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #789 on: September 11, 2016, 12:12:29 AM »
Good to see you and that your BSAs are making Birmingham great again. You gave me some good ideas at the reward ceremony. I WILL dial in a flatland tune before getting high.
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #790 on: September 15, 2016, 09:27:02 AM »
The Bonneville Salt Flats was once again a magic place, which lived up to it's name this year.  Ed, along with Doug, Sue, and the 4 boys from England, Andy, John, Mark, and Paul hosted 3 of my high school mates at our pits and spend nearly all our waking hours changing things and fixing things.  I'm sorry not to have been able to wander around and missed many of my good friends.

Bit of a trial by fire for me.  On our 3rd run we came within .5mph of our record and were confident of bumping it up.  But on my 4th run at 148 mph, I must have dozed off after the timed mile and found myself to the left of the flags.  I could have stayed there till I slowed down, but thought I could pull it back on course but not!  Took out the next flag pole which took out my windshield and ended my quest to bump the APS record.

So we stripped it down to run the naked class.  On my first run, I shifted down into 1st gear at the mile 5 pop-up tent (long course) and took out another transmission.  We spent the entire next day rebuilding.  My best run without the fairing was 126 mph on Alp's 133 record.  We changed jets and timing and gearing, but always hit the wall at 125 mph.

Upon returning home, I did a leak down test and found about 12% leakage, which appeared to be blow-by.  Will new rings make that much difference?

As I reported under the Tech section, I acquired an old Carlson Dyno, so I'm hopeful to gain a few more horses by next year.

Meanwhile, congratulations to Dennis, Chuck, Tony, Jason, Bill, Tom, Alp, Mark & Paul (the English lads with Honda 125 pushrod bike) and all you other record breakers.  Of course we had a great time with all our pit-mates as well.

Tom
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #791 on: September 15, 2016, 09:45:29 AM »
Thanks, Tom............our quick conversation on the salt will last for a long time :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Your pit-crew seemed to grow 'out of nothing' :-D :-D I touched one of those flag-poles with my knee but it only hurt for a day 8-)
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #792 on: June 28, 2017, 08:59:58 PM »
This is just a notice to all that I (we) are being blackmailed by Photobucket.  All the photos that I have hosted on Photobucket have been disallowed and they are demanding $399 to allow 3rd party hosting.  Because we were not advised this when we started using the service, it seems we have no alternative than to pay their BLACKMAIL request or, too bad, they will no longer post our photos!

Please spread the word.  I for one, will not pay so all my posted photos (from Photobucket) will now be invisible!

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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #793 on: June 29, 2017, 06:16:06 AM »
Test post.



Let's see if this comes through.  It's Jackie and me, and the photo has been in my Photobucket albums for a few months.  I just now went there and grabbed this pic to see - and so far haven't seen any ransom demands.  Let me post to test, okay?


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(After seeing the pic did post):  I use Photobucket for storing lots of racing pics and would be majorly pissed if they said I could get the pics.  I pay $25/yr for storage and other than a recent notice about re-farkling the security settings -- I haven't found any problems.

Are you sure it wasn't a spammer that asked for the $$? 
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Re: BSA B50 -500 APG Build
« Reply #794 on: June 29, 2017, 06:57:07 AM »
Have had no demands for cash here, Although as usual they have tried to get me to upgrade for only "$99" a year..