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;D Folks may well look back and wonder how/where the new self-love euphemism "Sanding the ol' Shim" got started. Right here on Wildguzzi they'll say.
Oh hell , gotta clean my computer screen :D Dusty
Me, too, Dusty. Brian is mighty fast with a comeback.Ralph
. Triumph makes a jig that bolts to the head that compresses the valve spring, eliminating the need to remove the cam. Just install the jig and pick the shim out with a magnet.
This is why I own two hydro Stones.Ralph
Bipper , are you practicing safe shim sanding ? Dang , say those last three words fast 3 times ;D Dusty
That's kinda the procedure Yamaha used with their XS Eleven and other models, except, IIRC, the tool was to hold the valve/bucket open after the cam did the opening.The tool wasn't used to open the valve. Pretty straight forward, a bit more time consuming than rocker screw adjustment, but less than shim under bucket.
I only own one, but uhm, let me ask. What was the brand you often rode when professionally racing? I think I've made my point here. ;)[snip]
I'm missing your point completely. ???
RK, I'm just attempting to poke Ralph a bit as he used to race on Triumphs if my memory serves me correct. He has some awesome pictures to prove it.
I rode two Velocette 500 singles from 1961-64 and then the Triumph people offered me a lot of help if I would ride a Triumph. "Oh, Wooden Eye, wooden eye!". The Triumph 500 was much faster, more reliable by far and propelled me to an Expert license with several flat track wins and two Daytona 200 finishes in 1967 and 68. I rue the day that I sold that Triumph 500 vertical twin after a second long stay in hospital rendered me unfit (physically and emotionally) from returning to the fray. To this day, almost 50 years later, I cannot sit in the stands and watch a professional flat track race. I miss being out there. My leathers still fit, too. Damn. Hey, Dusty, wanna be my traveling mechanic???Ralph
You betcha Ralph :) Hey , do you remember Bobby Winters from Ft Smith AR ? He raced at Daytona . '68 , wasn't that the year #9 won on that hotrod Triumph based on the GP engine ? Dusty
Bobby Winters was a superb racer, mostly on 250 Yamaha TD-1s, I recall. Yes, Nixon won on a very nicely put together factory Triumph 500 Twin. There were a pair made and Dick Hammer #16 rode the other one. Gary and I rode out of the same shop, but he was a factory rider and deservedly so. Very intense, take no prisoners sort. He wired the unusual ignition on my bike which allowed very high rpm without points float. RIP, Gary.Ralph
:+=copcar Mr. US Air/Web Marshall, please arrest these two immediately for attempted threadjacking. First suspect, krglorioso, known to some as Ralph, avid Guzzisti, a fine mentor, connoisseur of steel cut oats, Sicillian in heritage, likely familial ties to the mafia. Second, oldbike54, goes by the cool codename of Dusty, chronic emoticon user - never met a smiley face he didn't like or use, makes people laugh, a comedian, keeps the more ridiculous and confrontational threads grounded on the board. No matter their stories are vastly more interesting than this thread, arrest these two immediately, throw them in the very back, back room of the jailhouse, and send the key down a well that empties somewhere onto the mainland. It is 1984 and such blatant disregard for authority and the order of things around here will not be tolerated.
When Dusty and I show up at your door, Brian, you'll think it's the Blues Brothers "on a mission from God" to get you. A Sicilian and an Okie? You're toast buddy, toast, I say! No matter that you have a vicious cur named "Flopsy" to protect you. Ralph