Just thought I'd start a "photo-album" thread...
Here's mine:
(http://iloapp.empressmcc.org.uk/data/_gallery//public/11/1345882752_resized.jpg)
If you'd like to show us yours, just post up a reply. If you don't have access to any web-space to host you photos (you can embed them here y'see), send your photo and HOC Forum details by e-mail to webmaster@heskethownersclub.org.uk and HOCAdmin will post it up for you.
One of my daughters on my Hesketh
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/RobinMorgan/Hesketh/MVC-472X.jpg)
It was converted to modern forks and wheels by Mick Broom, I really must get the clutch sorted out and get it back on the road......
Yes Come on Robin
Get that bike sorted.... if you need me to collect in my van and deliver to Kingwood just shout.
Regards
Tig
Thanks Tig, it's the slave cylinder losing fluid.
I really should get my backside in gear and solve it once and for all
If it turns out there's a scratch in the bore (as I suspect) it's only the cam side case that needs to come off and that could be posted...when funds allow
Quote from: REMF on September 21, 2012, 03:33:46 PM
It was converted to modern forks and wheels by Mick Broom, I really must get the clutch sorted out and get it back on the road......
Nice bike Robin. Are they 17" rims..?
Where's the fluid going Robin? Out of the breather, or into the engine..?
Miti
Quote from: Miti on September 23, 2012, 06:08:05 PM
Nice bike Robin. Are they 17" rims..?
Where's the fluid going Robin? Out of the breather, or into the engine..?
Miti
The rims are 18" Front, 17" Rear. Mick used Koyaba forks (as used on older Triumphs) and he had to make up the yokes to suit. The tyres are Michelin Macadam radials and they are a huge improvement over crossplys.
Mick used the same brakes that Triumph used 10 years ago (whatever they are) but I have Harrison 6-pots on the front and he made up a mounting plate for them.
I think the hydraulic fluid is getting into the engine, I'll rebuild again this winter and see if I can get a better result with all new parts. I've changed the seals and O-rings twice, so I'm not optimistic. This time I have a new piston and new O-rings and seals and if it doesn't work it means there is a scratch in the nore/ I've looked, but cannot see or feel it.
From the archive.
The Lady Mayoress poses on my bike at the V-Twin rally
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/RobinMorgan/Hesketh/P8230020.jpg)
We shall see.
From my own experience with the clutch slave cyl, I know there are a few opportunities for problems to arise...
One thing I put down as a "manufacturing defect" is the total absence of a "lead-in" at the start of the bore in the timing casing. I found that the o-ring fitted to my bike had been neatly trimmed (as though with scissors) as the slave cyl was inserted into the casing bore.
I modified mine by profiling the edge of the casing bore to provide a lead-in. On reassembly, I fitted a new o-ring and lubed this (and the slave cyl seal) with Castrol red-rubber grease. It went together a treat...
BUT... I completely buggered up the thread in the casing that the banjo bolt screws into... I recommend having that heli-coiled and using as long a bolt as you can find, to maximise strength and the number of threads in the casing...
HTH
Miti
Here's Velocollins' new acquisition:
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QuoteWell after many false starts and a 5-year search, I have now acquired a very nice Hesketh V1000 that has been in hibernation for the last 30-years. Paul Sleeman has done a very nice job of re-commissioning the bike and it had its first outing this afternoon.
Regards
Richard