Number 9 - What was and what shall be

[Hadies]

This is class. I am now emotionally attached to no. 9.

[cajun]

Update!?!?!

And Who makes that twin system that you have on the left of the Jap system you have. Any ideas? I have the same one for the 29

[CMSMJ1]

Well, I kind of ran out of steam as I was dithering with the moto and what to do.

Presently no9 is sitting in the garage and has a flat rear tyre (not a worry, I've got millions of the fuckers)

I also have a set of RVF heads on the bench and a set of RVF pistons, gear selector cover and a UK oil pump in a box...

I wanted to take the heads off the motor in no9 and replace them with RVF heads and pistons. I'll be removing the casting flash and lapping the valves in on the RVF heads and I expect that they will be an improvement.

However, I was loathe to take apart a perfectly good motor that has served me will since I got the bike and so I waited and procrastinated and finally decided to wait.

There is now an NC30 bottom end coming my way that I am going to strip, clean and rebuild and fit the RVF heads to. No time pressures - just going to see if I can make a very healthy motor using the RVF top end and pistons.

@ Cajun - that twin stack is/was an HRC system for the RC45. It now lives on a bike in Jersey (channel islands) and is fitted to an ex german SBK bike! Good home for it.

No9 is too cool.. It will be fettled some more as it deserves some proper cleaning and the carbs are needing to be setup some more too as I have not got it right yet.

[Alex_ludd]

Top thread you ever thought of a literary career

[PeteJ]

New to the forum, and what a cracking thread! Top work! gla dit sonly currenty 5 pages or id have gone further and its a school night

[CMSMJ1]

Well...I took no9 to a Pirelli trackday at Donington yesterday.

Was ruling the world through the twisty sections down Craner and up and through to Coppice. Awesome..

Started the bike for the 3rd session and clackety clackety clack....big end is going.

WOUNDED.

I had to go and have a moment by myself for half an hour and try not to do any man crying about it.

So..just so you know - knocking at low revs, that goes away with more revs (and associated oil pressure) is your big ends failing.

Bike was recovered by the legend that is (and was on here IFTNFS) Tim Kilmurray. Not seen him for years and he was at the TD with his VFR750/400 special. I rode that home, he took no9 in his van.

So..new engine required and I think this is time for the bigger refresh that I think it needs.

I'll get my motor from Geoff (top dude) and will go from there.

I am gutted, but the bike served me well and done me proud.

I got it with 16k kms on it - It now has 60k kms on it.

We did 40 odd trackdays
we did the nurburgring
we rode thorugh Wales to Anglesey and trackdayed and back again...

The no9 is dead.

LONG LIVE NO9!

[Drunkn Munky]

R.I.P

[porndoguk]

[reverse cylinder jim]

The no9 is dead.

LONG LIVE NO9!

Really sorry to hear your day was cut short dude but glad to hear its all getting sorted so it will live again as we have a date with Brands next year me thinks.

[CMSMJ1]

I have been thinking over the ballache of not having a motorbike and it only dawned on me last night that I have a broken race engine with top end failure...and a broken road engine with bottom end failure...so why not try and build a good one out the pair! Got to be worth a crack..

I'm going to have a look tonight at sorting my garage out and getting all the shit together to sort things. If it becomes a total and utter ballache..then I can just fit a working motor from one of Geoff's ever revolving door of poorly bikes.

I've never had the engine in this many peices before. I want to replace the pistons with the RVF ones I have lying about..and also to fit the UK oil pump too...

I'll get it all prepared and make sure I have the bits to hand and then update this thread..and see how we get on!

Seeing as I don't need a bike at the minute and I have a fast car to play out in then I can take a little while. bring it on!