You may well be correct as I seem to recall the last episode but one involved them realising they needed to buy some parts, which was then followed by a really dull step by step “how to rebuild an Ohlins fork” video. I imagine that at some point after that episode they got an email from a nice man in Bologna who told them the parts they need will cost more than the price of the bike and it’s restored resale value combined..... I wonder if they’ll end up breaking it?
WooHoo. Funny, I was just looking the other day to see if they had posted anything and was thinking they may have binned it due to cost.
Next month, taking off the petrol cap... 23 minute video. Bet they're glad they had the service manual to take those heads off...looks tricky.
If they skim the head with a gear driven valve train when they put it back together the gears will be tight because the distance between the centres of the gear train will be reduced unless there is an adjustment mechanism
Are head gaskets available of varying thicknesses to fine tune comp ratios / compensate for skimming ?
Good points about skimming the head and effects on timing gear clearance - anyone know the answer? Also, is heating one side of the head where a bolt is to be removed really the correct way to do it?
Not at all Andy. But they have been getting stick from all quarters ever since they cranked the engine over without putting some oil in the filter 1st. They probably thought it would be interesting to watch, but seem to be getting it in the neck, is just my observation.
