My most recent purchases: Update red devil is dead!

[jakep53]

Ah ok I didn't even know that Australia had this website, I'll have a decent look at it tomorrow at work! Looks very clean though

Yeah it is pretty neat but it doesn't see much activity any more!! but there are some really good older threads I read every thread in the 3 wheeler category all 22 pages it is a very good read!!

[jakep53]

wow... I just like looking at the pics and trying to tell what everything else is that you got in that garage! Man... you do have a lot of cool toys there!

when I get everything pulled out I will take a big pic of everything

[jakep53]

Lol. Right now, I'm concentrating on my car. So, anything not for it, is out of my price range. At the moment anyway.

ah the car bug lol lucky I haven't got that yet!!

[6speedthumper]

ah the car bug lol lucky I haven't got that yet!!

Just you wait until you have an antique, muscle, or pony car in your garage

[ivan-083]

Jake 200es fenders boxed up and ready to be delivered. $400 for shipping! But i dont care finally got a set.

[jakep53]

Just you wait until you have an antique, muscle, or pony car in your garage

Yeah I had to stop looking a car magazines for a while because I knew if I got into a car now I would be living on the street lol its hard enogh finding the cash to do this!!!

[jakep53]

Jake 200es fenders boxed up and ready to be delivered. $400 for shipping! But i dont care finally got a set.

$400 bucks thats pretty good since you got the fenders so cheap you still got a really good bargain

[ivan-083]

Yeah I would have paid a bit more, mike from vintage motors said he put in wooden box so it wouldn't get damaged! I'll send pics when they arrive! Ps that tri z is still available, I rang the guy today! Good news but after buying these fenders and nos mudflaps, also building a new 2 story house ahhhhhh trike or house ha ha!

[jakep53]

Yeah I would have paid a bit more, mike from vintage motors said he put in wooden box so it wouldn't get damaged! I'll send pics when they arrive! Ps that tri z is still available, I rang the guy today! Good news but after buying these fenders and nos mudflaps, also building a new 2 story house ahhhhhh trike or house ha ha!

thats good you got it all taken care of!!! mm 2 story house or trike..................I think trike and you could sleep under it lol

[ivan-083]

Yeah I would prefer the trike! Hahah!

[jakep53]

Ok today wasn't very successful I blew up 2 2strokes in 2 hours!! the first was a suzuki dirt bike I was about to sell that didn't worry me to much since it was really only a beater but then I pulled out red devil and went for a ride all was going good and then after about 15 mins I heard a clunk clunk and as I went to shut her off she locked up so I just gently tried to kick it over and it moved one click and then it just locked up solid no movement at all!! so I had to get dad to tow me back at first dad thought the gearbox may have locked up but the oil was clean and everything then we thought it may have snapped the rod but the case is all intact and it didn't make any really loud noises!! its not running lean I am running 40:1 looking through the spark plug hole the piston looks good from what I could see so im going to put my freshly rebuilt engine in tomorrow that I got with the bike and I will pull this one apart and check it out I think it pinched a ring!! any opinions??

[jakep53]

Ok I opened the motor up and I think it was my fault since it looks like the piston has grabbed so I'm putting my spare motor in now so a couple of questions what oil to run what ratio and how do I run it in since I've never run in a 2 stroke before!!

[slashfan7964]

Normal 2 stroke oil will work. Not sure on the ratio, I'm not extremely experienced with 2 strokes.

[jakep53]

Ok im quite confused now I have been doing a lot of reading and everyone says run 32:1 or 40:1 now I am confused what caused my motor to seize up since I was running 40:1 clean air filter slightly rich mixture and when I opened it up there is 4 places where the piston has grabbed in each corner of the cylinder!! WHy did this happen cause I do not want this to happen to my fresh motor!! even this one has just been rebuilt so I was a little pissed!!

[danbur55]

There's your problem "corners in a cylinder" sorry but I couldnt resist myself on that one. It's a mechanical type thing but do you let it get to operating temp before you take off wide open?? 2 strokes don't seem to like that