Basket Cases

[David Lahey]

Greg Harding this photo is especially for you. This photo was 2 days ago and it was in a state not far from being able to be ridden for the first time.
Since then I have completed enough on it to run in the engine and have done a lot of adjusting/sorting/tuning

[David Lahey]

I knew this thing had a pretty short wheelbase and it sure feels like it when you ride it. Photo to illustrate
Just measured a few wheelbases
Whitlock mini TY175 1200mm (axle at the rear of the slot)
TY250A 1275mm
Godden Majesty 250 1300mm

[David Lahey]

For those who can appreciate my style of humour, this is the mass difference between the original and a replacement steering crown bolt for a TY250 or TY175

[Mark K]

You don't need a sense of humour to appreciate that. In the top levels of yacht racing for example, or the highest levels of motor racing they will pay thousands of dollars for that sort of weight reduction.

In trials it is a little different. You can vastly improve the performance of any bike simply by keeping me off of it.

[tat ty]

I spent a couple of weeks doing a job at Woolwich Dock on Sydney Harbour last year.

It's the home of Wild Oats XI. To see the size of this boat in the water if incredible ... to see it out of the water on the hard stand is just mind blowing.

To watch an oxy cut it in half in order to retrim the vessel by relocating the keel 900mm towards the stern leaves me speechless.

Makes the cost of that Aluminium Headstem Bolt and its associated weight saving seem just a little inconsequential.

Think I'll go back to the pub and work on the weight trimming project.

Alastair

[Greg Harding]

Hi Everyone,

Greg Harding this photo is especially for you. I knew this thing had a pretty short wheelbase and it sure feels like it when you ride it.
Just measured a few wheelbases
Whitlock mini TY175 1200mm (axle at the rear of the slot)
TY250A 1275mm
Godden Majesty 250 1300mm

David, Darcy's bike is looking Spectacular! With that short a wheelbase, you must be able to turn it inside Out?

Just between you and I, this TY 175 Basket Case becomes mine at the TY Challenge this weekend, perhaps you can adopt me and fix It?

Anyone chasing 175 Parts?

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[David Lahey]

You lucky man Greg. Strangely enough that is pretty much how Darcy's bike arrived, but jigsaw puzzles involving motorbike parts are very entertaining.

My KT was purchased as one sort-of-wheelable piece and the rest of the 2.5 KTs was scattered throughout a couple of chook pens at a farmhouse on a cane farm. Having never worked on a KT prior, it took me a while at home to work out that I had taken a few car and farm machinery parts along with the KT parts. That was OK but the only complete carby the seller had told me was in there somewhere, was not! When I phoned him he remembered he had left it in the cleaning tank at his workplace (250km from my place). Luckily, as well as his day job, he also travelled to country markets selling fancy coffee beans and was coming to my local market day at Calliope in a few weeks time, so I did get the carby, but there was another catch. When I bought the KTs, he made me promise that the bike was actually going to be used, and not just put on display somewhere. It took me a year or so to get the KT to the stage where I could ride it in a trial and so eventually got the photographic evidence and gave it to him at yet another market day at Calliope

[David Lahey]

Hi Everyone,

Greg Harding this photo is especially for you. I knew this thing had a pretty short wheelbase and it sure feels like it when you ride it.
Just measured a few wheelbases
Whitlock mini TY175 1200mm (axle at the rear of the slot)
TY250A 1275mm
Godden Majesty 250 1300mm

David, Darcy's bike is looking Spectacular! With that short a wheelbase, you must be able to turn it inside Out?

Just between you and I, this TY 175 Basket Case becomes mine at the TY Challenge this weekend, perhaps you can adopt me and fix It?

As for the turning ability of Darcy's bike, yes, pretty much!
As for the adoption, hmmm....

[Guy53]

I you think Greg wouldn't make a good adopted son , I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD.

Guy

[chippy]

Hello everyone,
Very very nice TY175 David. Are you bringing it this weekend?

Greg, getting back to your project, I believe that you were chasing one of these? Well, I now have 2!!

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Chippy