Basket Cases

[Jools]

Well anyone on an Italjet must be suss by definition.

[Greg Harding]

with Envy......

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Who's that dodgy looking bloke in the Raiders beanie ?

He matches the really dodgy bloke on the Italjet I reckon! Both of them look a bit shifty.

Hi Everyone,

We all know the best are all GREEN!
Just sharing where I am up to with the hand catapult, after snapping the clutch cable after the first lap at Denman, I have had a bit of a rethink. So now I have gone away from the "acropolis1989" set up:

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and hand fabricated an extension to the clutch arm along with a quicker way to adjust the clutch and a new cable:

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This works better and Donna can now pull the clutch in but wanting even less effort I decided to back off the pressure plate preload:

Yes Gristy, drilled clutch basket and crank weights so true Piuma!

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In other words, the standard preload was enough to snap 2 cables, (during competition of course) so I backed the preload off 1.4 mm. This was easier again but clutch slipped in higher gears! Then I tried 1.2 mm and this gave me the Goldilocks moment! Happy Days

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[Bully fanatic]

That clutch arm extension was a very common mod back in the day Greg. I`ll be working on a SWM Jumbo very soon and the clutch linkage they have under the tank works very well. Almost lighter than my 199B!

[David Lahey]

Nice work on the Greg

[tat ty]

Well Greg ... I see you have finally realised that even an "Acropolis 1989" set up will one day lose it's appeal ... and the need for a practical approach becomes more important.

[David Lahey]

That feather 325 felt lovely to ride down at Denman Greg. It is a credit to you that it goes so well.
I would love to be able to test ride it and a well set-up late model 325 back to back to compare them.

[Kurt]

Very nice clutch lightening mod Greg, on the .
What are the heat affected marks on the clutch pressure plate?

[Greg Harding]

Hi Everyone,

That clutch arm extension was a very common mod back in the day Greg. I`ll be working on a SWM Jumbo very soon and the clutch linkage they have under the tank works very well. Almost lighter than my 199B!

Oh, that is not where I got the idea:

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My Italian rotary hoe has a similar set up that someone has reworked at some time before it came to me:

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Can you post some SWM cable set up photos please Graham?

Very nice clutch lightening mod Greg, on the .
What are the heat affected marks on the clutch pressure plate?

The pressure plate is made up of pressed sheetmetal spot welded together.

That feather 325 felt lovely to ride down at Denman Greg. It is a credit to you that it goes so well.
I would love to be able to test ride it and a well set-up late model 325 back to back to compare them.

Maybe we should revisit the Juggernaut Challenge?

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Swapping rides and comparing ideas is always interesting and I will try to be as objective as Graham.

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[Greg Harding]

Hi Everyone,

While thinking about model 99s, found this photo of my model 99 taken in about 1976 in the front yard of my parent's place at Balmoral in Brisbane. I was 17 years old and had just repainted it.
What a shame the rear hub isn't visible. I remember the chamfer on the rear brake plate though.
Notice the black, solid aluminium Inter-Am handlebars. They were fabulous.
This bike was road registered but I had the lights off it at the time to ride it in a trial.

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Is this your bike David?

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It has the acropolis1989 set up. Looks similar to yours but has aloooominium mudguards and 66W is stamped in the cases.

[David Lahey]

Seeing that photo is excellent news Greg. Well done.
I especially like the patina on the tank.
It can't be my old one because that one is in very good original condition
It does bring back great memories of riding in trials in Trailbike class, riding to QUT along the South East freeway, riding at the powerlines on the way to Capalaba and riding up Honda Hill somewhere out past Ferny Grove.

Finally I got one of your obscure jokes!!!!! 66W indeed