Wheeled two of the bikes out of the garage today to give a bit of a spring clean, it looks better for it. Did other stuff in there posted in the did something to my triumph thread.
I bought it a few years ago from Hornby Hobbies when I had the real thing, but haven’t had the time to do it with work, bike accident etc. It wasn’t cheap mind. The kit originally was nearly £500 but I got this one for less than half that. It’s very well made, and there’s lots of fine detail like working suspension, a real link chain etc.
It’s a 1:4 scale, and as I said to chiari1 the kit was nearly £500 new. I’ve just had a look online at the manufacturer’s website and it’s over £600 now! https://www.pocher.com/uk-en/shop/1-4-model-kits.html
Now of work as of Friday, I decided to sort through my Crossfire issue that died instantly while going down the road. Changed out the notorious cam and crankshaft sensors at roadside, as the only codes indicated by the obd2 code scanner were not valid per service manual, but indicated 2 ignition coil failures. ran for about 30 seconds. Hauled it home and started going thru the 4300 page service manual. Did several electrical checks as lots of weird electrical shite was going on like the rear spoiler unexpectedly deployment, so I assumed it was an electronic gremlins. Disconnected the battery for a few days and it Started but barely ran. Combustion triangle=fuel+oxygen+ignition just that simple. fuel pump was intermittent swapped it out for a new $260 Polish made Benz fuel pump. Seems to have more hp, but it's probably just in my head. Much joy.
Probably not just in your head Phred. I had similar problems with my old Mini although it didn’t die on me, it just seemed a bit ‘flat’ Changed the high pressure fuel pump and it made an extra 15hp on the dyno
So...... Finished doing the drop links on the ST, sounds so much better over the speed bumps now. Also cleaned surface rust off rear suspension and waxoyled it all,band reattached the exhaust heat shield. Steel clips on alloy heat shield, great thinking car manufacturers.....not. made some big plastic washers and used them to cover the holes corroded away in the aluminium. And bought my youngest one of these.... Had radio gear kicking about, so just needed kit plus batteries & charger. She's not much of a petrolhead at the moment, (does like bikes tho), so thought this would keep us entertained over the next few weeks and hopefully spark an interest in cars and engineering.
Thank god I've got a DeWalt battery angle grinder, great for getting up and in to cut off the nuts. No feckin way were they unscrewing!!!
I bought these whilst on a 9 month deployment in 1983, thinkin I'd wile a few hours away at sea. Unfortunately I was too busy gettin pissed and flyin t'flag all over t'far east and Australia. I still have them somewhere, I reckon. I started the RG500, but only got as far as the engine. I haven't seen t'Honda and t'Yamaha for years, so they could be lost.
Yeah, mine had hex to stop them spinning ! There ok to stop them spinning when fitting, but not much use against 10 years off corrosion
Hey Foxy, I would have liked to have seen you building them at sea ship going up and down and you trying to glue and paint the feckers Anyway ain't sailors supposed to be too busy in their bunks
