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<blockquote data-quote="Nulli Secundus" data-source="post: 106270" data-attributes="member: 560"><p>Next weekend I hope to be racing my Rudge Special. In the end the original cylinder head has been repaired with valve seat rings. The local guy who did it served his apprenticeship at Jordan F1. So fingers crossed he did a good job and that the repair holds up.</p><p></p><p>With the bike back together it was difficult to start on the starting rollers. The rear wheel just locked up on the rollers despite pulling back on compression, de-clutching and wheeling the bike back onto the rollers as I always do. So I have fitted a long reach manual 14mm de-compressor which is made by Venhills and is actually for two strokes. [USER=60]@vibrac[/USER] might be interested in this. I cannot see why it will not work on the Rudge. To fit it I needed a 14mm to 18mm adaptor which also converts a short reach head to long reach. There was no hint of tyre slippage when I did a test start. So fingers crossed again that it works at Mallory.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26698[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26699[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26706[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>As it appears that hydraulic suspension damping is no longer ineligible </p><p>in the class I have fitted this Betor unit.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26700[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26701[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26702[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26703[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26704[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A month, or so, back I found out we have to fit belly pans, so that was something else to sort out.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26705[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26707[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26708[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]26709[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Please come and say hello if you go to Mallory, but be prepared that I might be preoccupied with problems on the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nulli Secundus, post: 106270, member: 560"] Next weekend I hope to be racing my Rudge Special. In the end the original cylinder head has been repaired with valve seat rings. The local guy who did it served his apprenticeship at Jordan F1. So fingers crossed he did a good job and that the repair holds up. With the bike back together it was difficult to start on the starting rollers. The rear wheel just locked up on the rollers despite pulling back on compression, de-clutching and wheeling the bike back onto the rollers as I always do. So I have fitted a long reach manual 14mm de-compressor which is made by Venhills and is actually for two strokes. [USER=60]@vibrac[/USER] might be interested in this. I cannot see why it will not work on the Rudge. To fit it I needed a 14mm to 18mm adaptor which also converts a short reach head to long reach. There was no hint of tyre slippage when I did a test start. So fingers crossed again that it works at Mallory. [ATTACH=full]26698[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26699[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26706[/ATTACH] As it appears that hydraulic suspension damping is no longer ineligible in the class I have fitted this Betor unit. [ATTACH=full]26700[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26701[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26704[/ATTACH] A month, or so, back I found out we have to fit belly pans, so that was something else to sort out. [ATTACH=full]26705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26707[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26708[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]26709[/ATTACH] Please come and say hello if you go to Mallory, but be prepared that I might be preoccupied with problems on the day. [/QUOTE]
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