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Squish Clearance / Deck Height
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<blockquote data-quote="Brian Thompson" data-source="post: 43120" data-attributes="member: 2745"><p>I should have thought out my update a little more and I apologise if I have made anyone feel poorly for it.</p><p>I appreciate the response and the learning from the squish band talk, but what I should have said is-I need to check that both front and rear cylinders have the same piston heights. I believe that the deck heights front and back can be different(cylinder base mounting face). Hence I would need to adjust the cylinders with different size base gaskets.</p><p>But, now I will be checking the squish band and I appreciate the information gained from my wrong wording. Maybe I should do this a bit more.</p><p>Once again thank you for your thought's and expertise.I have 3 x 1000 engine's to do and then 2 x 500's. Any help and advice is greatly appreciated. I have "Know Thy Beast" and I have read most of it now.I understand it's not a workshop manual ,but it is a man's life long knowing that gives you an in-site of what happens with these bikes. And I don't want to have to learn the hard way.</p><p> Another thing is, how many of these bikes must still be out there? My mate has 5 bikes plus a multitude of parts. His brother has 2 Complete Comets that haven't seen the light of day for about 40 years too. So there must be a lot missing. If you look at club membership being 2500 plus and most of these members would have bikes I guess. Though I don't. 11000 plus bikes built. Where are they all? I guess not all owners are members of VOC.</p><p> Just food for thought.</p><p> Cheers</p><p> brt650</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brian Thompson, post: 43120, member: 2745"] I should have thought out my update a little more and I apologise if I have made anyone feel poorly for it. I appreciate the response and the learning from the squish band talk, but what I should have said is-I need to check that both front and rear cylinders have the same piston heights. I believe that the deck heights front and back can be different(cylinder base mounting face). Hence I would need to adjust the cylinders with different size base gaskets. But, now I will be checking the squish band and I appreciate the information gained from my wrong wording. Maybe I should do this a bit more. Once again thank you for your thought's and expertise.I have 3 x 1000 engine's to do and then 2 x 500's. Any help and advice is greatly appreciated. I have "Know Thy Beast" and I have read most of it now.I understand it's not a workshop manual ,but it is a man's life long knowing that gives you an in-site of what happens with these bikes. And I don't want to have to learn the hard way. Another thing is, how many of these bikes must still be out there? My mate has 5 bikes plus a multitude of parts. His brother has 2 Complete Comets that haven't seen the light of day for about 40 years too. So there must be a lot missing. If you look at club membership being 2500 plus and most of these members would have bikes I guess. Though I don't. 11000 plus bikes built. Where are they all? I guess not all owners are members of VOC. Just food for thought. Cheers brt650 [/QUOTE]
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