Is there anybody out there?

[Mendalot]

I have spent the last year building a blown Triumph sprint bike from scratch.
The big brother to my avatar.
I might attempt to post a couple of piccies over the next few days.
(If you see this Tony you could put a couple up if you have time)

That sounds awesome, would love to see the pictures of this build

[Manky Monkey]

Looking forward to seeing it Andy. Great to know somebody's getting stuff done! 

[poprodder]

over the past 2-3weeks i've done zilch!!!! got the start of flu now so got no interest to visit garage.
but tomorrow i'm going to re-visit an old friend to try an get her started. a 26yr old nissan micra that i owned for 2yrs. yes i'm crazy.

[BikerGran]

Plenty of nutters about - I'm seriously thinking about tracking down the Austin Maestro I drove for a few years before it became rather unreliable and I went all Japanese.   I did love that car!

[Baychimp]

That sounds like a whole summer touring scrap yards BG.

[Tony oily bike]

I have spent the last year building a blown Triumph sprint bike from scratch.
The big brother to my avatar.
650 pre unit bottom end. 750 unit top end. Aisin blower. Norton box etc....
I had a hankering to see if I could, so I did .
I have got to the point of fire up. New inlet manifold made last weekend as the previous incarnation was not to standard.
It runs on Methanol with a boost pressure of around 12psi.
I hope to shake it down before taking it to Brighton in September for the Speed Trials (assuming I can get the silencer to work as Brighton has noise regs)
I might attempt to post a couple of piccies over the next few days.
(If you see this Tony you could put a couple up if you have time)

I've taken a fair few photo during the build, so have made an executive decision and decided to post them on a new thread

http://www.mankymonkeymotors.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=15284.0

[SteveRedd]

That is really coming on nicely.

I have managed to get the old 6.5 diesel out of my chevy truck, cleaned the engine bay and repainted the chassis rails ready for a replacement 5.7 small block........fed up with crappy clattery diesels....a v8 should sound like a v8 not a tractor.

[spanners]

That is really coming on nicely.

I have managed to get the old 6.5 diesel out of my chevy truck, cleaned the engine bay and repainted the chassis rails ready for a replacement 5.7 small block........fed up with crappy clattery diesels....a v8 should sound like a v8 not a tractor.

funny thing is i like the 6.5 v8 diesel  but only with home made exhaust manifolds 

[klogan45]

Got nothing doing either, bloody weather, getting bored with the rain. What about some snow just for a change. I would like some sunshine but that's probably too much to ask.

[Manky Monkey]

Keeping my fingers crossed we don't get snow, although it's forcast for next week. I'm a Postie & it makes my job truly miserable. I think it's a sign of getting old when you don't find it wonderful any more, just a pain in the neck. I've also got a pick-up truck, partly in bare metal, sitting outside under a tarpaulin, that definitely won't benefit from being soaking wet & frozen. Hurry up Summer!