Cylinder head cleaning

The cylinder head was full of burnt oil. The perfect tool to remove this is a sharpened nylon stick. Soft enough to not leave a scratch, and hard enough to chip the cole from the metal. The result is a good surface to polish. I left the old valves in to protect the valve seats. The company www.Kedo.de is shipping new valves, seals, guides and a new Wiseco high comp piston for the engine. There is no obvious reason for the lost of compression. Just the result of leaking oil into the cylinder. I will take no risk - both top, sleeve and piston will be reworked. The lokal Yamaha supplier Eliasson Racing will do the bore of the cylinder sleeve.

The original surface of the top.

The winter workshop

Setting up the winter workshop now. Moving all the tools and equipment from the 170 square meter powerstation into a 20 square meter office. It is in here the fairings will be built, starting in a few months. The renovation of the engine is in progress on the table. More pictures comming soon.

BBQ in the color of grey

This weekends bbq had a special guest - the rain. Mats was one of the visitors that gave the weather a good fight - by bringing his bike. A sr500 from 1978, rebuilt during the winter 2010. The dunlop tt100 kicks up some serious amount of moisture from the road (no mud guards on this bike). Aluminum tank form Japan and custom made rear frame work. 2" drop in the front and clip on´s creates a very small and powerfull machine.

Karl decorated the parking lot with his low ride german master peace. He is planning to build a bike in the same style in the near future...

Lost torque

To get a good garage feeling for next weekend we will display one complete bike and one in bits and parts... Well, the truth is: During the summer I thought that I got better and better at driving my bike - but in fact it was the bike that gradually lost it´s power:( The plan is to bring back the original torque and a bit more. High comp components are thought of. Depending on the diagnoses either the valves or the piston and sleeve will be replaced. This is the nature used bikes. Getting to know their history and temperment.

It will be a fight against the clock. Hoping to get the bike running before the first frost in the end of october.

September BBQ

Welcome to recyclemotorcycles autum patry. Bring your food - we have the fire and the entertainment.
Take a picture of your motorcycle in the photo studio, or mingle with an espresso in the bar. There is a vegtable garden in the garage - but we will talk mostly about motorcycles, design and trends. Late night = movie show.

For more info contact : design@larsg.se

Getting colder

In a world full of naked motorcycles I find it intresting to sketch fairings... or is it the cold wind? As always I get stuck in the seventies. Found a fairing on a japanese websight and modified the shape and size  in my mac. I don´t want anything else than the front screen. The tail should be light as a feather - same backlight and rear fender to keep a low budget. To my suprise the original gas tank fits in perfect with the concept. This will be the winter project. Wooden prototype and fiber molds. Hopefully, it will be possible to produce more than one fairing..:)