> Graham Motzing Wrote:
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> > Daniel '' Wrote:
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> > You won't hit
>
> > 70, but at least you will be able to ride it.
>
> when i was fucking with athena 80 sacks stuff, i just made the
> executive decision to ride that bike like a grandma until the clutch was
> hooked, then hammer on it. even doing that it would still blow out the
> clutch when you really goosed it but at least you could survive a rally
> that way and still run the front of the pack.
>
> finally after a couple years i just more or less quit building bikes
> that kill themselves.
>
> the nachi bearing thing... at least two people who know their way around
> a moped engine have had problems specifically with nachi bearings going
> bad quickly. I use NTN or Koyo pretty much exclusively, not so much
> because of any hard science, its just thats what my bearing guy keeps
> around.
>
> i would worry based on the thickness of that schmoo that maybe the cases
> aren't getting cranked flat? FIPG is great stuff but it might be too
> thick for this application? I dunno. When they use it on trans gaskets
> and stuff its supposed to fill in more gaps and stuff, and not doing the
> same thing as far as having to clamp a bearing.
>
> I dunno, just spitballing, fun thread and good luck!
Uh oh........i just rebuilt my rippy tomos with Nachi bearings. now you make me worry :/