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mate, I love it when you update this thread


are you going to be selling the gaskets as well?

great looking gaskets - would it be possible to have different thickness base gaskets made so that squish or port timming can be adjusted slightly?

at the moment even I dont have a personal need for 80 reed gaskets (still need MORE)
(see article in Classic Bike? some old guy collects OW-01 and has something like 4000 assorted base gaskets! - I would still have an RC before an OW unless it was an OW-02)

The material is same natural thickness as original base gasket (0.5mm?),
but not as stiff, and has 9% compressibility - so may squash slightly more than OEM which is probably good for a standard squish (product spec states as 0.5mm thickness - on the shelves listed as 0.4mm possibly the installed thickness).

The next thickness the sheet comes in, is twice as thick (0.8/1.0mm) which would be good for someone who wants to run double bases. Other gasket sheet suppliers might have thickness inbetween.
Have to real world test for suitability as base gasket application (is supposed to be good for 300°C, 40bar) which will fly through all other applications - clutch, alternator, reed etc.

There not very many gaskets for the motor, so if we add to the KRchive the shape profiles electronically then anyone could get them reproduced at their end (and if they ever become NLA). (I do have a tracing of a tank sticker )

beats cutting your own by scalpel.
Is a good thread for me, because I finally get around to ticking off a few things I added to my life's To Do list.

Signwriters may be able to vinyl cut the material on their machines cheaper
Laser cutting them didnt prove to be ideal solution - as dusty charred grit debris has to be brushed from the edges (power and speed and pulse setting)


<<<<< MARTIN... how do you like my new avatar? (airbox sticker / build delivery)

Have you got any manifold rubbers left if so I will take a set. How much

yeah been slack over Christmas

because the first 10 pairs arrived eve of eve



some of the trumpets have some minor imperfection in the bulkhead but wont cause any functional problem - is that acceptable/OK?

a long time worry that the extra 10mm dimension difference between the PWK35 and the PWK36/38 would be deeper in the float bowl - but it is only taller above the centre line of the throat....so
Going as big as 38mm aslo possible...

Look great to me mate Just hope I win these 32mm carbs now

I do hope they come in black too

Charles

very funky colours, but, would prefer black too. Just acquired a nearly new set of PWK35's from the states for a good price, so would like the new rubbers pretty soon. Please keep us posted.

Any colour for me if I can have them quicker
Gary

scooble wrote:very funky colours, but, would prefer black too. Just acquired a nearly new set of PWK35's from the states for a good price, so would like the new rubbers pretty soon. Please keep us posted.

Did you win them last week!! Was it these ones
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... OTORS:1123

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the red ones, in reality, are slightly dark red, not racey red - the green looks quite trick though

Both colours are a little opaque so the aluminium flange shows through a little - affects the green less because its flouro bright.

the other 8 in the batch are black

yes, they were indeed the ones, had my eye on quite a few sets in the past and all seem to go for much more, so relatively pleased, the chap also said he would 'lie' on the import form to avoid the Cutoms protection racket, I mean TAX too.

Really excited about the noise they're gonna make

scooble wrote:yes, they were indeed the ones, had my eye on quite a few sets in the past and all seem to go for much more, so relatively pleased, the chap also said he would 'lie' on the import form to avoid the Cutoms protection racket, I mean TAX too.

Really excited about the noise they're gonna make

Yeah bloody outbid me you Git!!!

scooble wrote: the chap also said he would 'lie' on the import form to avoid the Cutoms protection racket, I mean TAX too.

That's what the seller of my 35mm PWKs did too. But it was of no use: customs here demand a copy of your paypal payment ......

Hi red for me please as soon as possible