Scooterotica

Oh, and if you're on your side wearing coveralls theres a good chance your plums will be between your thighs. do not put your plums between your thighs and apply a couple of tons.

Fcucking hell simon ive only meet you once on the exmouth rally many moons ago but you dont do anything by halfs hope you keep posting on here and a speedy recovery

Hope your plums get better soon!

Sorry to hear about you Mr accident, but glad you can see the positives from this.....wishing you a speedy recovery.

Dan

Cheers Dan, and Shocky. That was memorable Shocky, good times. Repeat due, alas probably not this year Simon.

TS1-200 wrote:Built an engine on the bench, did the flywheel up hand tight thinking I would torque up properly when in the scoot, put engine in the scoot forgetting to tighten flywheel, and tried to start it, wouldn`t go straightaway but started eventually but didn`t run right, remembered just in time, checked flywheel and the woodruff key had almost sheared, lucky no serious damage to an expensive crank.

I can top that This happened back in 1971 during my first scootering phase. My bitsa TV175 developed a strange misfire on the way home form work so I put it on the stand in the drive and started revving the engine. Now back then I often rode without cowlings/rear runners/panels, so as I glanced down I though I saw the flywheel move out. Not sure, I gave it another handful at which point it (the flywheel) jumped straight off the end of the crank and dropped onto the toe of my boot It must have been spinning at about 5k RPM and after bouncing off my boot it shot off down the drive, across the road and bouncing like a Barnes Wallace bomb, skipped down the opposite drive and hit their garage door dead centre. It was embarrassing having to knock and ask it I could have my flywheel back but I was a bit more concerned about the pain in my toe and the fact that the fins on the spinning flywheel had 'milled' a hole right through the leather of my boot I'd only had then a few weeks as well

coaster wrote:

TS1-200 wrote:Built an engine on the bench, did the flywheel up hand tight thinking I would torque up properly when in the scoot, put engine in the scoot forgetting to tighten flywheel, and tried to start it, wouldn`t go straightaway but started eventually but didn`t run right, remembered just in time, checked flywheel and the woodruff key had almost sheared, lucky no serious damage to an expensive crank.

I can top that This happened back in 1971 during my first scootering phase. My bitsa TV175 developed a strange misfire on the way home form work so I put it on the stand in the drive and started revving the engine. Now back then I often rode without cowlings/rear runners/panels, so as I glanced down I though I saw the flywheel move out. Not sure, I gave it another handful at which point it (the flywheel) jumped straight off the end of the crank and dropped onto the toe of my boot It must have been spinning at about 5k RPM and after bouncing off my boot it shot off down the drive, across the road and bouncing like a Barnes Wallace bomb, skipped down the opposite drive and hit their garage door dead centre. It was embarrassing having to knock and ask it I could have my flywheel back but I was a bit more concerned about the pain in my toe and the fact that the fins on the spinning flywheel had 'milled' a hole right through the leather of my boot I'd only had then a few weeks as well

always cracks me up this one!!

bristolmod wrote:always cracks me up this one!!

Yes, not the first time I've fezzed up to this

coaster wrote:

TS1-200 wrote:Built an engine on the bench, did the flywheel up hand tight thinking I would torque up properly when in the scoot, put engine in the scoot forgetting to tighten flywheel, and tried to start it, wouldn`t go straightaway but started eventually but didn`t run right, remembered just in time, checked flywheel and the woodruff key had almost sheared, lucky no serious damage to an expensive crank.

I can top that This happened back in 1971 during my first scootering phase. My bitsa TV175 developed a strange misfire on the way home form work so I put it on the stand in the drive and started revving the engine. Now back then I often rode without cowlings/rear runners/panels, so as I glanced down I though I saw the flywheel move out. Not sure, I gave it another handful at which point it (the flywheel) jumped straight off the end of the crank and dropped onto the toe of my boot It must have been spinning at about 5k RPM and after bouncing off my boot it shot off down the drive, across the road and bouncing like a Barnes Wallace bomb, skipped down the opposite drive and hit their garage door dead centre. It was embarrassing having to knock and ask it I could have my flywheel back but I was a bit more concerned about the pain in my toe and the fact that the fins on the spinning flywheel had 'milled' a hole right through the leather of my boot I'd only had then a few weeks as well

reminds me of guy martins confession about over reving the spitfire engine if you dont know the story its a good read

shocky wrote:[...reminds me of guy martins confession about over reving the spitfire engine if you dont know the story its a good read

Just finished his autobiography which included that story, great read, great bloke

Simon,
You've dyno'd all of my scooters in the past and I've spent a good few hours in your workshop. Very sorry to hear about your accident and the illness. Get well soon mate I've got another TS1 that needs dynoing. Seriously all the best
Phil