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RobertSF
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"Cannonball Update"
 
   LAST EDITED ON Sep-11-06 AT 11:54 PM (EDT)
 
Here's the information I have so far for day one and two. Sorry, its not much, phone reception is an issue.

Day Two - John Day Oregon to Hailey Idaho

At the start we had 3 bikes in the sag wagon. Mike Garrett, Mike Bobadillo and Sailor Sara had break downs. Heytens blew a clutch side seal, and repaired it at this time. 6 bikes in the wagon. The SAG Wagons are full. There are going to be riders that will either have to drop out or get their bikes fixes quickly. There is a rule in effect that if a bike is not running for two consecutive days and in the wagon, the rider is out so as not to hold up the group.

The tNg's came in 1-12 today. The Vintage bikes came in later in the day, about 2 hours later.

The riders were going through a couple of forest fires and there were some smoke issues, but all in all it sounds like they had a great day of riding.

A lot of elavation gains, lots of twisties. Riders are at least 7 hours apart. At the time of this posting riders are still showing up. It's 9:00 pm local time.

Order in.

A-Class (Super Stock)
Stan Obal
Rolf Soltau
JD Merryweather


B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Owen Medd
John Smith

C-Class (manual stock)
Janice Ashrat
Roy Cross
Heather Knight

D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Mark Hougton
Tom Donaghue

Day one - Pacific City Oregon to John Day Oregon

The start of day one had its share of problems. Directions turned out to be an issue. There was one crash. Mike from San Jose lowsided into the lava fields.

Rob Downs, Mike Garrett , PJ, Jim Smith all had break downs and did not finish. Jim is having parts overnighted due to a break down.

Most riders finished by 4:00 pm.

Order in.

A-Class (Super Stock)
Stan Obal
Rich Glass
Ady Oren


B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Mike Bobadilla
Owen Medd

C-Class (manual stock)
Janice Ashrat
Jason Funderburk
Heather Knight

D-Class (Modified Manual)
Mike Heytens
Patrick Owens
Scott Baxter

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mobboss
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Sep-11-06, 11:40 PM (EDT)
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1. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   <>

cough cough hack hack...brutal smoke conditions


thanks to my crack team of mechanics from honest vaclavs, i was on the road again in no time. <>
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3. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Luckily Mobboss has his own team of Soviet Mechanics. Too bad for the running dog imperialists.

Glad to hear your back on the road. Unfortunaly you didnt make the order listing today because you came in 4th. Better luck tomorrow.

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Sep-11-06, 11:49 PM (EDT)
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2. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Robert,

I have photo's specific to the Cannonball, where can I post em?>

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RobertSF
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Sep-11-06, 11:53 PM (EDT)
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4. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   hold onto the good ones. We will want them for Scoot magazine. Ill set up an area on Scoot net for the others.

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14. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   I'll try to get some photos when they drive through Northern Ohio.


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RobertSF
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17. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Here's the route if you want to try and find them.

http://www.scootercannonball.com/finalroute/routemain.htm

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5. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Robert,
I love the drama. That rocks that Mike H repaired his seal already. Thanks for sharing.
Dave
p.s. good meeting you RFTS.

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6. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Great reading so far, someday I will cannonball. thanks for the update.

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Rich G
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Sep-12-06, 11:01 AM (EDT)
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7. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Rob,

Thanks for taking the time to post updates, this is brilliant!

Rich


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8. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   psssh, i broke down more than that.

if you're trying to impress me, you've failed.



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9. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   i also broke down on day one. having fuel starve issues. pulled the piston today - have a nice crater on the head but no hole. still, very low compression.

think the breather T i'm using for the inline/extended tanks is too narrow and not feeding fuel quick enough under load. plug was dark and dry. no scoring on the cylinder wall.

airbornevespa has had several issues, the largest one now being a bent crank. may have something to do with riding 90mph (indicated by passing car flashing "9 - 0" with their fingers) earlier in the day.

there has been quite a few breakdowns. we have eight slots for bikes on the support vehicles and all eight were used yesterday. garrett and i are leaning towards calling it a day vice taking up space needed on the trailer (although including garrett and i, only four will be starting on the trailer today).

it's been great meeting new faces and seeing old ones, but most likely, we'll be bidding the cannonball adieu.


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10. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   After one day of riding your giving up. Come on Rob, get that Lammy going and stick with it.
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Sep-12-06, 12:27 PM (EDT)
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11. "RE: Cannonball Update"
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   Don't give up yet! Use that extendo tank as a reserve - when you need gas, pull over and siphon that gas into your regular tank.

What piston do you have? Can someone send you another one?


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12. "Hey Lammbretta Folks"
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   Lets help Rob diagnose this.
What do you all think.

Personally I think its not fuel delivery but an airleak. How else could it have low compression and a melted piston crown at the altitude rob is at.

I say airleak, any knowledgable wrenchers have an idea? Post your ideas here and I can phone them to Rob.

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13. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
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   Tell those yahooos to give it a little choke when they think its leaning out and if it picks up a bit then they really are lean... otherwise retard timing.

A ride like this can be a beautifull test to see what minerals you are made of. Dont give up!

I watched Dean from Deanspeed... well actually I fell asleep on the side of the freeway just outside Gilroy.... while he rebuilt a top end. Using a swiss army knife I pulled piston rings back out of a piston. Dean cut gaskets from a littered coke box. A few hours later we were back on the road to San Fransisco. Other times we used nuts and bolts and wire we found on the side of the road to get us to the next town. A screwdriver jammed in a hole can sub for a missing bolt sometimes.

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15. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
In response to message #13
 
   >Tell those yahooos to give it a little choke when they think
>its leaning out and if it picks up a bit then they really
>are lean... otherwise retard timing.
>
>A ride like this can be a beautifull test to see what
>minerals you are made of. Dont give up!
>
>I watched Dean from Deanspeed... well actually I fell asleep
>on the side of the freeway just outside Gilroy.... while he
>rebuilt a top end. Using a swiss army knife I pulled piston
>rings back out of a piston. Dean cut gaskets from a
>littered coke box. A few hours later we were back on the
>road to San Fransisco. Other times we used nuts and bolts
>and wire we found on the side of the road to get us to the
>next town. A screwdriver jammed in a hole can sub for a
>missing bolt sometimes.

I just overnighted DCRob a new piston and rings to their stop in Nebraska. There are some spare gaskets too. I don't want him to give up!!!

Andrea
ScootersO

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16. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
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   Thanks Andrea, once again, you have saved the day. I was going to pull my piston tonight, but this is much faster.

Thanks.

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18. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
In response to message #15
 
   >>Tell those yahooos to give it a little choke when they think
>>its leaning out and if it picks up a bit then they really
>>are lean... otherwise retard timing.
>>
>>A ride like this can be a beautifull test to see what
>>minerals you are made of. Dont give up!
>>
>>I watched Dean from Deanspeed... well actually I fell asleep
>>on the side of the freeway just outside Gilroy.... while he
>>rebuilt a top end. Using a swiss army knife I pulled piston
>>rings back out of a piston. Dean cut gaskets from a
>>littered coke box. A few hours later we were back on the
>>road to San Fransisco. Other times we used nuts and bolts
>>and wire we found on the side of the road to get us to the
>>next town. A screwdriver jammed in a hole can sub for a
>>missing bolt sometimes.
>
>I just overnighted DCRob a new piston and rings to their
>stop in Nebraska. There are some spare gaskets too. I don't
>want him to give up!!!
>
>Andrea
>ScootersO


Andrea Rocks!! As to all the good folk at Scooters Original. . . . Nobody wants DC Rob to give up the Cannonball!

Rob, dude! We're all pulling for you over here. Get on that pony and ride it proudly back to the east coast! Woohoo!! ;o)

Tom G.


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19. "parts delivery"
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   alex and i can take parts to the ames, ia stop thurs pm if needed -- feel free to contact us. there are motorcycle shops in cedar rapids (though no scooter shop) -- i have no idea what is available in ames, though it is probably big enough for a pep boys/autozone type place. i know a couple of welders here in cedar rapids (which you'll go through friday morning) if needed.

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20. "RE: parts delivery"
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   Are you going to do that for anyone or just the people you want to win?

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22. "RE: parts delivery"
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   DC!! DC!! DC!! DC!!

You guys can't give up yet, we haven't finished auctioning off the contents of your house....


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21. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
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>Rob, dude! We're all pulling for you over here. Get on
>that pony and ride it proudly back to the east coast!
>Woohoo!! ;o)


just watch out for the 18 wheelers...please


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23. "RE: Hey Lammbretta Folks"
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   >Lets help Rob diagnose this.
>What do you all think.
>
>Personally I think its not fuel delivery but an airleak. How
>else could it have low compression and a melted piston crown
>at the altitude rob is at.
>
>I say airleak, any knowledgable wrenchers have an idea? Post
>your ideas here and I can phone them to Rob.
>
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>Robert - FLCSC
>
>
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Before the bike left this area, with the experimental long range tank, there was consistently about 1" of air gap between the fuel tap, and the fuel level in the line, it seemed when the top tank was installed, everything was OK for the first 100 miles, about the range of the inline tank, and when the bike stopped, plug was dry, bone dry, but did not have bad coloring overall. there could be an airleak from the reed, and also I was informed the clip on the carb needle had migrated away from the needle, which I think would cause the needle to basically stay in place while the slide raised and lowered, which would cause a lean condition, and fuel starve,leading to weakening of the piston. There was such a rush on that bike,and I was trying to teach Rob how to build the motor, so we did the best we could under the time constraints, and I'm feeling terrible about these problems, because I try to take every measure to build bikes that don't blow up, even if it means sacrificing some potential power.
shit

Cheers
Greg

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