Newish member. Blown gear box

[hmmmnz]

Hey guys. I'm a kiwi living in newtongrange. Midlothian.
Along with a tdm and bandit12 I have a not so trusty ratty r80 monolever scrambler.

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Any way. I was going on a 6 week euro bike trip via stormin the castle rally. And had to limp into stormin'. So with a ferry the following day I had to find something else before I could start boozing. Thankfully I found a guy selling a bandit12 who would also allow me to store the not so mighty BMW at his.

Any way 10000 fault free miles later I'm back in Scotland.
So I need to do a gear box rebuild. Or better yet get some one else to do it.
I heard from a facebook group that a guy on here did them. Voyager??

Any way. Looking forward to some ride outs with the locals in the summer

 

[Northern jock]

Voyager could be your man, speak nicely to him

And welcome, like the bike (if it went)

 

[Voyager]

Hey guys.

So I need to do a gear box rebuild. Or better yet get some one else to do it.
I heard from a facebook group that a guy on here did them. Voyager??

You rang M'Lud ???

I'm just about to finish 'K80Matey's' R60/7 gearbox so I guess another won't come amiss.

Yours will be No. 21 .

I'll send you a PM, I'm not far from you as I'm West side of Edinburgh, next to the Airport.

Bob.

 

[Voyager]

DOH - He's not a subscriber so I can't send a PM.

I guess our Kiwi friend had better stump up £12 so that we can swap addresses .

Unless someone who is a subscriber knows him and can act as go-between .

I'll await the call.

Bob.

 

[hmmmnz]

lol, im happy to stump up £12, do i get a mug ??
ill send you a pm in a few minutes voyager

 

[ianboydsnr]

lol, im happy to stump up £12, do i get a mug ??
ill send you a pm in a few minutes voyager

You found him then!

 

[hmmmnz]

yeah cheers for pointing me in the right direction

 

[Voyager]

yeah cheers for pointing me in the right direction

Contact made and PMs swapped .

Do you get a mug ??? No, I think that's me .

I'll look forward to the bike, or preferably just the box, arriving.

The kettle will be on .

Bob.

 

[hmmmnz]

cheers bob, ill see you on saturday

 

[Ash]

cheers bob, ill see you on saturday

Great place this, a couple of days to find and hopefully sort a gearbox rebuild.....
And local so no costly couriers and aggro with transporting a gearbox about..........................

 

[brut33]

Where did you get the ammo boxes from please? Dimensions, type (50 cal) etc, would also be handy to know. Cheers

 

[ianboydsnr]

Where did you get the ammo boxes from please? Dimensions, type (50 cal) etc, would also be handy to know. Cheers

Maybe they are these!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221319798611?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[hmmmnz]

They are us army 20mm mortar Storage Box. They are 36 x 19 x 43cm. Which is around 20lts. There is also the 25 and 30mm boxes which are a bit bigger. I didn't want to go much wider that the heads. So these are perfect. No passengers though

 

[Posh Pete]

So, you live in Newtongrange Eh?

"Comfy?" Said the nurse.
" Nitton" said the patient.

Have you lived there long enough to understand it?

And Bob is,your man right enough!

 

[brut33]

Maybe they are these!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221319798611?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

They are us army 20mm mortar Storage Box. They are 36 x 19 x 43cm. Which is around 20lts. There is also the 25 and 30mm boxes which are a bit bigger. I didn't want to go much wider that the heads. So these are perfect. No passengers though

Many thanks

 

[hmmmnz]

So, you live in Newtongrange Eh?

"Comfy?" Said the nurse.
" Nitton" said the patient.

Have you lived there long enough to understand it?

And Bob is,your man right enough!

hmmm clearly not lived here long enough,
i lived here 9 years ago for 2.5 years, then went back to nz with the mrs for 5 years,
then came back out a couple of years ago with a season skiing and some bumming around in europe in the campervan in between,
i get that people call newtongrange nitton, but dinnae ken how it relates to the nurse (like my use of scots? )

yeah looks like bobs going to sort me out, which is great, id rather leave it to an expert in this case, gear boxes have never been a strong suit,
any thing else mechanical i dont mind tackling though

 

[k80matey]

hmmm clearly not lived here long enough,
i lived here 9 years ago for 2.5 years, then went back to nz with the mrs for 5 years,
then came back out a couple of years ago with a season skiing and some bumming around in europe in the campervan in between,
i get that people call newtongrange nitton, but dinnae ken how it relates to the nurse (like my use of scots? )

yeah looks like bobs going to sort me out, which is great, id rather leave it to an expert in this case, gear boxes have never been a strong suit,
any thing else mechanical i dont mind tackling though

Comfy = come from?

 

[Posh Pete]

Comfy = come from?

Correct. Have a pint in the Dean for me hmmmnz.

 

[hmmmnz]

will do,
picked up the beemer and dropped it off with bob,
many thanks to bob for the cuppa tea and taking on my beemer, i really appreciate it,
if any one needs any sparky work done, don't hesitate in giving me a yell,
got to pay back all this karma thats flying about

 

[Voyager]

Picked up the beemer and dropped it off with bob,
many thanks to bob for the cuppa tea and taking on my beemer, i really appreciate it.

I had a quick look at the bike after you had gone. That box sounds as though its got a really serious problem, I've never heard a noise like that before. It will be interesting to see what happened (I'll post pictures).

I was out with horses today and tomorrow I've got to sort out a neighbour's chainsaw before doing anything else but hopefully I'll make a start at getting the box out.

I'll report back on progress.

Bob.