Recent content by athmene28

I am sorry if I sound dumb, but what do you mean by skimming the head? I have never heard this term before. I am sure that it is something that they do here as well but maybe they have a different term for it here in Canada. Like trunk and boot for example. What is all involved in doing this? I...

don't want to be a pain but 35 people have looked at this post but no replys. Please if you wouldn't mind sharing I want to get my carbs bought so I can get started. Please help. I don't want to buy something just to have it not be right. not able to install.

Starting to shop for my bike carb and just wanted to get some advice. I have noticed that the most common carb is the CBR600 is this due to compatibility or ease of installation or is it just a common bike in the UK? could I put a 750 or 900cc carb or what about an 1100cc? these are more common...

Thanks I have been searching all morning and I am starting to find some helpful threads. Thanks Arnold

So just run a wire from the coil to the Rev counter? what wires do I need to tap into for this to work? is there a thread that expains it? I tried doing a search but couldn't find what I need. anyways I try again. Any advise would be great thanks

Thanx for the warm welcome everyone. I am living in Calgary, Ab about 3500 km(2000 miles?) NW of toronto but I grow up in Ontario about an hour drive north of Toronto. I look forward to talking with all of you in the future, infact I got sooooo exited last night about this site that I went to...

Right now it is totally standard and needs quite a bit of work still mostly cosmetic( its been sitting in the garage for four years now) so getting lots of surface scratches and it needs a new tranny. As I have been reading on here there is a lot of small mods that can drastically change the...

hello from canada, I have an '89 k10 ma12 with a 5 spd. I came with a standard intrument cluster with no tach. (same as you have out there I have seen it on some cars) I was at a local scrappy and found one with a tach. so I grabbed it and istalled it on my car. when I picked it up at the scrap...

I don't know what all of you are timing I just watched that vid and I timed with a stop watch and I got 7.2 and7.4 that seem s pretty fast for a micra. i can't wait til i get mine done. unless the speedo is way out that is the time that I got Cheers from canada

hey everyone, just joined from canada. Not sure if there are other canadians here but its great to find this site where others share the same idea as me....... fixing up their micra. I own a 1989 micra 2dr k10 with an ma12 5spd. I have had it for about 7 yrs now and have always wanted to make...