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Hello everyone,

Rob Wager from ozktmparts here. It is true that I have done the lectron to fiberglass airboot. Terry Everett of Penton Motorcycles sent me a NOS original which I have replicated for him. I have only hand poured the part but it has turned out pretty good.

It is about 110mm diameter across the airbox end and about 65mm across the carb end.

You should maybe contact Terry and let him know you need them. He is yet to see the sample I sent him, but I am sure he will be OK with it.

Oh and regarding the ozktm site - Adrain and I have both changed jobs
(which means the site was moved) and we have not got it up to speed again. If you need the Penton/KTM parts .pdf file email me at ozktmparts AT bigpond DOT com and I will shoot it over.

Cheers

Rob Wager

re: vacuum pump, Fantastic Don, I have two ideas how to use it: one is to degas the pre-polymer so I can reduce the amount of bubbles in the mix, the other is to use it to draw polymer into molds (like reverse injection).

For degassing I started with a thick wall steel pipe and welded a base to form a steel "bucket". I have welded and machined a ring/lip on to top of to hold a bit of inch thick perspex. It has an o-ring seal. And it has a 1/2 inch outlet near the base. It's volume is about 7 litres (about 1 1/2 gallons I suppose). I need a pump that can give me a reasonable vacuum in that for about 20-30 seconds - so not huge. For reverse-injection I will just t-piece of the suction line from the "bucket" to a hose/tap/nozzle so I can use the same pump for mold filling.

I have thought about using the smog control vacuum pump of say a mazda car, but have been told it won't generate enough vacuum. My  urethane supplier mate says buy a proper one. And that is as far as I have got. So Don, I really have no idea about vacuum pumps. Type and size is a mystery to me. If you could ask your co-workers what pump they reckon would do the volume and time I need I would appreciate it. Um, there might be a problem with the electric motor voltage. I'm not even sure if the pumps are stand alone or if they have seperate motors (that I could switch?). Either way think I have a transformer that could drop the voltage to US specs.

And of-course I will pay the freight. Please let me know how you get on. Thank you again and again



Rob Wager
(ozktm parts guy)

Wow guys, seems like I just scored a whole bunch of new mates. Are you good for a room when I come visit?

Chris, lets have a go at your Magura "star" adjuster and the set of the rubber covers. Chris and Peter, can you email me privately, maybe with a picture of what your sending, just so I can keep track of who is sending what and so I know where to return it to? I'd hate to screw that up.

Tommy, no I don't have any fork boots yet. My mate down the road has nice 35mm fork boots off an early ossa but they don't have any holes for cables. So maybe not what you want.

Let me know

Thanks guys



Rob Wager
(ozktm parts guy)

Peter, I do not have the curved hi-breather. I haven't had anyone down here ask for it. If you guys need it I will do it. Thank you for your offer - please send it over. Same with the magura bits. I have been mucking around with pseudo-injection-moulding for the litle "hard bits". That is, I am pushing the compound into the mold under pressure instead of using gravity - what a mess. I probably need to buy a vacuum pump to do it better. Just a bit expensive for me yet - anyone got a spare??

Thanks





Rob Wager
(ozktm parts guy)

Thank you and the other guys for your support BIG MAC. Comments like yours makes it all the more worthwhile for us. I have just finished  two NOS parts to suit 125's/175's, and another part that I think will fit much earlier bikes. I am just waiting on the arrival of the 250/400 NOS boot. When I get it done remind me to send you a replacement for the not-so-pretty boot we sent you a few months back. I should have it done by March, all going well.

Thanks again

Rob Wager
(ozktm parts guy)

Hello all. Greetings from sunny Australia. I was told you all were talking about our penton parts and guessed I had best have a look. I don't get much time for the chat groups. Besides making Penton/KTM bits I am a biologist by training, a plumber and urethane tech by trade, a fish farmer by occupation, a KTM (1978 and evo 1981) racer and an observed trials competitor for fun, and I keep zebras finches as well. Fortunately my family enjoy it all too so I get to see them.

A bit about the parts we make. It is all Brad Lewis' fault. He had a commercial guy making some bits and it was costing him a fortune. He spent many, many thousands of dollars having molds and bits made just so that he could restore a collection (museum) of KTM bikes that he is trying to put together. There is no such thing as NOS parts here. Other guys started asking him for bits and a loose group formed and called themselves ozKTM. I came along and volunteered to help out, not only Brad, but the other guys here that needed bits. Long story short, I ended up with Brads mold collection. The commercial guys heart wasn't in it and some of the parts relfected it. So I have been trying to improve them ever since.

We are not a business, just a bunch of guys with an unhealthy and somewhat obsessive interest in the best bikes in the world. We sell the parts to cover our material and mold costs, and maybe a little to put back into buying NOS parts so that we can have better bits to offer. We occaisionally get sent NOS parts to copy and we are so so grateful to those folks. We send them back their original parts undamaged, and give them a bunch of perfect replica parts for them to use or share with their mates. When we can't get NOS parts we try and rebuild an old, used part and then copy it. We have varying amounts of success but some look a bit ordinary, but the bits are always servicable. I hate sending them out but often anything is better than nothing. Recently I hooked up with a felow who operates a CNC lathe and he is helping out with recreating bits that we cant get. These bits look incredible.

In the ozktm website there is a bunch of red parts. I did this so that they would photograph better. The parts can be any colour you want, but are normally black

I understand postage from Australia might be an issue. But we are happy to send them in bulk if POG wants to organize something. And I know that US patriotism runs strong and that buying US is always more comfortable. If it helps I was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I retain my citizenship and I even drive a Jeep and a Ford Exploder. (although I definetly talk like an Aussie, mate)

Anyway sorry for the long post. Please let me know if I can help you,

Hooroo








Rob Wager
(ozktm parts guy)