Last changes on my MV Magni + joke

Hello friends,
I have to tell you that I had eyelid surgery, my eyelids were so sunken that I looked like Ho Chi Ming.
The danger is that you lose part of your field of vision. So yesterday I had surgery under local anesthesia, the operation was perfectly successful, but for the next 15 days it's as if I had boxed 15 rounds against Mike Tyson.
About my Magni: I have already made changes to adapt it to my small size and my handicap.
Now everything is perfect except the rear brake: a disc with a Brembo caliper.
Some of you will say: a rear brake is not necessary, but I want it to brake.
I'm not saying that the rear brake doesn't slow down, but with my handicapped leg I no longer have the strength to put all the power on the brake pedal. I first looked at the brake pads, they seemed horribly hard, I changed them for double H EBCs, that's what I used on my Seeley MK II, I did a test, much better , but still not perfect. So I decide to lengthen my brake pedal by one inch.
The problem is that the section of the pedal is oval, so I looked in my junkyard and found the Halicion mirror from my crashed Seeley. Luckily the section was the same as the brake pedal.
I cut off the brake pedal and lengthened it with a piece of mirror arm.
If you look at the photos you can see the work, and now it slows down. I still have to rechrome the whole thing and it will be clean and perfect.

Joke

I took my thirteen year old nephew to a strip club.
A girl goes on stage and undresses.
My nephew starts crying.
Why do you cry?
Mom told me that if I looked at naked girls, I would turn into a stone statue.
But you don't believe that!
yes and I feel that it begins!

Wow, just goes to show how a ‘scrap metal‘ box can save the day! A flash over with silver spray paint and you’re sorted.

Glad you’re still enjoying the MV Yves.

Ives, my experience at high speed at least, front brake pulls you out of the corner, rear brake pulls you into the corner, so need to use both accordingly.
Extra leverage on the rear brake pedal helps you in your situation so good .
Using two brakes is the best.
Two of my mates and I have just completed a 4833 klm trip, (10 days), and one has no use of his left hand after a mining incident , he has had to modify his clutch lever so he can operate it with his palm, at 73 years old he was feeling the worst of it at the end, but still kept going, plus he has had a broken back and neck in the same incident.

Ives hang in there, is the order of the day and you seem to be doing that
Best Regards
Burgs

Yves, if your brake pedal mod doesn’t work out, you could consider a thumb lever. A mate has just fitted one to his disc braked Manx Norton (due to hip / leg mobility). I don’t know much about it, but can enquire if required:

Fast Eddie said:

Yves, if your brake pedal mod doesn’t work out, you could consider a thumb lever. A mate has just fitted one to his disc braked Manx Norton (due to hip / leg mobility). I don’t know much about it, but can enquire if required:

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Wow

Burgs said:

Ives, my experience at high speed at least, front brake pulls you out of the corner, rear brake pulls you into the corner, so need to use both accordingly.
Extra leverage on the rear brake pedal helps you in your situation so good .
Using two brakes is the best.
Two of my mates and I have just completed a 4833 klm trip, (10 days), and one has no use of his left hand after a mining incident , he has had to modify his clutch lever so he can operate it with his palm, at 73 years old he was feeling the worst of it at the end, but still kept going, plus he has had a broken back and neck in the same incident.

Ives hang in there, is the order of the day and you seem to be doing that
Best Regards
Burgs

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Wow your mate would be a great candidate for the auto clutch that Norluck has been messing with on his mercury

baz said:

Wow your mate would be a great candidate for the auto clutch that Norluck has been messing with on his mercury

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Not really…

The thumb lever is out of necessity due to hip and leg mobility issues. The guy is an ex lap record holder at Cadwell, so is no mug !

Fast Eddie said:

Not really…

The thumb lever is out of necessity due to hip and leg mobility issues. The guy is an ex lap record holder at Cadwell, so is no mug !

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No I was replying to Burgs about his mate using his palm to operate the clutch lever

baz said:

No I was replying to Burgs about his mate using his palm to operate the clutch lever

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Oh yeah!

Good point too.

Fast Eddie said:

Wow, just goes to show how a ‘scrap metal‘ box can save the day! A flash over with silver spray paint and you’re sorted.

Glad you’re still enjoying the MV Yves.

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Hello Friend,
I will not spray the parts, I think the original plating is zink, I will try to find the same

Burgs said:

Ives, my experience at high speed at least, front brake pulls you out of the corner, rear brake pulls you into the corner, so need to use both accordingly.
Extra leverage on the rear brake pedal helps you in your situation so good .
Using two brakes is the best.
Two of my mates and I have just completed a 4833 klm trip, (10 days), and one has no use of his left hand after a mining incident , he has had to modify his clutch lever so he can operate it with his palm, at 73 years old he was feeling the worst of it at the end, but still kept going, plus he has had a broken back and neck in the same incident.

Ives hang in there, is the order of the day and you seem to be doing that
Best Regards
Burgs

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Hallo Burgs,
The most important thing for me and especially at my age (72) is that driving is effortless, all the controls must be perfectly under your hands and under your feet, that's why I changed so many things on Magni.
Originally driving the Magni was impossible for me because of my small size (1.66 M) and crazy leg.
After many adaptations, while keeping the look of the Magni, I managed to make myself a custom bike.
An example: If you look at the photo of the brake pedal, you will see that I half cut the arm at the height of the footrest to move it 1cm further outwards so that my foot is in line with my leg, not important when you're 18, but important at my age
yves

Fast Eddie said:

Yves, if your brake pedal mod doesn’t work out, you could consider a thumb lever. A mate has just fitted one to his disc braked Manx Norton (due to hip / leg mobility). I don’t know much about it, but can enquire if required:

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Hi Friend

Thanks for the advice, but with the changes to the brake pedal everything is OK, no need to thumb lever.
Moreover, since I put my handlebar straps behind the fork, I no longer have the space because of the tank.
The next thing I plan to do is change the oil pan which is too low to the ground.
On a stock MV the engine sits higher in the frame, but on the Magni it's way too low.
A beautiful part of mechanics in perspective
Keep you posted
yves

yves norton seeley said:

...........The next thing I plan to do is change the oil pan which is too low to the ground.
On a stock MV the engine sits higher in the frame, but on the Magni it's way too low........
Keep you posted
yves

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Hello Yves, I had wondered about the oil pan when you first posted your new bike, what's the plan? will the internals allow for the pan to be shaved/shortened or raised? Cj

cjandme said:

Hello Yves, I had wondered about the oil pan when you first posted your new bike, what's the plan? will the internals allow for the pan to be shaved/shortened or raised? Cj

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@yves norton seeley could always install an oil tank with some kind of valve to prevent wet-sumping!!
Won't miss the Norton so much that way.
Cheers

Has anyone heard from Yves lately been over 2 months just wondering how he has healed up after his ordeals with old injuries and problem, if you read this Yves hope you are well and out on that lovely bike.
We need another joke .

Ashley