Crashed

i'm not going to run a wider tyre this season, i just want to ride her. I have a gsxr front end and a pair of virago hubs that i will splice into a fat pai of rims but those are my winter plans, for now i just want to get done and get on the road

 

Hey Plumber love the seat you steal all my good Ideas before I have em...

 

Things have really slowed up, life work and family just getting in the way. I finally got a bit of time in the shed. I binned the triumph guard and returned to the trailer guard, i cut it, welded the top section of the stays in place and fabbed the begginnings of my tail light, i'm planning on getting a lens from a vw golf high spoiler brake light and trimming it to fit. any way, here are a couple of pics of where i am at the moment

 

I'm having a nightmare tring to source a tail light lens that will make life easy, it's starting to look like i might have to make one from scratch.

 

its been ages since i posted on this and not a masive ammount of progress, life keeps getting in the way.

done so far :-

the tail light and fender are finished, the ammo box with the plate mount is done, the front fender is done ans the under seat cover is done, all mt switches are mounted and it is ready to wire.

still to do:-

Replace tank (the damage from the crash was worse than it looked)
fabricate exaust
wire
ride into the ground

 

i'll get some more pictures up as soon as i find the camera

 

the camera's over there ===========>

 

Bit of an update, i sourced a tank that fits fairly well wil need some mods to the mounts but its looking ok so far. The frame is now complete and all my brackets welded on, the switch gear is in place and ready to go. lots of things have been crossed of the list on the wall so we must be getting close. Oh and I have finished fabrication on the pipes jst waiting till we get there before i mount them (they are a pain in the arse so i only want to mount them once.

 

the thing that surprises me is how small this bike really is, you just dont get the perspective in photographs

 

the top panel for the tank arrived today, i'm away for the weekend so hopefully i'll get more done next week

 

thats comin along an lookin good 8) now pull yer finger out :wink:

 

i've given up chasing the summer, so i'm on a bit of a slow down. i'll get it finished properly for the spring. I might even sort the front end with some nice slab ally yokes now i've got a bit more time (and a new customer with a cnc machine)

 

ok i stopped guessin what is a CNC machine?

 

its a computer thingy that cuts up your ally with absolute prescision.

 

With the drive shaft exsposed, you should paint a spiral around it, in colors that will combine to make a different color while spinning.
Or better yet, you could use small blocks of two different colors, positioned on the shaft to spell something as it spins.
I've seen it done on hub caps.
At 40mph the caps read "F*%# You"
On the other side at 70 mph they read "See Ya"
I'm sure it coud be done on a spinning rod too.
Just a thought.

 

i thought of all of that but frankly couldn't be arsed to work it out so i just painted it red

 

I hear you.
:lol:

 

Did this bike ever get finished???

 

Maybe he's out ridin'.

 

still here, still not finished, life is a bitch sometimes and get in the way of bike building

 

and you haven't done ANYTHING in the last 7 months on the project? Sorry to hear that man. I was real excited to see some more updates.

 

not a thing, ive built an extension to the house instead and my workshop has been taken over as a store for building materials, nearly finished now though and back on to the bike

 

Plumber,

Bike's looking great!!! Good to see you gettin that horse back together. Keep us posted. Also, glad to see your not too shell shocked from the wreck.

 

Slick work there Plumber !! Any updates?

 

The benches will be clear this week, the dr400 street tracker is finished and giong for an mot at the end of the week. The XJ is back at the top of the list and i have a little cash to finish her off.

 

can we see some pics of the dr400?

 

Plumber sorry to hear about your crash. Hope you recover soon and get back in the saddle.

I hear you about the getting old thing. It definitely hurts more and takes time to recover.

I got to agree with schooter, this is one mod I'm not fond of. Keep us posted of the progress.

 

I have a question about your hardtail, was there a reason you left about an inch and a half of the swing arm tube on the pumkin? I am looking into exposing my driveshaft and my idea was to just cut the tube flush with the plate that bolts to the pumkin, then weld that to the frame with a verticle cross bar to locate the pumkin on the hardtail. Were there any other problems with exposing the shaft that u hadnt mentioned in this post?

 

the bit i've left houses a bearing and dust seal.

 

I've got tickets to a few rallies this season and no time to finish the bike, as i would rather ride than build its for sale. i'm looking for £700 as it is with all the spares and bits to finish it.

 

speedy recovery....for both you and the bike.