Whilst I am waiting for the engine work to be completed it's back to working on the frame...
The mounting plate holes have been cut using a hole cutter to match the tubing then slid the mount over the new top cross tube for maximum strength and half mooned the bottom to sit on the existing cross tube.
Tacked the new top cross tube, top mount and bottom mounts.
The swinging arm and shock were mounted and then two of us jumped up and down on the very rear of the bike to see if we could break it. Even though it is only tacked in we couldn't budge it.
Started to do the full welding on the bottom mount and ran out of gas
The new shock mounts all tacked in.
No gas so started to tidy some of the welds else where.
Started modifying the seat and tailpiece rails and adjusted the rear V tube to match the side panels better.
Using extra long tube to exaggerate the angles first by eye then with levels and lasers to get spot on. In these pics you can clearly see that the right tube is still to high.
Phil.