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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:07 pm
So booking in for Bikers Classic in July has given me the hurry up. Better get (even) busier
After trying to locate an endurance style belly pan that will actually fit the wide P&M frame and hold an engine full of oil and look the part i gave up and took the cutting disc to the "XR69" fairing that came with the bike:
However, i don't think the wood is going to work, so i made up some brackets to mount 2 x Dzus fasteners each side. I used some 20 x 2 ally flat bar from the offcut bin and mounted that to the lower cradle frame rails using rubber lined 32mm ID P-clips i ordered in:
Spacers were required on the rear mounts to get near the curve of the belly-pan. This is because the frame rail curves in behind the crank area.
Also in these pics you can see:
I have started fabricating the clutch actuator arm mount.
I have bought a chain (and many sprockets)
I have polished the exhausts up with scotchbrite pads
Lots of other things that i now can't remember
Found a crack in the collector once it was cleaned up. Will have to get that welded.
I designed some inlet pieces for the CR carbs which cam without any fitted as P1 only had Suzuki rubbers left in their cupboard. Got them CNC'd and a variety of o-rings to see if i can fit and seal. I had to cut a releif in the threaded ends so the thread would bottom out once in the carb.
In the end i didn't fit any o-rings and used some RTV sealant to seal from any leakage.
Bought some stainless clamps off ebay and cut off the excess track. Cabrs fitted:
Also managed to fit the throttle cables and the throttle with only minor dramas.
Time to strip all the gubbins off the tank and see what we are
dealing with:
Well, its 17.7 litres then
Spent a good hour or so pushing the dent out of the front top of the tank under the breather fitting. End result, dent partially pushed out, found out it was already bogged as well as witnessed by the cracked filler next to the breather. Now need to leak test it somehow?
After trying to locate an endurance style belly pan that will actually fit the wide P&M frame and hold an engine full of oil and look the part i gave up and took the cutting disc to the "XR69" fairing that came with the bike:
However, i don't think the wood is going to work, so i made up some brackets to mount 2 x Dzus fasteners each side. I used some 20 x 2 ally flat bar from the offcut bin and mounted that to the lower cradle frame rails using rubber lined 32mm ID P-clips i ordered in:
Spacers were required on the rear mounts to get near the curve of the belly-pan. This is because the frame rail curves in behind the crank area.
Also in these pics you can see:
I have started fabricating the clutch actuator arm mount.
I have bought a chain (and many sprockets)
I have polished the exhausts up with scotchbrite pads
Lots of other things that i now can't remember
Found a crack in the collector once it was cleaned up. Will have to get that welded.
I designed some inlet pieces for the CR carbs which cam without any fitted as P1 only had Suzuki rubbers left in their cupboard. Got them CNC'd and a variety of o-rings to see if i can fit and seal. I had to cut a releif in the threaded ends so the thread would bottom out once in the carb.
In the end i didn't fit any o-rings and used some RTV sealant to seal from any leakage.
Bought some stainless clamps off ebay and cut off the excess track. Cabrs fitted:
Also managed to fit the throttle cables and the throttle with only minor dramas.
Time to strip all the gubbins off the tank and see what we are
dealing with:
Well, its 17.7 litres then
Spent a good hour or so pushing the dent out of the front top of the tank under the breather fitting. End result, dent partially pushed out, found out it was already bogged as well as witnessed by the cracked filler next to the breather. Now need to leak test it somehow?