Some shit pics, but here goes. Swingarm pivot bolt and rear axle came in today.
A couple washers or seals and this thing will be pretty centered.
Loosely assembled.
The GS stem and triples aren't sitting fully seated, at the bottom, and the upper bearing I grabbed from the yard is a little too tall, so the upper tripple doesn't sit down far enough for the top nut and washer to go on very far. And the front wheel is tight as shit to roll. So with that, here's the current list of things I need to make this a proper roller:
steering bearing kit
front and rear wheel bearings
rear axle spacer (between drum and swingarm)
end seals and/or washers for the swingarm (at the pivot bolt)
kick stand and spring
bushings for the shocks to properly fit the KZ frame and swingarm (posts on the Magna were larger, need to make new metal bushings to go in the rubber bushings and sit to the KZ without slop)
front and rear tires
Beyond that, I also need the following:
front brake calipers, lines, and master
throttle assembly
handlebars
tank
seat
switches & fuse/relay box
lights
foot rests
shifter and linkage
brake pedal and linkage
engine mounts
rear fender
chain
I'm prolly forgetting some shit, but thats most of it right there.
I've got a headlight I want to use, but it may not be so viable. Got a couple other options in mind.
Electrical will be easy. The DR/GN engine technically only requires the CDI and a ground wire/kill switch to run. The switches I run will be a handlebar mount, 3 button pod. 2 momentaries and an on/off. Momentaries for engine kill and horn, and on/off for lights.
Here's the pod:
And the relay/fuse box. Tiny little bugger:
For the foot rests, I still have the aircraft pedals that Mongo scored for me a while back.
I know what kind of handlebars I want to run, and I still want to use some FatBob tanks. I'm trying to see how small of a battery I can find or run on this. The tanks can't sit above the frame, they'll be far too high and will interfere with the steering. I'm planning to mount them at half depth to the frame. The cover panel I make to go over the gap between the tanks will have a quick release so I can lift it, since I'll mount the fuse/relay block under it. If I can find a small enough battery, I'd like to hide it under there as well. Would help make the bike look clean and simple.
So here's a question on that note. I haven't found out if the charging system on this engine is 6v or 12v. The "regulator" or "rectifier" that came with this setup is a little pot looking piece, 2 wires. Not much to it. Here it is below:
If this is 12v, can a lithion pack (A123 cells) safely charge from this? Anyone know? That would be the smallest possible battery I could use, and if I end up with LED for headlight and taillight, power draw will be minimal.