[Cookie2000ad]

spring hooks arrived

That's smart! I bent all mine by hand like a f'in mug.

 

[yantosh]

chain is good , already annealed

time to get a grip ..... nice n cheap too

spring is in the air

lambda boss in place

exhaust all welded up

started pulling bike to bits too

 

[yantosh]

had a proper busy day , really wasn,t in the mood for bike work.... so off to the shed I went anyway

got a pair of oil lines made up, will have them crimped properly

can,t properly fit them as the engine needs drilled and tapped once back out the frame

 

[yantosh]

started today with the card tube from a toilet roll

chopped it into two sections, coated with tape and wax

if these were going to be visible i would have moulded around the form and glue on, but they are hidden, so went for a much larger contact area , not as pretty, but strong and will do the job

also on the other side there was a sizable piece of damage that could be covered with the aramid fibre

IAT sensor was removed from the airbox i bought and mounted on a bracket

MAP sensor too

started the strip down in earnest, loading the box my wifes new hoover arrived in with pieces of Hypertard

(not sexist, it,s her hoover, she bought it :fu: )

started rubbing the paint off of the water pump housing, get it to match the clutch cover

back to skinny again

stop there until i check the fit of the front coil with its modified bracket, noticed last night that the HT lead was stopping full opening of the TB,s

 

[yantosh]

looks like a perfectly safe setup to me ....

and BOOM..... its in bits

 

[yantosh]

a little steel tube

and a hole

tube in the hole

just needs a little silver solder then its ready for powder

 

[yantosh]

a no pics update, seat is now in Devon for re-covering, carbon panels are in Edinburgh for clear coat

normal service ,ie. with pictures, will be resumed shortly

 

[yantosh]

frame done, ready for powder

 

[yantosh]

i take no credit for this at all

its pretty cool tho arty-smiley:

lines crimped and nice new pots waiting for when I find a set of master cylinders

 

[yantosh]

been to the powder coaters n dropped my stuff off, matte bronze for engine covers and anthracite for the frame


but thats something else thats out of my hands

so off to the shed

fans were looking a bit scabby, so rubbed down and painted

the fins on the rad are a bit ropey, I can get a new one for 90 bangers , but i,ll give this one a chance

got the tiger bond out and glued the inner tank panel cover thingies on

and since the tiger bond was out figured i,d cobble together the indicators

yes they are a wee bit rough, but they will get tidied up and be fabulous , but on the plus side, they do light up (pulled the 9v battery from my scales to try them

engine is back in the engine room at bike shop, i,ll pull it apart and reacquaint it withe parts washer next week

 

[yantosh]

idiot lights in place

glued in place and filled with tiger bond

wires will be tidied later

 

[yantosh]

ordered a bag of SS fasteners

after the getting someone else to clear coat, someone else to powder coat, buying bolts .... it was starting to feel a bit project managery instead of actually building... so i blasted the sidestand spring, i.ll paint it later

better go strip my wheels down so i can project manage having them painted

got a set of master cylinders coming since i went hydraulic , thanks to my friend who sorted that out... pics when they arrive

 

[yantosh]

as puromised , spring painted...that took a good minute at least

scabby rad had some paint flung its way too

 

[Mattson]

Thread moved per OP:s request

 

[yantosh]

cheers boss

swapped the set up steering stem today and started washing the engine in the parts washer , hardly picture worthy

better days are coming tho

 

[JamesHambleton]

Are you going to annoy your sticker guy and get some more bft wheel stickers made up for this one too?

 

[Davey t]

Top work as always looking forward to seeing it finished!👍

 

[yantosh]

Are you going to annoy your sticker guy and get some more bft wheel stickers made up for this one too?

well duuuhhhhhh....of course

the bronze colour don,t show up great in photo,s

frame is all one colour

not really what I was expecting, much more battleship grey than i thought it,d be ,

but I can work with it

 

[yantosh]

lets try the new stem

that,ll work, just needs a bearing cover turned up

stick another couple of bits on

masking wasn,t perfect so i need to bring home a couple of taps and a reamer

 

[yantosh]

Are you going to annoy your sticker guy and get some more bft wheel stickers made up for this one too?

aaaaaand......... i,ll be painting my tyre letters white too