Yeah I'm on the case . Friend i done engineering in collage with went on to work at a local firm so he is bringing me some off cuts to play with ( very small lathe lol )
Busy evening, got the blade stipped down ready for blasting And found an unused Honda tool bag! I'll take the bike to shot blasters tomorrow and get the engine cleaned.
Time to get going on this, the new headstock is coming and the new yokes will be here in 2 weeks. As I'll be making loads of trips to the welders as this bike grows I've made a trolley to wheel it back and forth (needs a 4x2 screwed underneath still to make it solid) this will be the bikes home as parts get added, got the swing arm in place and checking for chain alignment. The frame rails arrived, don't expect any fancy shit with this frame, all I've got is a hack saw
I must show you guys this product I was going to fully strip the motor and have it aqua blasted as it was covered in corrosion, dirt and grime, you couldn't even see any alloy for crud! I saw this product on eBay and thought might give it a try, fuck me! I used a tooth brush and scouring pad and look how it came up, this took 30 mins! The front still needs going over again with a pad and product but a few hours and the motor will look like new, awesome. Here's the headstock for the frame. Good and bad news. God news is the yokes arrived from streetfighterbling.net, nice a! Bad news is I started cutting the frame rails and found once shaped they where 50mm too short! bollox, new rails ordered 100mm longer, lol Got the front end together, I had streetfighterbling.net (little plug for them) make the yokes 4mm narrower than the original gsxr yokes as the disc's on the OZ wheel are 4mm closer together than the gsxr wheel's disc's, this just means the calipers are in line with the disc's, some new spacer will be needed but I'll do those later. calipers and disc's all line up nice You guys have any idea how hard it is to do this on your own? lol lol Everything in line and ready for the frame build
Bloody hell, Cabbie! That stuff's made it cleaner than it was when it left Hammatsu. Try an get Rob to start stocking it at Nice Motorbike, mate.
I think this build thread is going to be great. Any chance of some pictures of your past builds, i've not seen them in MCN
They look very nice, I bet the sense of satisfaction when everything comes together and looks that good must be immense.
Just caught up on yur thread there cabbie ... I am blown away with the whole deal . Top work .. :clap2:
Motor lined up And straight Made up a template for the frame rail cuts and angles And the first bit of chrome, the clutch cable holder, lol
Didn't get much time to play today, got the frame rails masked and marked, will try get these cut and bent tomorrow.
Cant wait to see how the frame comes out mate .. Do you think you would ever part with any of these bikes or are they part of the family ?
I hope you keep this thread up to date, not that I would ever attempt anything like this but I find it fascinating exactly what goes into a build like this.
Frame rails cut And bent, I need to go to the welder tomorrow and have them tacked in position to check for fit.
