A little bit more done…
Well I am getting there…
The motor is cabled up.. the headset more or less finished except for a new grip. I will do that tomorrow. Had some grief getting the throttle to snap shut as the Cadwell crash snapped the bars-the resulting welding required distorted the bush slightly but all sorted now.
Looking forward to checking wheel alignment once the loan hub arrives from Col (cheers matey :)).. hoping this will arrive tomorrow.
Then its really having a few bits machined… fit pipe and ignition,battery and gauges… oil it up and fire it up.. 🙂
Col…. cheers for the hub. 🙂
Right after a proper scientific measure up my hub is 2.3mm offset… I have a plan 😉
Rebuild for 2011
Its all systems go…
The motor has totally been rebuilt for the new season… some new parts/bearings etc and some minor tweaks to the clutch system. The plan is for a 5 plate Falc based clutch shortly. The problem with the smallframe as you may know is the lack of room inside the motor for more plates. There are many clutch systems out there using 4 or even 5 plates..Some clutch systems move the wheel off center. I am not really a fan of this as it upsets the handling of the bike.. Charley is on the case though and I hope to have a 5 plate working by mid season.
There are no pics of the motor build (sorry max :)) for obvious reasons but I am hoping to get some better images of the bike up as and when its finished.
The crash damage from Cadwell has been repaired though the paint isnt quite as I would want it.. but at the end of the day it is a race bike.
There is also the issue of the offset front wheel caused by the px disc assembly.. I have spent hours and hours on this problem and have found a simple fix which I will test hopefully soon. 🙂
More news next week when i hope to have it all finished..
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