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Post by agustanz on Apr 26, 2014 10:10:58 GMT 1
Tank today before modifying the shape at the front...
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Post by agustanz on Apr 26, 2014 10:11:39 GMT 1
Tank after modifying the shape today! Much happier with that!
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Post by agustanz on Apr 26, 2014 10:12:32 GMT 1
Mock up of exhaust...
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Post by agustanz on Apr 26, 2014 10:13:42 GMT 1
How I left it at the end of today... Regards Gavin
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Post by agustanz on Apr 27, 2014 12:18:53 GMT 1
Did some more shaping on the tank today until I was happy with it. Then glassed over the outside where the bog was, ground, chiselled and sanded the bog out from inside and glassed the inside. Tomorrow I will grind off the glass on the outside and get the bog shape back. Understand? I put black pen on the bog which transfered to the first layer of glass as a level marker so I know where to grind it back to. Also worked out what might be a clever non welding method of mounting the Lockheed capliers... make a 8mm ali plate that bolts to the caliper and the lower existing brake mount and then goes down and between the wheel and the fork and has the axle pass though it pinning it in place. With a thin well fitting iron sleeve in the ali to stop any chance of the ali flogging out if it had any movement. Seems the best answer I have come up with yet. Just got to find some plate now! Regards Gavin
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Post by agustanz on Apr 28, 2014 21:11:44 GMT 1
Got the tank ground back yesterday and put some filler surfacer paint on it... MUCH better shape, fixed my shaping mistake from 1996... 4 hours of shaping and sanding a painting. Working out the best way to hold the thing down now. I did have a stainless strap over the tank but I am going to ditch that and make something at the front for it to slot into and maybe a peg at the back to locate it and stop it moving sideways and a rubber tie down to make it quick to take off.
Gavin
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Post by agustanz on Apr 29, 2014 20:52:38 GMT 1
Made a new front mud guard yesterday, use the cut down LC guard as a mould and took the shape off the inside of it. Got lots of finishing fun on that next. Might keep the tank strap as I like the look... but will get some holes waterjet cut into it to make it lighter. Gavin
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guyw
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Post by guyw on May 5, 2014 4:15:41 GMT 1
hi gavin just registered on here today and bugger me who should I find!!
bikes looking cool mate! when you gonna get on the track with it,give us other elsie racers someone else to play with!!
maybe see you at Hampton downs on 25th for winter series??
cheers guy
when you get sick of her I ll give ya a grand for her huh!!yeah right!!
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Post by agustanz on May 5, 2014 10:21:02 GMT 1
Hiya Guy, Great to have you here. I am in Hamilton at the moment working on the bike in my fathers workshop... making good progress. Photos to follow when I get home again. I would like to come down for the 25th just to watch the racing and help in your pit if you needed anything Regards Gavin
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Post by agustanz on May 8, 2014 10:50:09 GMT 1
Some polished bits after a few hours in front of the buffing wheel...
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Post by agustanz on May 8, 2014 10:51:20 GMT 1
Old RD brake looking very Italian now!!
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Post by agustanz on May 8, 2014 10:52:32 GMT 1
Wheels loosely assembled with stainless spokes and new flanged rims.
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Post by agustanz on May 8, 2014 10:53:46 GMT 1
Back wheel with brake in... I think it looks the part now.
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Post by nikfubar on May 8, 2014 11:56:12 GMT 1
Very pretty but why's it full of holes
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Post by agustanz on May 8, 2014 21:27:11 GMT 1
Very pretty but why's it full of holes I am making it light weight, while keeping with mostly the parts and style of the 1970's. It's not just holes either, more metal has ended up under the lathe and the milling machine!
It's going to be a track bike, so every gram counts. And it is amazing how little savings on every part add up to a big saving in weight over the whole bike. Plus it's a challenge.
regards Gavin
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Post by nikfubar on May 8, 2014 22:15:20 GMT 1
Or you could just eat less pies
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guyw
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Post by guyw on May 12, 2014 7:53:57 GMT 1
jeez gavin hit the brakes at the hairpin and she,ll fall apart!!at least you should get a few $$ from the scrappy for the ally on your floor!! nah, she is a work of art mate,good onya!!can I have a go??catch ya later
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Post by copper99 on May 12, 2014 8:33:11 GMT 1
Lovely work mate...thats going to turn some heads..
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Post by agustanz on May 12, 2014 11:59:52 GMT 1
she is a work of art mate,good onya!!can I have a go??catch ya later I might just need a good development/test rider! Regards Gavin
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Post by phil1966 on May 13, 2014 14:49:15 GMT 1
great story mate....bit weird but great.....lol
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Post by agustanz on May 13, 2014 22:00:36 GMT 1
What was weird? The story, the bike or me? I would take a blanket "yes" Gavin PS Bike is striped down to just frame and triple clamps and I am grinding off odd bits of dead weight I don't need and fitting a new cross member at the front to mount the front of the engine off. I am going to weld on eight threaded tubes either sides of the cross members at right angles to the tubes and make four right angled engine mounting plates that bolt on. Then I can move the engine about as needed with only new plates made up. I am also moving the front of the rear shock up about 12mm to help clear the air filters.
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guyw
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Post by guyw on May 24, 2014 7:26:22 GMT 1
hi gavin
loaded up for racing tomorrow,made sure to pack wet weather gear,i may need stabilisers its a bit blowy out there.catch ya later cheers guy
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Post by Paul H on May 24, 2014 10:31:43 GMT 1
Great story and project. A real one off for sure.
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Post by agustanz on May 30, 2014 22:34:30 GMT 1
hi gavin loaded up for racing tomorrow,made sure to pack wet weather gear,i may need stabilisers its a bit blowy out there.catch ya later cheers guy I didn't make the racing bugger it, how did it go for you? Gavin
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Post by agustanz on May 30, 2014 23:28:57 GMT 1
Been working on the engine for the past week... raised the exhaust ports 1.5mm... ported the transfers a little, ported the reed blocks. Looking at boring the 28mm RD400 carbs out to 29.15mm when I get to the lathe again. RZ reed blocks are fitted with reed spacers.
Going to match the inlets ports to the pistons ports next. Will set the top end up at some stage soon and see what the head clearances are like. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun. Regards Gavin
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guyw
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Post by guyw on Jun 12, 2014 21:54:14 GMT 1
hi gavin racing at Hampton pretty good,got off to a slow start but eventually got a PB but still came last!!what the f**k!!my excuse is the field was full of younger and more trick stuff,the buggers had ohlins,slicks and motors worked to buggery etc.it was a class for pre 89s.my poor old elsie looked like a pensioner out there.sounds like your bike will give them a rev up tho.get her out there!!!cheers guy
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Post by guyw on Sept 18, 2014 9:14:16 GMT 1
hi gavin whats happening,the lastest on your rocket?
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Post by agustanz on Jan 11, 2020 1:31:02 GMT 1
Will, it's been almost 6 years since I posted here... and I have done NOTHING to the bike in that time.... I have basically finished work and I am spending half my time looking after my elderly mother , moved workshops, had health issues,... you know "life" that gets in the way of doing up old bikes.... but I am back baby!!!! I have time on my hands (but bugger all money) so I intend to get the bike out again and move it to my workshop and get some shit DONE on the Moto Con! Not 28 years any more but 34 four years working on and off on the same bike.... I will still build it to Post classic race spec but I really can't see myself racing it. I will either just build it and look at it, do a few track days if I can get it passed the powers that be or maybe even lend it to someone else to race?... we will see what happens....
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Post by agustanz on Jan 11, 2020 1:36:36 GMT 1
Amazing.... the flicker page with the pictures is still working after all these years... bonus!
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Post by dusty350 on Jan 11, 2020 9:26:39 GMT 1
Hi Welcome back Will be great to see more of your bike Regards Dusty
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