Centre of flywheels and lateral centre of weight for a twin engine.

[Monkeypants]

I polished it up this afternoon. The look of the finish after a wash in the Ewheel is really perfect, some shine, not too much. This full on polish is more than I would ideally go for.

Once there are welds involved, then grinding and sanding happens and the washed finish is partly gone. In order to finish off the sanded area it was either polish the thing or paint it and I am not a good painter.

If the whole bike gets polished like this I may need some sort of an escort Vehicle travelling in front to warn oncoming motorists.

 

[Monkeypants]

Front fender /mudguard mounted.
The mounts are made of 5052 3/16", the fender from .050 5052. Couldn't come up with a good way to attach the brackets to the fender with bolts or rivets as there is quite tight clearance between the fender and the tire. Wouldnt want to attempt a Bonneville run only to find that the tire grows into the fender fasteners at speed!

In the end it was a case of making the bracket a tight fit to the curve of the fender hem then welding bracket to fender from the inside and don't burn through or it's start all over again!

The finish on the fender is as it comes off the ewheel, quite a nice finish, plenty shiny with a nice fine wheeling pattern still visible. This will be a lot lower maintenance finish than aluminium which is buffed to a chrome like appearance. To my eyes it does have the colour of the old Birmabright fenders.

 

[Monkeypants]

The tank is pressure tested and mounted, still needs several hours of polishing . Here are some photos of the metalshaping involved.

and here is what it looks like at present. The bar end turn indicators are from Oberon, beautifully made and visible from the front and rear (two circuit boards & two windows) . I have a 20 amp hour batter in the rear cowl with intentions to use Herve Hamons new starter on the 1360 engine. This is one of the Lithium Ion jobs, just 2.5 pounds and the power is about the equivalent of some car batteries. An 1.6 lb air horn is going under the seat pan.

Total weight right now is 342 dry, not much left to add.

 

[bmetcalf]

Finish it up and bring it to Colorado in September! Ride with Chris Kleps.

 

[Monkeypants]

Sounds like a good plan!

I think it will be quite a spirited ride with this Rapide engine in there, it certainly made the Rapide get up and go.

With approximately 100 lbs less weight to move, it will be fun.

Maybe I should send the 1360 parts back!

Glen

 

[Howard]

Glen, It's looking good. It must be good to be young, that riding position would put me in traction for 6 months.

H

 

[Monkeypants]

Hi Howard

Im optimistic that the riding position will be managable. If not, I may end up with Ape hangers and Easy rider footpegs on there.

No spot on the back for a braless headband wearing babe unfortunately!

Glen

 

[Howard]

Hi Howard

Im optimistic that the riding position will be managable. If not, I may end up with Ape hangers and Easy rider footpegs on there.

No spot on the back for a braless headband wearing babe unfortunately!

Glen

I've got space on my Egli....... send her over here.

H

 

[b'knighted]

Risky request, Howard.
If that is her picture that Glen is using, she looks a bit of a dog!

 

[Monkeypants]

Ian, are you referring to the redhead?

I moved the rearsets down three inches and forward about one and a half inches. What a difference it made! The best use of time so far on this project was to knock off work early one afternoon a couple of months ago to test sit on a variety of new sportbikes. I brought a tape measure along and learned that t footpeg and seat position I had tenatively arranged was nearly identical to a Suzuki GSXR and that a Yamaha R1 is only slightly different, but no less tortuous.
Fortunately the dealership also sold Triumphs so I was able to sit on a couple of their models. I found the Daytona to be quite comfortable, so I recorded the dimensions from ground to seat, seat to foot peg, foot peg to clip on and so on. Ive used those measurements, except to add an extra inch of leg space. The result is a bike that seems to fit like a glove,, at least it does in the static position. Should know in a couple of weeks or so whether it is equally comfortable to ride.

Glen