Manky's XS650 Yamaha

[BikerGran]

Or one of those powerpacks you can use for starting vehicles, you can plug stuff into them and they're easy to cart back and forth to home to charge up.  Some have a pump for tyres, even USB slots

[Mendalot]

Or better still find yourself a pensioner who has a garage at the side of their house that is no longer used, most have lights and a power socket. We used to have an old boy round the corner who let me use his unused garage to keep our dive boat in, bless him, he wouldn't take any money from us, and always made tea and cake when we were working on the engine. To be honest he looked forward to our visits, was probably the high light of his day, he even had a special stool to sit on and chat to us
The point is there are loads of the older generation that are on their own, who would probably benefit from renting out their garage for a few quid a week. No problem for a fine upstanding member of the community like you Andy, to be recommended to someone. 

[Manky Monkey]

  You obviously don't know me very well!
I lodge with a little old lady. There's a garage on the side of the house, but she uses it as a utility room, with her washing machine & stuff in there. I'd like to use the bike for commuting to work in the Summer, so will have to approach her about keeping it there, but wouldn't push my luck & work on it in there as well. There are some flats at the end of the road, with a block of decent garages next to them, so at some point I'll put a note through their doors asking if anyone has one they want to rent out, just because it'd be more convenient than the one I'm in.
I've got a small generator, but I leant it to Mr Flap several years ago & haven't seen it since!
I was at Loon's workshop today, so made a bracket to hold the back end of the chainguard, but need to try it for size, mark it, then take it back to Loon's to trim & weld in place.

[morrag]

You certainly have resilience of spirit Mr M! don't know if I could be as committed given the obstacles when working on your machinery, really!! oh, and many thanks for the Xmas card, greatly appreciated by myself and of course Vi....Nadolig Llawen brawd

[Manky Monkey]

My pleasure Sir.  
Unlike my truck, which I think I'll be working on forever, the end of the bike build's in sight now. I'm faffing about with the small detail stuff, but there's not that much left to do -honest.

[Manky Monkey]

A bit of post Christmas faffing today.
New chainguard mount welded to the guard & a couple of unwanted holes filled. With luck, the new rear mount should sit over the frame & bolt to the rear exhaust mount. I'll have to take it back to the lock-up now to see if I've welded it in the right place.

[Manky Monkey]

The front of the chainguard bolts to the recess in the side panel. Again, I need to go back to the lock-up now to see if the bolt holes line up.
I cut the old recessed section out & made up a new one 10mm deeper, which is hopefully enough to clear the chain. First bit of welding I've done for a while.

[Manky Monkey]

I've spent a couple of afternoons over the Christmas break sitting with a junior hacksaw & a file, shaving a slice off the base of the electrics box. Well, it's better than falling asleep in front of the telly.
Now I need to repair the paintwork.

[Manky Monkey]

So now the modified side panel, with the deeper chain recess, fits.

[Manky Monkey]

And the chainguard bolts to it. The new bolt hole lined up perfectly, which was a pleasant suprise.

[Manky Monkey]

Checking the exhaust clamps still fit. The modified rear chainguard mount sits over the frame & slots onto the exhaust mounting stud.

[Manky Monkey]

Obviously the chain's not tensioned yet. I'd allowed room for it in the original build, just not enough. The rivets of the chain links fouled on the head of the bottom side panel mounting bolt.

[Manky Monkey]

I rolled the bike around outside to check nothing rubbed. All good it seems.

[andbolt0]

it all looks like it should be there and not just put there jut one thought what about the lower chain  your  lega still  pass over it

[Manky Monkey]

You mean a fully enclosed chainguard? Actually, I did think about that, just to be different!
The engine side casing & exhausts are off in that photo. The exhaust has a heatshield that will keep my leg away from danger -hopefully.