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« Reply #1455 on: July 17, 2016, 10:12:40 PM » |
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So near!
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« Reply #1456 on: July 17, 2016, 10:32:34 PM » |
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Slowly, slowly getting there, but worth doing properly cos I'm never building another one! Never!
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« Reply #1457 on: July 17, 2016, 10:52:11 PM » |
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We all say that ?  |
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« Reply #1458 on: July 17, 2016, 10:58:40 PM » |
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Yeah, I've said it loads of times & even given tools away & handed back rented garages more than once, but this time I really am calling it a day. Life's passing me by outside the garage door & I just want to get out & enjoy this one.
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« Reply #1459 on: July 31, 2016, 11:02:29 PM » |
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Had to attend a family get-together this weekend, which involved staying overnight at my brother's place in Wiltshire. So I rented a van & took the bike over to his workshop & blagged an afternoon of his very valuable time to sort the pipes out.
We ...he, ended up cutting a small slice out of the inside of the bends of both pipes to pull them back into line, then TIG welded them back together.
He also made up a threaded stainless steel bar to connect together a pair of clamps I supplied & a stainless tab to bolt them to the frame, using the same mounting bolt as the chainguard.
We drilled the ends of both pipes & bolted the 12" long stainless perforated conical baffles in place with the captive nuts I'd welded inside them. So the baffles are right at the far end of the pipes. No idea if they'll make a difference, but worth a try.
The exhausts need to come off the bike again so I can repaint the frame tube they clamp to, so I'll make sure they line up directly above each other when they go back on.
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« Reply #1460 on: July 31, 2016, 11:06:35 PM » |
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Because the new pipes are slightly fatter than the old ones, they fouled on the frame down tube. We thought about cutting & tweaking the bends again, but in the end decided to simply cut a 10mm deep section out & TIG weld a reversed section of pipe back in to create a recess which wraps neatly around the frame, as if we'd designed it that way in the first place -if anyone asks, we did.  |
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« Reply #1461 on: July 31, 2016, 11:15:38 PM » |
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We discussed various ways of finishing the pipe ends -slash cut to follow the top frame rail, slash cut the other way to follow the mudguard struts, etc. I had the final say though & decided on simply cutting them level, a couple of inches shorter than the last pipes to clear the rear wheel spindle, should I need to take the wheel out. Being slightly shorter also visually shortens the back end of the bike, which I think looks right.
My big brother Steve, (Brock), trying it for size.
Now safely back in my garage in Basingstoke -the bike, not my brother.
I'll take the modified chainguard back to the powder coaters for re coating, as well as the side stand which has some weld spatter on it under the coating which really annoys me, then repaint the frame tube where I cut the old exhaust mounting stud off. Mr Loon resprayed the tank on Friday so once I've cut & polished that it can be bolted back on. Then I just need to chase up the speedo cable I ordered & get the bike over to Mr Dslam's workshop for carb fitting & tuning.
Very nearly there.
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« Reply #1462 on: August 01, 2016, 06:23:31 AM » |
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Well that didn't take long then ?  Nearly there mate,keep going |
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« Reply #1463 on: August 01, 2016, 08:14:38 AM » |
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Good news on the pipes, a good weekend all round by the sounds of it, a family party and the pipes sorted , that's what i call a result
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« Reply #1464 on: August 01, 2016, 03:21:00 PM » |
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Jeez this is so close you should be able to taste it,looking forward to the first ride report, it has been a long and a bit bumpy road to get there.
Stix
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« Reply #1465 on: August 01, 2016, 04:01:58 PM » |
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Well, you are right to be proud of your bro's capabilities, as his work is really first class, and the finished article looks the "biz", my congrats Sirs....Morrag
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« Reply #1466 on: August 01, 2016, 07:54:01 PM » |
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He's a clever fella that Brock!
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« Reply #1467 on: August 01, 2016, 07:58:37 PM » |
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He is indeed. Shame it doesn't run in the family. I have to rely on my boyish good looks instead.
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« Reply #1468 on: August 01, 2016, 08:03:46 PM » |
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Anybody who looks like a monkey is fooling himself he looks boyish? |
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« Reply #1469 on: August 01, 2016, 08:21:28 PM » |
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he's just hopeful Stinkey!
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