Re: A Drewski/Seaglider Production
Well, we did a little playing around today. I got a few pics to show what we're thinking about.
We've been debating front and rear wheels, swing arms, shocks, brakes, etc. for a couple of weeks now. I believe we're down to only a couple of choices now.
The front end is on it for mock-up purposes. It's my kz1000 forks and hub laced to a 18" Sun aluminum rim from Buchanan's. This set up was on the "Mongrel" when it last ran a couple of years ago. The dual discs are Kawasaki items and will be retained for now until EX500 calipers and adapters can be sourced.
It looks like the forks will have to be slid further up into the triple clamps, so we'll either have to go with clip-on bars or modify the fork internals to make the overall length shorter.
The swing arm/rear wheel combo is nearly sorted.
We decided to retain the h2 rear hub with the 18" Sun aluminum rim as you see it here. It also was last seen on the "Mongrel" a couple of years ago. That combo is too wide to work on the h1 swing arm. We could possibly use an early 72-73 h2 swing arm that's a straight drop in, but I'm less inclined to go that way now. I have a kz1000 'arm and with a little work it should fit nicely. It will add 1.5" to the wheelbase, but for our purposes at this time, I think that's acceptable.
Here's a pic, wheel on swing arm, sitting next to the frame.
So, the frame gets torn down and sent off with the swing arm to the welding shop for some bracing and some trimming to fit. The upper shock mounts will also get the lay-down treatment and that should be about it. Aside from a few other tweeks here and there, of course. :
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Gotta get the h2 motor on the bench and send the crank off for a rebuild too. I hope Seaglider is ready to fling open his wallet!! ;D ;D
