QUOTE="Luugo86, post: 944886, member: 64798"]
Good to see some progress. I have been watching this space.. interested to see more
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Thanx for your interest. Ill health and life events got in the way of progress for a while - but back on it [ and the KZ750 ] now.
Now the POC is completed on the forks, we can progress to mocking up the powerplant / wheels and join the dots to knit a frame up.
I freely admit I lack skills in welding and machining - even if I had the facilities. After my experiences with the KZ and being let down on many occasions [ DTT'ers of this parish excepted ] - welding, machining etc., I have decided to do as much as I can myself, so instead of making a frame from scratch I'm going to use the VF engine cradle tubing and some of the other elements and make my frame from that base. Of course - it HAS to look correct, but that's what the build board is for. It will be a 3D montage of parts and I will have a large sheet of drafting paper on the back vertical board to play around with ideas. I already have a good Bantam headstock that can be integrated into the new frame.
The addition of the Eaton blower has complicated the frame layout as I need clearance above the Vee of the engine between the top of the blower and the frame. I'm contemplating using a large section rectangular ERW tube for the top rail to double up as a fuel cell ! Shades of my old Triumph Sprinter.
The bonus of working on the 2 projects is that while I am inevitably waiting for parts for one, I can hopefully be working on the other.