Alright, it's been a while. I've had to work last few weekends and only managed a few hours on the bike yesterday.
But, i've completely finished both the gear linkage and the rear brake rod I made up.
If you'll recall, my shift rod was way too long. logically i saw it to the appropriate length (removing equally from both sides), leaving a section on each side to wrench.
doh, the rod wasn't tapped terribly far in.
i have a decent amount of taps and dies but none for reverse thread. shit.
following a little of how i did my brake rod, got some steel bar, threaded it, and threaded as much in as i could on the two pieces after removing a section from the middle. red loctite, screwed tight, and hope for the best. there's no play in it so i think it'll be fine.
again with the photos - left the camera behind
only got what i took with my phone.
so that's a victory - good shift action, comfortable angle. win.
the brake rod was finished but i didn't like the look of it. thought about painting it (it's already been cured in engine clear) but ended up heatshrinking as much as i could, leaving the eye and threaded sections bare. feels good. win!
again with the photos
might be able to make out the finished product in one of the photos at the end of this.
anyway, my missus and i ordered a bumload of parts - almost everything left, except battery, speedo and taillight. i'm still working out the details for the rear so i don't want to commit to one taillight yet.
the only thing that's come in so far is the fenders.
i'm using repurposed CB100 fenders (with a sticker saing S90, strangely). i will use a front fender, mounted to the swingarm for the rear. that part will be pretty easy, so i focused on getting the front done since my time was limited.
problems everywhere! i have a disc front end, so the front fender arms had to be chopped. had to file away part of the other side near the fender brace, to clear the caliper bolts.
eventually tetrised it in there, but the fork brace needs some more trimming as it's basically resting on the brake rotor.
doesn't look like much, but took forever. had to mount it to the brake side with the caliper in place, remove the right tube, rotate thewhole thing around and get the other fork leg in.
space is tight with the fender/fork brace. had to let a little air out and pinch the tyre going in, but it's fine once it gets in there.
the only thing that went smoothly is bobbing the fender. using a piece of card, i copied the arc of the normal fender. folded it over to ensure it was symetrical, then taped it where i wanted it cut. needed a little filing to smooth it out and take the edges off, but it came up good in the end. i guess this is the only real photo i have of new progress. i tacked the remaining section of exhaust on just for a look at how it may look (though i'm using a different tip, and wrapping the rest.
here's one with the completely unbutchered and still partially wrapped CB100/S90 front fender i'll be mounting to the rear. more or less in position, just needs the brace and arms removed and some mounting done.
in case anyones curious, we have seriously draconian laws for motorcycles. i legally need to have the rear fender at 45deg to parallel
i've got more time free next weekend. indicators, passenger pegs, chain,and mirrors are coming in.
but... i've picked up another project. or two, or three. another project bike (bobber), project car ('80 toyota corona, 2jzge sleeper?) and furniture my partner and i are restoring.
so many actitivities, so little time
