A few more bits completed

So I managed to get a few hours in the garage last weekend and finish a few jobs.

The seat position has been bugging me for a while now so temporary brackets were made up to see what sort of height would be good for me and the bike, once I was happy I made up some brackets using some nice ally box section. Of course these were then lightended extensively and I think you have to agree they look the dogs. These are not just seat brackets as they also house the battery and the CDI and power valve boxes are mounted on them.

A trip to the Excel bike show saw me come home with another front nose cone and seat unit so a whole spare set of body work now resides ready to be fitted when the inevitable happens or amybe even fitted to the other 1KT residing at the back of the garage.

Because of the above I thought it was about time to build up a front fairing bracket, I tried to emulate the origional one using one of fat lads spares as a template, this was bent to feck much like him so a nice and simple ally one was made up, light, strong and straightenable. 

 I have had a few problems with the rear sets of choice for YPM`s, to be honest they are well made but to me they are not suitably designed, The supplied exhaust mounts are far too wide and the exhausts are mounted way too low. So rather than modify the location point of the rubbers in the hangers I have ended up drilling new holes in my lovelly new Jolly exhausts! This solved the ground clearance issue but the pips still sat way too wide. Speaking to fellow ramits and checking a few pics on http://www.racing-line-photography.com/ it became aparent that most people chuck the supplied mounts and drill larger holes in hangers and fit different rubber mounts. Again I felt this would weaken the hangers and a simpler solution was available. I have ended up machining the hanger spacers down so the hangers are mounted closer to the frame thus allowing me to use the supplied rubbers and the added bonus is that the rear master cylinder can also be mounted closer to the rear wheel giving a less obtrusive look and feel when you are sat on the bike.

Lets hope it all works lol

The list of things to do is getting shorter, complete the wiring loom, make a few cables and sort out the brakes then hopefully we can fire the beast up. O and get the bodywork painted in a lovelly shade of RAM-IT red.

anyways best get off as more physical exercise awaits.