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Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-22490881198424337032016-08-18T14:07:00.003+01:002016-08-18T14:07:53.123+01:00Right then! Back to the Moto Guzzi V50..Time to get back to the sadly neglected Moto Guzzi V50 project! It's been at least a couple of years since we got to this stage, and what was bought as a runner may have suffered as a result.<br />
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Possible design direction, although less of the lumpy tank. Long, rectangular classic racer look is the goal with inspiration from 70's sport and racing mopeds...<br />
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Also have bought conversion kit to change from bicycle style ball bearing head set to taper roller bearing. Some inconsistent info on the web about whether you need to get a longer stem pressed in. We shall see...</div>
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Skinny front end will be further augmented with high quality FAC dampers. These forks run an internal damper much like modern cartridge systems. There are two choices, cheap standard or expensive FAC, The latter are supposed to be a serious improvement. As the V50 has a great reputation for fine handling, improving the existing set up seems a better bet than putting on a different front end that may affect trail, off-set etc.</div>
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That takes care of the front end fundamentals although a fork brace may be added. On the electrics front, the ancient loom with weird fuses etc. and the high cost of getting someone to do a loom, starts to make this look like a good idea:<br />
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The Motogadget M-unit allows you to simplify your loom by getting rid of all relays and fuses and providing a central, programmable, point to run your wiring to. It's shock and water resistant and has no moving parts. Short circuit and overload protection is automatic and self correcting. This will form the hub of my new wiring. I already have a Dynatek electronic ignition kit to fit, and may spring for their coils too.<br />
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Plenty to do then, to get a rolling chassis and an electrical system together. In the meantime some serious decision-making, budgeting, and saving to be done with regards to the motor and shaft-drive. How much assessment can I handle myself? Can I afford a full professional re-build. Can I afford not to have one? And these Heron-headed, mild-mannered, hard to hot-up V50 engines, Can any sensible tuning be accomplished? I've seen stuff about lightened flywheels and skimmed gas-flowed heads.<br />
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Also carbs and brakes need re-conditioning. Currently proposing to stick with the linked brake system, after reading some accounts from people who seem to know what they're talking about, but we will see. More to come soon....<br />
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At last, Bonnie Piper is finished. If you remember, her owner our good friend Debbie Pipe, asked me to customise a bike for her while she went to Canada to train for a new life as a photographer. Debbie came back a changed woman, with a passion and an extraordinary talent for dance photography. Here's some of her stunning work, and you can see more at:<br />
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She also came back to a changed bike. Bonnie Piper, named for Debbie's Scottish connections, was originally meant to be customised on a £3K budget but a serious commitment to a career/life change on Debbie's part saw that halved. This made the project a mission to get the most style for the least money. I'm pleased to say I think this was achieved. I'm also incredibly stoked to say that Debbie seemed to like what she saw as the bike came out of the workshop into the sunshine, with some AC/DC on the 'shop system providing the right vibes to complement the open 2 into 1.<br />
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Even the Chicken Shack Ducati came out to play...<br />
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On a minimal customising job like this, the seat and the paint job on the tank are the most important ways of making an impact. I cut down the seat base to extend exactly as far as the stock frame rails and no further, this to allow a shorter seat and a super short rear mudguard. It was also cut to be a lot narrower. I re-shaped the foam for a slinkier profile but to finesse it and cover it to the Chicken Shack design I turned to the pros. Similar story with the paint, I designed it but the pros painted it and advised, and so credit where credit is very much due:<br />
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The seat was work undertaken by Bradley at Viking Seats in Sevenoaks. Lee had done a fantastic job on the CSD, and Bradley was just as friendly, fast, and perfectionist as Lee. Stunning work and really fair prices mean they are my first stop for seat work, and they are proper bikers. They even run their own custom show on site every summer. Check out their site and their Facebook page.<br />
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http://viking-motorcycle-seats.co.uk/home/2839354<br />
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The same has to be said for The Plastics Surgery, who advised me and painted the tank to my design. Luke helped me pick out Thruxton metallic green, the right pearlescent white and just the right gold for the logo shadow lines and the speed stripe outlines. Transparent pearl was then shot over the lot. The pictures can't do it justice. Steve and the lads are enthusiastic, ready to help you get what you want, and the results speak for themselves.<br />
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http://plastics-surgery.com/<br />
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I'm bigging these guys up because they deserve it, I haven't benefitted in any way for praising their services. If you want a good job done check 'em out.<br />
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The CSD was a fairly minimal build as it was my first attempt, and I'd been determined to push myself on the next project. However, some big changes over the last three years, including the relocation of the Chicken Shack, a double house move, and the loss of my father-in-law, meant that another "light" project was probably a good thing. Bonnie Piper allowed me to ease back into things and regain confidence that I actually can do stuff like this, and that the CSD wasn't a fluke.<br />
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The Bonnie is mainly a styling exercise, with upgraded suspension and exhaust being the only performance changes. Obviously there's plenty of scope for tuning and brake upgrades later if Debbie fancies it. For now she has a sweet looking ride for not much outlay.<br />
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Now it's time for me to get back to the little Guzzi V50 I started taking to bits a couple of years ago. I've managed to arrange things so that I have a little more time for bike building. The plan is to make the V50 a much more ambitious project and therefore a steep learning curve. There may also be another Ducati Monster based project along the way too. Of course plans are just plans. Watch this space and see what really happens!<br />
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The plan was to customise this 865 Bonneville for our friend while she studied photography abroad. I would do the work for fun and experience, and she would pay for parts and materials. However a burgeoning talent for dance photography meant a serious life change was confirmed. This in turn meant a much reduced budget for the bike project. The new plan? A facelift with some improvement to suspension thrown in. My desire to go way beyond what I did with the M900 would have to wait until the Guzzi. With the Triumph the challenge would be how much I could do with how little. Most of the budget was earmarked for having the tank painted to a Chicken Shack design, seat covered in a new chopped down form, new shocks and front springs and fork oil, and a stainless 2 into 1 exhaust system.</div>
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There's a new Chicken Shack..... A Triumph Bonnie project for a dear friend who is celebrating an exciting life change. And then at last the poor Guzzi will get some attention as the next major project. No more guitar builds, and the trivial matter of the recording of an album is now compete (see www.godsofsteam.co.uk for more on that).<div><br></div><div> Those things followed a double household move to the country and the sad passing of my inspirational father-in-law. It's been a busy three years since the Chicken Shack Ducati was finished, but....we're back.</div>Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-62160988531433549152013-08-20T22:38:00.000+01:002013-09-11T17:55:36.065+01:00Working Metal Again.At last I feel like I've done something useful - even if only half the job done so far...<br />
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Removing the lugs for the bar clamps as the bike will utilise clip-ons if it keeps it's front end. I was inspired to do this by a fantastic V50 build thread on the Do The Ton forum.<br />
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Took the bulk off with my new angle grinder which was a bit scary on such a small and critical piece. Then used coarse hand-files, the Black and Decker power file, a finer hand-file and then a Scotchbrite wheel on electric drill. Finer finish will be sought when the other lug is off. Have to say the power file is such a great piece of kit for this kind of thing.<br />
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I'd been thinking about a fairly square-edged design to match the cylinders, but have recently discovered a build on an engineering company's site in New Zealand that utilised a tank, or replica tank, from a Ducati 750 bevel. Seeing a fibreglass replica of that available in the UK, with what seems to be the right dimensions, brought on a flurry of measuring. It looks to be a good fit, wide enough to clear the frame at all points. The shape's lovely and trying to get a tank doesn't seem that easy so I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. However, I'm hesitating as I'm now starting to wonder whether the tank has actually got to be wider than the frame rails at all points, (which the 750 design is), just like the V50's own tank). This is because I've seen some nice bikes where the edges of their tanks are resting on the frame tubes for at least part of their length. This would bring some squarer tank designs I've seen and liked back into play. Still the 750 rep I'm looking at buying has one of those great see-through fuel strips. That wasn't in the plan but they are so cool. <br />
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Even if I go for the Ducati design, I won't use a matching "boat tail" seat unit as the New Zealand builder has. I want the bike to be different, more 70's/80's racer, so the tail will be squarer and possibly flipped up, as in the blue sketch. I'm thinking long and hard about whether to construct the tail myself, possibly from sheet alloy, as it seems an achievable step toward more fabrication. However, there are some suitable 'glass units on the web which I could modify. I'm going on a welding course in January which may also have some bearing on the decision.<br />
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Speaking of the welding course, that got me in trouble with Mrs Cutter who really wanted to learn welding, particularly so she could pose around being all industrial and "badass". I had an evil impulse while suffering "late life/work crisis" one dayand just booked myself on it. I suggested my fragrant shed-partner she could go on it too, that would be fine, although its quite a few sponduliks so not a great idea to double up. She's nobly decided to go on an introduction to motorcycle mechanics course instead, thereby doubling the relevant knowledge the 'shack will hold in coming months - huzzah!!<br />
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More great news - the amazing Dutch and Duchess from The Bike Shed blog, have decided to follow up their successful Cafe, Bobber and Tracker show "The Event" with an early sequel to round off the biking year. The last one was a total blast and I don't say that just because the Chicken Shack Ducati was shown there.<br />
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Get it in your calendar - many people were wailing and gnashing teeth at missing the last one, especially when they saw the quality of the show in the pics, TV, blog, and magazine coverage that followed.<br />
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One last item. The sole surviving shack namesake, "Dixie" continues to be obsessed with shed life. At any opportunity she walks in and follows a ritual:<br />
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Trying out some sketch apps for design ideas with a stylus on ipad. There's plenty for us to do before we have to make any hard and fast decisions about what direction the build will go. Checking the health of the bike as it stands, and then the strip down, notes and photos of how parts fit together. Renovation of parts where necessary or possible, ordering of equivalent or superior replacements where not. That process in itself will influence ideas. In the meantime scanning the net for ideas, trying to find inspiration and yet stay original. The transition into decisions and actions that will effect the final theme occurs organically. Some ideas you stick hard and fast to, others develop as you go along dictated by resources, money, technical limitations, luck. All part of the game.<br />
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It even got coverage in MCN by independent journalist and Sideburn/Rollerburn/Dirtquake genius Gary Inman. Which means I should apologise for hassling the quintessential gentleman journalist Rupert Paul while trying to get exposure for the event in the press!! Shucks I could've use that hassle time to get advice from Rupert, a fellow air-cooled Ducatisti I believe, on my dry clutch issues.....<br />
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Dutch who runs the Bike Shed blog, and Vikki his partner in crime, and their lovely mates and rellies put on an incredible show. Mrs Cutter and I were suprised and honoured to be able to show the Chicken Shack bike and to help out a bit. I had a fantastic time meeting other builders both "pro" and "shed" from all over the world, bike journos I have followed for years like Gary Inman and Rupert Paul, international visitors, fellow UK Monster Owners Club members, suppliers of sexy kit etc etc. I can honestly say everyone one was totally friendly and supportive of each other - the vibe was outstanding. It was a massive confidence boost to get kind words from other builders.<br />
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The shack awakes, more in due course......Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-65001292984067786152011-12-19T23:30:00.000+00:002011-12-20T00:23:15.674+00:00<div>
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Bike Exif was also a place of inspiration, and even dreams, when I began planning the project over two years ago. As someone who'd never done much mechanically beyond changing chains, sprockets, and brake pads, it seemed like a fairly distant dream. The site has a worldwide audience and gets over 41,000 followers on Facebook. I can't quite believe my shed project is up there. Check it out - it's a great place to see cool, controversial and intriguing bikes; customs, racers, concepts, bobbers, cafes and classics.<br />
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All of this made it even more gratifying that Adam wants to feature the bike in the next edition, early in the new year. I must admit I barely feel the bike is worthy, looking at the standard of some of the modified and restored vehicles that have featured in the magazine. The current edition, for instance, features a 900SS that's been re-fashioned into a traditional Harley flat track racer so professionally that it looks like it came out of the factory (Bologna or Milwaukee's race division perhaps). The basic idea may not appeal on first hearing, but wait until you see it. One of the most iconic racing motorcyles, suddenly sporting one of the most iconic engines, and they look like they were made for each other. And yet the UK owner builder did almost everything himself including frame re-design, fabrication of tank and panels in alloy, and excellent authentic orange paint job.<br />
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Next to work like that, the Chicken Shack bike looks like what it is - baby steps. However, people seem to like it, and that's great inspiration to try and learn, and achieve, more on the next project.<br />
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The photo shoot couldn't have happened without my great friend and fellow biker, Barry, who allowed us to use his Tyre and MOT company's industrial unit as a venue. Not the first time he's helped me out on the project, and I suspect it won't be the last. As, (with the exception of the teaser shots on the Italian Motor blog), Adam's professional pictures are embargoed until publication, I took measures to get some photo reportage of the shoot itself. Many thanks to gifted amateur photographer, Graham, a lifelong friend more usually found documenting Parisian architecture and street life. It's his shots you see in this post, including the rare Adam, captured in his natural habitat - around Italian motors!<br />
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So where are we on this journey? Near the end my friends? It never ends, it's always beginning. I see that now Yoda.<br />
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You have to draw a line in the sand and say - this is it. And at that point I have to stop and thank everyone who helped, advised, lent, pushed, drove, sympathised, supported, encouraged, inspired. Big Time.<br />
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The bike is legal and on the road, and I've been enjoying thrapping round the highways this weekend, mainly from one mate to another just to show it off - and why the hell not you might say - and you'd be right. I've had a few friendly strangers talk to me about it in depth, and I'm really pleased by the amount of mates who know it from the blog, but say it looks so much better in the flesh.<br />
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Saturday morning, with my usual partner in crime, Mrs Cutter, unavailable, I had to get it up two ramps (over steps) in the garden, and through the house, to make a 9am appointment at the MOT station. Natch' the back wheel spun and fell off the ramp half way up, with bike jamming it's arse between ramp and flower-bed fencing, and I had to risk serious vertebrae implosion dragging it back into a position where I could get it back on track again. Apols to the neighbours, but at least I had the baffles in when I gassed it up the ramps (guiding not riding - I ain't Evel Knievel). I was desperate to get it MOT'd and nothing was going to stop me, and I'll tell you why...<br />
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This was a re-run. The week before in an audacious (or foolish) attempt to get it on the road, I ended up at the roadside instead. The front brakes were siezing on and in a frenzy of guilt I convinced myself it was because I hadn't rebuilt the calipers - something I was loath to do as it's hard to get brembo seal kits (long story). Some web research showed the reason to be something else entirely. The otherwise excellent Oberon levers, apparently in common with other high quality aftermarket levers, didn't leave quite enough free play even when fully adjusted (the pin that pushes on the master cylinder piston is adjustable, unlike the stock one, but is still too long). This means that a small return valve inside the master cylinder is blocked. When the hydraulic fluid heats and expands it has nowhere to go other than displacing the pistons in the caliper and thereby applying the brakes. Some experimentation during the following week ended up with the stock lever going back on for now. However it should be easy enough to grind the pin down. It's on the snagging list.<br />
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My first ride out after getting the bike MOT'd was with my good friend Sandy on his Street Triple and he's a connoisseur of attitude in bikes, so there was lots of swapping position to hear the overtaking vibe. The thing is, I hadn't really allowed myself to think about riding the Duc, never mind having it be so much fun to ride straight out of the shed.<br />
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Next stop was at Barry's, another one with an ear for hooliganism - thanks to him for the 3/8" torque wrench loan and to the excellent Ben for the narrow hex socket. That's the lower shock mounting nut properly torqued at last then - you have to have a tool that will go through a tunnel in the swinging arm yada yada.....<br />
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Is it finished? Nah... I have a snagging list as long as your arm or maybe even your leg, and some of it's quite important stuff for both performance and safety. However she rides beautifully, and by some fluke, (and this isn't bullshit false modesty because I genuinely haven't actually done any setting up at all), the geometry and suspension stuff all seems great - pretty much by chance. I took a best guess on the height of the rear suspension arch adjusters, left the Ohlins at stock, and when I put the forks in I set them at the stock height.<br />
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She rides so well that I'm now thinking I don't need to spend money I haven't got on having the forks overhauled, and the front and back suspension matched and set up by specialists. (It's possible that the last owner but one sorted the forks with new oil and springs). Maybe my feeling will change with time, (and it might partially be about contrast with the truly appalling suspenders on the VTR. That bike deserves better - it's frame and motor are right up there). However, for now I'm really enjoying pitching the Duc into roundabouts and corners, and I don't even know the bike properly yet. A couple of trusted friends and mechanics' reactions when I said that was an instant - "if it works for you then leave it alone".<br />
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The ride's firm but compliant, pot holes don't crush yer jewels and shatter jaws like the VTR. The bike steers very very fast, but isn't twitchy. On one over-exuberant run down a country lane for the camera, I hit a manhole-cover dip in the tarmac off-centre as I was accelerating hard. The bike shook it's head once in disgust, but instead of going into a tank-slapper or chucking me off, it just set it's shoulders straight and kept charging. Seat of the pants experience from 30 years road-riding says that's always a good sign. The good one's look after you and want to ride straight. It doesn't track white lines or get put off by the mixed surfaces we have here in the capital either, another great sign that the suspension and the frame are working together in harmony.<br />
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The Mivvs with baffles out are truly outrageous, to the point of being physically painful for the rider at some RPMs. However it is a glorious sound that gets admiring glances from most males with a pulse, remarks that you've been heard coming for the last 20 mins from mates, and shock and awe from non-combatants struggling to protect women and children. Unfortunately the small baffles are much too restrictive, emasculating the sound as well as some of the throttle response. The larger baffles sound great by any normal standard. Crispy, and then honking and howling a duet with the open top airbox when you wrench open the huge gasping flatside carbs. They're not as closely related to the full-phat sound as the baffles in the Quill pipes on the VTR1000 are to their naked counterpart though. And once you've heard them out on the Duc putting them in just sounds too polite despite still being pretty damn vocal. Still they're a good daily solution, with the no-baffle configuration left for "special occasions" - Lord March are you listening (grin)?<br />
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Nice, but not awesome. That WW2 figher plane strafing-run sound is gone. Information wants to be free and all that - loud cans save lives. Ho hum, like I said, special occasions.<br />
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I haven't had a chance to top speed test it yet but I think it may not be pulling properly at the top end, and might need a bit of setting up. Started bogging down at a bit over the ton (on private road of course my friends, oh-yars), but maybe it's a gearing thing, as at normal speeds it pulls cleanly and seems to accelerate a lot faster than stock. The carbs tick over fine and pull from fairly low revs no problem.<br />
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The main thing is the character, you feel really special - dialled in and on that mission, The tinkling dry clutch and the extra care it needs when pulling off, the snarl, the "giant sheet of paper being torn by God" sound from the cans, the slavering honking induction, the looks it gets, thumbs up from van drivers, the stance, the ride, the feeling off being on something small, light and compact with a big primitive motor in it. The tight feeling of new bearings and top notch shocker, the neat dash. It's the absolute bollocks and exactly what I signed up for. I'd say job done, but it won't be until I fix some stuff, including a small and personally shaming oil leak. Another major one is throttle cable routing that needs to be made safe as it's shown slight signs of sticking open which can be lethal. It wasn't doing it before so I need to get it back to the right cable path and secure it.<br />
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Other minor jobs can wait while I enjoy the last of the weather. Then it'll go back in the shed for some fettlin' during early winter. After that I have a scooter, a valve amp, and a Stratocaster that need working on. Then if the Fates are kind, early next year I'll start looking into (engage deep cheese voice) "THE NEXT CHICKENSHACK PROJECT" - shhhh, you heard it here first. I'll keep posting here, but I think that when the new project starts this may fork/subsume into a new blog, haven't decided the best way to do that stuff yet, need to ask a Mac wielding skateboarder or three.<br />
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Right the VTR needs to do the commute tomorrow or the battery'll have to go on charge. It's a hard life......Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-31466798543697195642011-09-30T11:43:00.000+01:002011-09-30T12:31:42.872+01:00Re-BirthIt's not finished, but it is re-born. Last night I got the front brakes bled and working and mounted the speedo sensor. This morning the second, perfect, incarnation of the seat arrived. The suspension needs setting up (which I need to save some moolah for), oil strainer crush washer needs re-seating/re-placing to stop oil drip, speedo needs calibrating. Top yoke will need re-powder coating (again). But.....at last this is a complete bike.<br />
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This should speak to anyone who builds, mods, customises and just generally loves bikes whatever kind they are...<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/28742074?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><a href="http://vimeo.com/28742074">6 Over - Teaser</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8416895">Wild Honey Productions</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
<br />Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-21856254908990879682011-09-23T23:27:00.001+01:002011-09-24T17:01:23.897+01:00Help and RespectI used Haynes, I used the Desmo Times book, I checked the workshop manual, I followed and article in Classic Bike by a well known Ducati specialist shop. However the only place that told me the top pulley wheel on the rear clinder would jump out of position and would have to be forceably held there, was here:<br />
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Respect is due... Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-81929039735324470132011-09-23T16:25:00.000+01:002011-09-23T20:01:51.471+01:00Decision on Le DerriereSent seat off to be re-covered today. Yep I am going back to black, but with some stitching etc. Mocked it up in this pic. Should be back from Viking Seats just in time for my deadline<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDEZ5deX70wOO-mxIEO7cJVTcgLXVYWpy9qb2yZftjlqoMFK-Xm_xiTT8gpHQllGKHBs93aBov4BtODPg5S-71oCEvSZASCidyJCa3q5R7kvM_ahAj8WBfpYEdm__L3W2LNLEQLogNw0/s1600/white+stitched+seat+no+colour.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDEZ5deX70wOO-mxIEO7cJVTcgLXVYWpy9qb2yZftjlqoMFK-Xm_xiTT8gpHQllGKHBs93aBov4BtODPg5S-71oCEvSZASCidyJCa3q5R7kvM_ahAj8WBfpYEdm__L3W2LNLEQLogNw0/s400/white+stitched+seat+no+colour.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> - otherwise I'm screwed....<br />
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<br />Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-7585456296230546952011-09-12T23:30:00.002+01:002011-09-12T23:42:26.099+01:00Bracketry and Declaration.I read a magazine interview with a specials builder who said that the most basic skill you could have when modifying bikes was the ability to make brackets. The implication was that if you couldn't do that then forget it. Well it may be the bottom rung of the ladder but I'm really proud that I've got onto that rung. I've produced two differently curved brackets to hold the Mivv cans on. The variation is due to having to fit them around the rear brake controls on the right hand side.<br />
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These brackets were needed because I'm running rearsets, to get rid of the ugly and heavy units that originally supported front pegs and controls, passenger pegs, and rear of exhaust system.<br />
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The brackets were prototyped with the 2mm thick alloy strip from DIY chain store. Then I ordered 5mm thick ally strip from a supplier on Ebay. At first it seemed like I'd miscalculated, as when I tried to bend the 5mm by hand in the vice, the whole bench moved, and it's a solid bench! Lesson learned, as I realised I have a book on metalwork that has a chart with "length to thickness to bendability" ratios in it. However that was far to scary and I wanted results - now! Applying energy with a different focus (or Ki for any martial
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<br />Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-90844560609424311642011-08-27T13:51:00.004+01:002011-08-27T15:43:51.147+01:00IT LIVES!!!!!!<span style="font-size: large;">I have just this minute managed to fire the beast up</span> -<span style="font-size: large;"> ignore the smoke it's just the grease</span> that was used to ease the manifolds into place burning off. I had a slight fright when it wouldn't start but it was just reversed coil/ht connections. <span style="font-size: large;">Listen to her roar - I am so frakkin' happy!</span> <br />
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Still plenty to do, finishing off fabricating exhaust brackets, re-routing some wiring, sorting out indicators on front end, fabbing up number plate holder.... BUT despite me having messed around with stator rotor and timing pick-ups when fitting the light-weight flywheel, and having fitted FCR Keihins straight from the box, she appears to run fine. Props and thanks to Chris at California Cycleworks, his base settings for the flatsides seem to be spot on. Plus there don't seem to be any oil leaks, petrol leaks etc, plus the cans sound fantastic, plus starter, dash, clutch etc etc all work....I am so stoked.<br />
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Cutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756316357900635025noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922805056635831163.post-14472412949778266602011-08-09T13:30:00.001+01:002011-08-09T13:34:58.053+01:00Three steps forward, one step back.It's been a while since I posted an update. You think you're going to get loads done in the summer and you forget about holidays and other activities that block out your calender.<br />
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I continue to be undecided about the seat. Having bought three different shades of brown leatherette and some retro brown gum grips I still haven't got the tone or effect I want. I am starting to get seduced by the idea of giving up on the tan seat idea and going for black, perhaps with the hump built up to be a bit more "cafe", and maybe some red beading marking out the line of the back stop. However not ready to push the button on that yet....<br />
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Most significant progress has been in the wiring area. The speedo and supplemental idiot lights sub-loom is now wrapped up and tidy in self-amalgamating tape, going from this:<br />
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Having received LEDs soldered and heat-shrinked so that the plastic holders to secure them in their bezels were impossible to fit without de-soldering, I decided to just hot-glue them into the bezels. <br />
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Getting the rat's nest tidied was a great morale booster. I'm not too good at the kind of stuff, and it was complicated by some very big transitions between thickness of wire and so on. However it came together and I got a massive buzz from getting it done. I fitted an inline fuse for the constant 12v supply and supported this by cable tying to the thinner wire in parallel and looping back the connection. This whole area is not finished and I haven't ruled out having to re-do it. For instance I've mounted the microswitch for the speedo LED display on the ignition key cover,<br />
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All warning lights in the speedo and externally are no working. That's high-beam, indicators, neutral, oil-pressure on the clock, and side-stand, charging system and fuel warning on the bracket. Actually I haven't tested fuel warning light yet, so that's a lie, but we are almost there on idiot lights! Anyway it was nice to see the whole area cleaned up:<br />
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However this only high-lighted how 'orrible the brake and clutch fluid pots looked. I had previously written off alloy pots as a bit poncey, but changed my mind. Like the 'zorts, for the weight extremists it's a backward step but in this case we're talking grams and it's going to look so much better:<br />
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I purchased a large brake pot and a medium clutch pot from Motopike, in what I think is their own brand named "Factory Racing". Now there were some very highly respected Japanese parts under the Factory name a few years ago, but I don't think this is the same, they say the parts are designed by UK engineers, and I suspect they are then made up in the far east, probably China. Nothing wrong with that as long as quality assurance is kept up. Even if they are knowingly benefitting from the kudos of the now defunct Japanese Factory name, it's fine as long as quality is high. Unfortunately the clutch pot had a leaking sight window due to it's clips being sheared. Motopike have been very responsive, and sent a new window out in 24 hours. They say they are looking into the design, so for now the jury is out on build quality, but there is no question about their excellent customer service so I think things will come good. Also their prices are very competitive, and so you have to live with a little bit of "beta testing" for the user. I am sure that all alloy items like clip ons, which have been getting good reviews in the mags, will be fine.<br />
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Which reminds me. Having replaced the brake and clutch master cylinders with 916 or other superbike items, I found the Oberon brake lever now had the wrong fittings to suit. I got in contact with them and they gave me loads of advice. Then, rather than trying to sell me another whole lever, they supplied with me the necessary mechanism to convert ( and fitted it) at a very reasonable price. Can't rate them too highly. I had thought some of their stuff was a little pricey, but the quality is top notch and their customer service is brilliant so it's fair do's all the way.<br />
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Other progress - I've started fabricating a prototype exhaust support bracket:<br />
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Because I don't have a band saw or a milling machine I need to make this stuff out of aluminium of a thickness I can handle. The prototype is made out of two strips of 2mm sandwiched together and is obviously a bit bendy, but I've ordered some 5mm for the final piece. We'll see how easy it is to bend as two curves are required on this side. Then the alloy spacer for the rear-set mounting bolt will need to be ground down proportionately, so that it's alignment for gear change is preserved.<br />
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The other side will be more tricky as the mounting is shared by rear brake master cylinder and reservoir components. Visually I am hoping 5mm flat bar ally will have enough strength to allow for some drilling, or even slotting, to make the brackets look more graceful and manufactured. You can do loads with a pillar drill, mini rotary-tool and the wonderful B&D powerfile.<br />
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Unfortunately the push fit of link-pipes into down-pipes is too loose. At the moment I am botching this with sleeving made from drink can alloy, and the use of jubilee clips. Not sure where to go with this short of having link-pipes adjusted or re-made by engineering firm. However, if I can "get away" with something that's reliable I will.<br />
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My other worry is there is some play in the manifold/downpipe so need to check whether gaskests are mounted correctly etc. The good bit is that all of this will need to be leak-tested. This means I am going to be forced to fuel-up, oil-up, and man-up and see if the thing runs soon! Very scary as this will involve discovering if ignition coils etc are wired up right, and electronic pick-up sensors are in exactly the right position. Only thing stopping me at present are some bits of hose I am waiting for for the tank and knocking up brake-side bracket prototype.<br />
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So that's about it apart from one large downer. I started to mount front brake calipers so I could test Factory Racing brake reservoir for leaks in situ. While trying to do this I discovered that the front wheel is off centre. It's probably, no make that "definitely", something stupid, as there should be no change there other than discarding speedo drive and using it's insides as a spacer. Ahh you cry but that may make it thinner with casing missing etc. Yeah, but that's the side where I've got the bigger gap not the smaller, so what's going on?<br />
Still I'm not dperessed. The best thing about this project is it keeps drumming into my head that nothing is insoluble. And I did get a massive buzz out of tidying up the wiring...weird......<br />
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