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Machined the top clamp to fit the GS nut.
Fits like a glove!!!!!!!!!
Welding the neck to frame tomorrow.
Fits like a glove!!!!!!!!!
Welding the neck to frame tomorrow.
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Got the laser in place before the welding can begin. The photo is not in line with the center of the bike so it looks "off".
Tacked in place!!
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Got one side of the neck re-attachment done.
Other side almost done
underside gusset in place as well
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Are you tacking that in sections, like you would weld sheet metal? Or just pouring the heat to it? How are you going to ensure that the head doesn't move on you? I know you have the laser, but it seems like it would really be frustrating to have to stop and break the welds every time the head moved. Maybe I just don't know crap about welding
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I tacked the neck in place with sacrificial "stays" or "guides" for the first stages of assembly. As I got more and more opposing and or triangulating welds in place, I was able to remove the "stays" and just add each piece to the mix. There are two major upright pieces in a "T", The bottom gusset, the side tube pieces and the there will be the top tube piece. Once there is a certain amount of triangulation and inherent strength of the structure, the expanding and contracting forces during the weld aren't strong enough to move the existing welds and compromise the dimensions. Welding each piece from top to bottom, in succession and in a clockwise manner for example would twist it all to heck.Comment
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Did it end up perfectly straight???
Sounds like you know what you are doing, looks a lot better than I could do.Comment
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I'm going to check for straight as soon as the last weld is done. Let's hope I know what I'm talking about!Originally posted by tkent02 View PostComment
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Neck is done and straight!! Wooo Hooo!!!!
Motor tear down is next so that the machine shop can do their thing while I finish up the bracing and body mounts.Comment
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Rockin'!!!!!!Comment
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I want your garage. As a matter of fact, I want your garage, with you in it, but working on MY bike....:-DComment
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Barrels are clean and ready to go to the machine shop to get 1166cc JE 10.25 : 1.00 pistons fitted.
Trouble in the case though. Material missing from some of the gears.
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Ew...
So what are you going to do? Swap in some gears from the spare?Comment
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Yep, I will disassemble the spare motor this coming week, after the misses and me get back from a weekend in Niagara On The Lake.Originally posted by Billyboy View PostComment
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Went to RACEWORKS CANADA today to get the heads, barrels, pistons and cams dropped off. Mike will pick the best of two heads, fit 1150E intake valves, mill any warp out of the best head, replace valve guides if necessary deck the top of the block (if needed)and fit the Je pistons in the barrels.
He's the kind of guy who's raced so much and so long that he's tried it all or broke it all. Whatever he advises I'm ready to go with. He's been building winning bike motors for 20 years or more now. The 1150 valves are a real cheap big gain mod and should make great power with my 38 RS flatslides, intake porting and race cams. The cams are 20 thou bigger at the lobe than stock. They are not weld add-ons and look like real nice chilled billets. They have no tach helical gear cut into the exhaust and there is a "D" on the end of each cam. The ramp is real aggressive and will definitely require 50 lbs of spring.I wonder what they are.
Now I can finish getting the cases clean and picking gears and such.
Man I've got a long way to go.Comment
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Well, same problem in the second tranny. The same gears with the same kind of damage. Time for a call to the parts dept at the local zuki dealer?Comment
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