Scooterotica

Next up was the leggies

They had a a bit of tin worm in a could of areas, this part being the worse one , i thought i could build up with weld and grind back to shape, but one touch with the welder just blew an even bigger hole

A patch repair was the only solution. so a piece of steel , a bit of bar, piece of Oak and a hammer.

Half an hour later

And another half hour


My welding is getting better (slightly) with practise . I brought myself a new welding helmet , so i can see what im doing now and i dont have to keep looking away

cant wait to see the end result

Well i stalled a bit over Christmas, but had a few hours on it this week

First problem was the seat , i havent seen a decent looking alternative seat on a LD. I toyed with altering an old Snetterton i had , but the most comortable position for me, is directly over the filler cap , and with a Snetterton what would of been a little uncomfortable
I love the look of the LD front seat with the two springs at the rear, the position is too far forward for me, but the position is again over the filler cap and would be impossible to access the cap so i came up with an idea to make the seat tilt. I tried it first with a wooden template, then went on to a carboard template to transfer to some sheet steel and fabricated a bracket .


It only needs to tilt by about 25 degrees to gain access to the tank, ive still to make a catch for it and a way to adjust it back and forth a little whilst riding

Another job was the fork stem, this is too short by around 12mm to reach the top of the leggies. So i found a bit of scaffold tube, turned down the id a little to get the chrome ring and race to fit , and tacked in place.


So this in turn, meant the forks were 12mm too short, but also the LD fork are threaded all the way up to the top unlike the s3 forks i had. If i used the S3 forks the LD handle bar clamp is a very sloppy fit as the diameter is reduced. So out with the grinder again and its cut and shut time. Luckily i had a piece of tube the same size and the id of the fork tube , and just needed a smidge off on the lathe for a snug fit

A bit more work.

I made a start on the seat catch. Take one 10mm coach bolt and one clutch spring




And a steel bracket some nut and a split pin
Ok its a little "agricultural" and needs a bit of refining but it works and with a seat cover on ............


And a bit of work on the panels. Fill the holes up, ready for panel clips.


And a bit of mesh for the vent holes

seat catch is a nice touch, cleaver thinking,

Not had too much time on it recently but did a little bit.
Converted the panels to to clip on type, with some parts donated by Mr T thx
A little bit of reshaping

and a channel welded to the panel

Hoping to have a few more hours on it on Monday

carlos fandango wrote:Next up was the leggies

They had a a bit of tin worm in a could of areas, this part being the worse one , i thought i could build up with weld and grind back to shape, but one touch with the welder just blew an even bigger hole

A patch repair was the only solution. so a piece of steel , a bit of bar, piece of Oak and a hammer.

Half an hour later

And another half hour


My welding is getting better (slightly) with practise . I brought myself a new welding helmet , so i can see what im doing now and i dont have to keep looking away

Clean, shiny metal is key for the mig .Awesome project!!

Cheers Double H

Ive got as far as i can now with just spending my time on it, ive now got to start spending money now buying parts but looking forward to getting it built now I still havent got a paint scheme in mind ,so i think im just going to cover it in acf50 and get it on the road

Ive done a bit more on it over the last couple of weeks
Petrol tank needed extending. So out with the grinder, and a quick mock up to see how big i can go.


I settled on 65mm , cut a band and formed it by hand and eye, tacked it together and then got a welder to do a proper job on it.



After an initial pressure test found two pin holes, got those fixed and now holds 5psi

Fits a treat, extended the fuel tap rod by the same amount as well.