Scooterotica

Heres a few pics of my new project, and maybe next years rally ride.
I brought it from a friend who crashed it on the way to the euro in Ireland last year (read last months "into the sunset" in scootering)


Snapped headset

Back pushed in bent forks and frame tube

So it was stripped and blasted, the frame went to Grand sport for straightening. They dont straighten fork so i did them my self with the aid of a scaffold bar, an immoveable object and a straight edge, and a good (hopefully ) eye . Ill have to see how it rides ?
I brought a headset top of a friend of a friend so i could get the headset lined up and welded


So now im on with the body work and painting. The sand blasting revealed the leggies and front mudguard had seen better days so after an hour or so of panel beating a bit of welding, acid etch primer, then filling and sanding, more panel beating , more filling and sanding more primer, more filler, more sanding, high build primer, stopper, more sanding,

and then some paint more sanding
This is were i am at the moment

more to follow

looking good!

Nice work, keep the pictures comming

Agree Russ nice work keep us updated

russ you any good with a welder, I will need kwak sub frame welding into the px frame
so I can drop the 600 lump in and start the project..

thats some amount of work youve carried out there im well impressed

on your last photo ive noticed that you have put in a couple of angles between the frame outriggers

any reason for that - was it part of the frame straightening proceedure?

cheers eddie

caspa2006 wrote:russ you any good with a welder, I will need kwak sub frame welding into the px frame
so I can drop the 600 lump in and start the project..

Hi Del yes i know a couple of good welders, and ive got a mig welder if you want things tacking together before welding properly as im a crap welder

Eddie15b wrote:thats some amount of work youve carried out there im well impressed

on your last photo ive noticed that you have put in a couple of angles between the frame outriggers

any reason for that - was it part of the frame straightening proceedure?

cheers eddie

Hi Eddie, there for strength, to try to stop the stand cross member from twisting from the stand, and i may be water cooling it and will have air scoop fixed to them .
Russ

Looking good... More photos please.

Well its been a while since i posted an update on this, mainly because ive been to busy with work, to do anything on it, but also a couple of problems which took some time to resolve.
Ive got a Frank sanderson anti dive disk and wanted to fit tubless rims on it.
The problem is the caliper is on the mag side and hits the valve .
The solution is to take the hub apart, and flip everything over, weld the tie bar lug on the other side of the forks .

The next problem is the speedo drive then need to be on the mag side , but this then spins the cable the wrong way
The solution take the drive apart and flip that over .

So i then fit the rim and realise that the hub/rim is not central and there are no more spacers to take out to centralise it
The solution, take apart again and put it in the lathe and machine it down , put it all back together, bish bosh jobs a gud un

I didnt want to cut the headset to fit the hydraulic hose, but through the switch housing ( a la Jason Frost method lol) ive done it before, and you need the hose and fittting that you make up yourself, a bit like plumbing fittings. so off i go to the local hydraulic specialist, "sorry we've stopped doing them, we only do the crimped ones now" arrrggghhhh


I wanted the footboard to have grip tape on instead of runners, i also wanted them fixed down without the nuts on the bottom , as they are a pain in the arse . The original plan was to use Dzus fastners, but i couldn't get them to work satisfactory so id shelved the idea and was going to go back to nuts , when i found a u clip in my box of bits and pieces. I quickly cliped it on and it worked a treat


The engine has been holding me up as well mainly because i cant decide whether to water cool or not as this is going to be my rally bike for next year i have decide not to w/c on the basis of K.I.S.S ( keep it simple stupid !) So its going to be a TS with a road tune, 58 (kiss), 60, or 62mm crank is the next decision
Ill post a few more pics over the next few days
Russ

LOOKING GOOD RUSS ! THINK U SHOULD DEFO STICK TO "KISS" LESS SPARES FOR US ALL TO CARRY. LOL. WE OUT XMAS ? :fb: