Nice to meet you today fella!
You too. Always good to eventually meet people when you've been dealing with them over the phone for months.
Needless to say, If I do end up building more the paintwork is all yours.
Dogbytes' R80 ST project
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You too. Always good to eventually meet people when you've been dealing with them over the phone for months.
Needless to say, If I do end up building more the paintwork is all yours.
Oohhh that is looking so good! Just had a little inadvertant sex wee
Glad I went and picked up the bodywork. The electrics panel, under the tank, clears the tank no problem but the coil was hitting it. Fortunately I didn't like the coil bracket anyway - so I've made a new one.
Made the throttle cables today too. I was worried that the throttle would be on the heavy side - my old Moto Guzzi was, but it seems okay. Not as light or fast action as the K1300 S throttle but good enough.
Made the throttle cables today too. I was worried that the throttle would be on the heavy side - my old Moto Guzzi was, but it seems okay. Not as light or fast action as the K1300 S throttle but good enough.
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Nice Y piece 
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Looks like a Camel Toe to me !!
As long as the fluid dynamics of the Camel Toe are good, then it's fine by me
On another subject, I nipped out on the 1300, this morning, to get some bits for the project and the guy serving in a local motor factor (near Truro) mentioned that he had an R80 G/S (or GS) fitted with a Moorespeed 1000cc motor, that the previous owner built for, and competed in, the Paris Dakar. Unfortunately there was another customer there and I didn't hang around to get more details. Will try to chase it up, just out of interest.
Exhaust is coming on nicely. My pipe welding technique has improved too! It would be handy if I had the kit to purge the pipes properly but I don't - next time...
The down pipes are done and the straights leading in to the Y-piece. Managed to get the headers the same length (taking into account the offset cylinders) AND the correct length according to Richie Moore. Tying up the length from the exit from the Y-piece to the silencer is going to be awkward but it'll get done.
The down pipes are done and the straights leading in to the Y-piece. Managed to get the headers the same length (taking into account the offset cylinders) AND the correct length according to Richie Moore. Tying up the length from the exit from the Y-piece to the silencer is going to be awkward but it'll get done.
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Nice welding
Thanks, it would be nice if they'd all turned out that neat!
The problem with stainless is that, unless you can get the shielding gas round the back of the work, you can get impurities/oxidation coming through the weld and it all gets a bit messy. It can get worse with poor quality material. Fortunately this tubing seems pretty good. If I was doing exhausts all the time, I'd set up for it a bit better. Also, in all honesty, I don't do enough welding to get really consistent at it - I can do strong welds but they aren't always the prettiest!
So the headers are the correct length and here they are meeting in the Y-piece. Having stared at them for a while, I think that aesthetically the headers just in front of the Y-piece needs to be inclined upwards to curve around the back of the sump. Bit of a pain but I'll hate it otherwise.
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Bike looks great in profile. Seat, tank and fairing look just right. Drilled fasteners look very neat too. It's often the time and care taken over small details that make some custom builds so much better than others.
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I think you are right !
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Yep, job for today then...
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It's the little things. From earlier this week.
Fork drain plugs. Drilled for lock wire, naturally. Can't believe I actually chamfered the holes!
Ah f**k, you have to laugh sometimes.
Weight saving - it all counts
And let's not forget that fork drain plugs are unsprung mass and so any weight saving is even more important
