lafouine78
Velociraptor
Posts: 36
Reg: May 7, 2013 20:09:52 GMT
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Post by lafouine78 on Feb 2, 2014 17:06:18 GMT
superbe projet!!!
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ozychris
Oviraptor
Posts: 5
Reg: Apr 18, 2013 17:46:25 GMT
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Post by ozychris on Feb 4, 2014 13:48:56 GMT
WOW!!! I been away but just looked in and so pleased to see you back in your shed Alan! Great work as always.
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Post by strangewayz on Feb 11, 2014 12:18:03 GMT
Shame the old thread got lost as some of this might not make sense now, dug a few old pics up so will add those when I am posting pics of the stuff I'm finishing off now. I guess not everyone knows but the reason for me building this 711 is that Mrs Strangewayz died a few years back on the 7th Nov which of course is 7-11. In best OSS tradition I had a spare EFE lump sitting on the floor so within a few days I decided to build a 711, not as a tribute bike but just to make something positive for me out of the significance of that date. Lots of fabrication later I decided to have a play with some of the bracing that I do, I call these muscle bikes but I guess some of mine look like Streetfighters. What's a Streetfighter? Well not for me to answer but of course there is the knuckle duster logo & Mrs Strangewayz was a fighter in her battle with cancer so I decided to fabricate some knuckle duster braces that would be really subtle & need explaining !! Which fitted here. But were mostly hidden by the tank so not obvious what they were. That's how far I had got & they needed to be finished, had to make the curved face & weld it in place.
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Post by strangewayz on Mar 22, 2014 19:52:53 GMT
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Post by busaash on Mar 23, 2014 12:42:26 GMT
very tidy as always alan , love the adjustable shock mount
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Post by strangewayz on Mar 23, 2014 19:11:52 GMT
Time to finish these side braces off, card template.. Metal piece made & tac welded in place. Fully welded & smoothed out. Side view with tank on.
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Post by strangewayz on Mar 25, 2014 9:13:04 GMT
Some pics of what I did this weekend, bracing in between the Racefit headers. This started off as a GSX750ET frame & did not have the cross bar in front of the engine, that's the first tube I put in, just above the engine mounts using 20mm od tube. At this stage just tac welding in place as will strip frame back down for final welding. Next I put two tubes in place to form the V, again this is all out of 20mm od. [/a] Some more detailed pics of how I do this, making the lower two tubes now, paper template to work out the lengths and angles required. Setting up to cut the tubes. Both tubes done. Magnets & masking tape to hold in place, this was Sunday & everytime I got things lined up it started to rain !! Was doing this outside so had to stop & throw a cover over bike as lots of bare metal... The ruler taped in place was a 'backstop' as I wanted the tubes to be in line with the main frame tubes when viewed from the side. Tubes in place, exhaust back on, lots of clearance around the oil filter cover. At weekend I also mounted the oil cooler, must take some pics of that... oil hoses sit well with the bracing tubes. Lastly a side view. Late Sunday started work on a couple of tubes to brace the frame backbone which I will also mount the coils from, working on something else during the week so back on this next weekend,
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Post by captain chaos on Mar 25, 2014 10:09:58 GMT
Awesome work as always.
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Post by clivegto on Mar 25, 2014 18:50:30 GMT
This project is mint, keep up the good work.
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Post by busaash on Mar 25, 2014 19:14:49 GMT
plus 1
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Jay57
Oviraptor
Posts: 6
Bikes: GSXR1100 N
Reg: Mar 26, 2014 18:03:27 GMT
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Post by Jay57 on Mar 26, 2014 18:41:57 GMT
Amazing!! I wish I had an ounce of your fabrication skills
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Post by strangewayz on Apr 9, 2014 13:24:42 GMT
Done few bits here are some pics, I'll put other things up over next few days. Backbone bracing tubes, wanted to put some in at 90 degs from the existing frame tube & be able to mount my Dyna coils in the gap so lots of messing around to get them to work.
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Post by strangewayz on Apr 9, 2014 16:26:06 GMT
Following on from above post, needed to fit the coils, warning I put too much work into this... smiley-shocked029 Bit o mild steel shaped to size... Drilling holes for mounting studs. Tapping threads for studs. Need a mill !! Starting to shape the coil mounts. Modify coils, don't need the second hole & won't fit with. Studs welded in & test fit on coils. In place on frame, took a long time, as I have dropped the front of the tank down it was tight making sure they did not hit the inside tank sides. Seem to work really well, easy to use.
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Post by strangewayz on Apr 10, 2014 13:48:54 GMT
Last bit from the weekend.. Two tubes profiled & spliced together. Except not what it seems, half tubes welded to a plate with two hidden studs. Next pic looks a bit ugly but will make sense, using two o rings as a rubber mount the reg rec is bolted to the studs. Fits like this Merges the subframe tubes into the backbone tube. Carbs not in the rubbers but does clear the cables, going to be OCD & profile the fins on the reg rec to match the side curve of the bracing so it's all in line.
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Post by busaash on Apr 10, 2014 16:49:04 GMT
good work as always , nice detail on the rec / reg mount
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