The wee mods I have been doing

[leathel]

Nice job,the raised head light an blacked out lower sure makes it look different,,tougher.

I've bought the same risers you have for the same reason.
I've seen a broken Tee bar in action,bugger that.

I replaced the bolts for the caps with longer ones as the threads were deep enough, Dont want to strip those and run taps in all the threads to ensure they were all tidy before running the bolts in, The lower bolts have 50mm thread running in, Still more flex than the originals.... I think I have an idea to sort that but yet to find the time to sort it.

[leathel]

Well putting the 4" forward controls made it more comfortable but the different foot angle meant the heel draged before the pegs so I had been resorting to riding with the heels on the pegs while researching making some floor boards... then found some good adjustable ones on special





Chucked them on and went out to join the Thursday South Auck ride....mmm not so flash, back for an adjust at the workshop on our way and much better but took some tools with me, reset at Muddy and not enough clearance to the gear change and no tools to adjust that so set the boards lower.... Then it Scraped a couple of times on the way home without pushing it to hard so back to the work shop and adjusted the brake and gear leaver (Bend the suckers as well as adjust) and lift the boards up and shes mint, yet to scrape them even on the sure scrape corner but I guess they would have been close, Might get rid of the last 5mm of chicken strips yet





Like them so much I have ordered the mini version for the rears :P

I need to adjust the bars a little to allow for the different leg position as the hand touch the knees at full lock now, easy to sort

[Fastmark]

Not really my kind of bike but have to admit its looking well sorted, vast improvement on the stock bike, well done that man

[leathel]

wee mods are a thing of the past... next mod is major

and the project begins...

[The Reibz]

I seriously like what I see

[leathel]

I popped the Raked Morton triple clamps on and the 2" extensions they came with, fitted the new "ALL BALLS" Race bearings to the steering head. Makes quite a difference to the wheel position..

I am thinking I will trim the front guard back to nearer the shape of my VT1100C as the the wheel is further forward I think the guard looks wrong, That can wait until I have a lot more done.. Just is can I change my mind on looks with more of the mods done.









I will re run some cables through the hole at the front of the top clamp

Tonight I will cut the front pipes of the muffler and mod the rear cylinder pipe so I can see where they end up and work the rear frame around them... then its time to frame up the diff

[leathel]

I managed to put a little time in this afternoon, Got base for the frame tacked in place, started to look at the suspension links to see if I use the old arm I got from the car or fabricate a new setup.... leaning to using the current arms as its less work but time will tell

[Kartik]

Looking good. That's a great job you've done. Truly customized to your liking.

[leathel]

I have been looking at luggage storage options so I can set the rear width to suit, I dont want the wheels poking way out the sides.... Both the top box and hard bags are now ordered, Bags are less paint and brackets but that suits me as I will make my own brackets to suit the new frame and I have a spray booth at work so paint is not a problem... Much much cheaper too

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detai...P-4794510.html


the top box was the one the wife chose (being she will be the main rider of it) and I am not positive it was the best one, almost a bit of a gimmick but it may look great

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Black-Mot...item5d4bb1f1ed

With the wider saddle bag it allows me to have the wheel at a width the RH axle can stay std... less work to do than expected. I will fit things when they arrive before doing the final fit up/ setup of the suspension and diff

[leathel]

OK so its going to be an early night on the bike tonight...Just ran out of gas for the welder

So I guess an update is in order...

Been some highs and very lows in the last week and a bit.....

Sunday been was a shocker, with a death in the family (uncle) I sort to spend a day on the trike and get some real progress, I had some of the Suspension work done in the evenings so was showing progress





but on a stand back and look Sunday morning things didn't look right, lots of measuring and scratching my head the rear was square to the lower frame..... but not to the upper frame???

OK set the front wheel/ triple clamps to the center line of the bike, lock them there, get a level out and see it the from wheel is vertical (its not I can see it but I need to make sure) and sure enough its not, tilt the bike until it is.... and Houston we have a problem! the lower frame was not a good part to set the plane to measure from as one side is 18mm higher than the other... Faaarkin great. Out with the cutoff disc and drop the new frame of the bike (mostly just tack welded in place thankfully) ... take a break and check my emails and I have one re my saddle bags order... they want another $258 for freight if that's OK.... Faaark that, still trying to sort that one as I can get others the same size for 1/3 that freight.


The dog knows something is up... Look boss I see the problem :P




nothing in this pic is symmetrical side to side...




Bend a couple of the lower pipes, measure again, bend some more, recheck... still a bit more then we have the lower frame in place and Sunday over with zero actual progress

After work it all continues, While the upper is off time to make the bumper and light mounts, finish making diff mounts etc and now back on progress mode

[caseye]

Looking good mate.
Wife is a very very special person for you aye, must be to go this much trouble to make her a trike.
On ya.
Pulling the Kwakasaki down now.

[leathel]

unpacked the saddle bags and propped them up on the bike to see how they will look









The top box is to small to fit a helmet so have another on the way, the area the wooden box is under it will also be storage but longer than the bags.... plenty for those long weekend trips, the wife can be the gear storage on the trike so I will hardly need to put my saddle bags on

Now I have the bags I can get back to the suspension, had to wait to see the clearance to the bags.

[Laava]

Shit you are one busy dude!

[leathel]

I need to make my mind up on the way the bags sit, the wife is not sure.... leaning one way, I am leaning the other.

Thoughts anyone, 1st or 2nd pics



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[Laava]

Same way as the tank mate, for sure!