Pop for a quiet pint..

Had a mega long day today, left Leeds at 4.30am and drove to Oxford for an all day meeting. Got home at 9pm and went for a "quiet pint" - turns out they closed the street and have a 3 day free festival running!

Wicked Triumph For Sale!

Shaun has put his recently built triumph up for sale - can you see it behind the twins?


This is a bloody lovely bike - he rode it up to squires the other week and it was certainly a head turner - it took a pair of twins in catsuits to beat it on the night!


If you've got some cash sitting about, and want a cracking bike ready to ride - get over to Shaun's with a pile of notes before your too late!


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/triumph-bobber-750cc-stunning-bike-/250879822529?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3a699a4ac1#ht_500wt_949

Sportster

Out on the sportster tonight, looks like a cracking evening for it!

Tank and Torque

Sprayed up the tank and rear muddy with clear yesterday..





bent up a torque arm for the front. got the stock one to the 
right bends first. Shaun was kind enough to give me some 
thick stainless bar, so had a crack at using that....





after about 2 hours of drilling and bending (repeatidly twatting 
hell out of it on a metal vice) it was somewhere near...





fits fine, I will need a little shim on the back behind the fork leg, 
but I can weld that to the bar if needs be...

Muddy Mount finished!

More ticks off the list today, Installed my blanking plugs in the 
electric start apeture, and go the new tyre fitted to the rim...





I wanted to ensure that i got the muddy mounted today, the 
rear mounts were pretty much done in the week, i welded on 
the top lugs, then it was the bottom one to sort out. I know its 
best to make these things detachable, but i needed to make 
up some metal behind the seat spring holders...


I cut up the small sissy bar i made, and decided that this would 
look good...









Looks a bit poorly with the back wheel off like this!





I turned another holder and welded it to the mount, and then 
a threaded lug to the fender..





Seat back on, and its looking good!


At this point i will declare that i'm chuffed with how the bike is 
looking, plenty still to do, but ive the fire burning back inside 
me once again!

Exhausts finished up.

Exhausts, now with exhaust clamps!

Fixing up some schoolboy errors I've made along the way.





New tyre for the rear is here, need a tube for it tomorrow and then I'll mount the muddy...

Progress....

got some more done on the bike yesterday.


welded up the struts




was pretty tricky welding it, but it looks OK...





I'm unsure how to attach it to the fender yet - I made a top bar, 
but I'm worried that it might be a bit bulky:-





Turned the wheel around, and got the torque arm in the right place





I turned up a spacer out of ali - will it be OK bridging that gap - 
should I use a fairly thick stainless bolt for it so it doesn't sheer?





Finally I had a look at the seat and in particular the arc for the 
springs. instead of moving the rear spring mounts, I opted to 
move the pivot point back.


I think this is the 4th time I've cut the mount off the frame so far!





then with a spacer I welded it in its new place...






I need to have another look, as it moved when welding - so 
it'll be grinder time once again.


No playing today unfortunately.