Thursday 2 August 2012

Takin' shape...

I managed to spend a few of hours on Sunday and a couple of (cold) nights this week in the garage and have managed to:
- Cut and shape the front fender - just needs to be sanded by hand now
- Cut the 'Seat Plate' match the shape of the frame
- Drilled two holes (square!) in the 'Seat Bracket' and inserted two bolts for the Seat Plate (these will be shortened)
- Got some rubber washers, normal washers and wing nuts (for looks) to hold the Plate down
- Bought some 'pinch weld' and temporarily (i.e. not 'pinched') put it on the Plate
- Ordered the new clutch perch, having broken the original one when putting on the new bars (the new bars are dimpled, even though the description did not state this when I bought them online!, which makes them a little fatter at that point, a little too fat, it would seem, for the cast alloy clutch perch!)

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 So now I figure the only things left to get a RWC are:
- New clutch perch installed (after making it able to handle thicker bars)
- Properly secure the front of the Plate (near the tank)
- Adjust the suspension to stop the rear fender hitting the Seat Bracket
- New hand grips 
- Shorter bolts for the Seat Bracket (hopefully black!)

The rest will happen too...just not urgent for the RWC :)

-Hayds.

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