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Post by Johansson on Jul 16, 2013 15:00:02 GMT -5
The same way you adjust every motorcycle chain known to man, by moving the rear wheel.
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Post by Richard OConnell on Jul 16, 2013 16:00:39 GMT -5
haha, understood Anders.. I just didn't see any hardware in place that allows the rear wheel's distance from the drive sprocket to be manipulated without the assistance of a cutting tool.
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Post by Johansson on Jul 19, 2013 4:22:54 GMT -5
Not very easy to spot Richard, I haven´t taken many pics of it. Depending on the diameter of the front sprocket I might have to make a nylon guide for the chain so it won´t hit the lower frame tube, I will try to get the right sized sprocket as soon as possible so I can see if it is needed. Last night I finally had time to get some stuff done on the bike again, I´ve been away at work for a week so the fingers were itching bad from being away from the tig welder and mill for so long. I got a new gas lens kit for the tig torch which I intended to try out while finishing off the fuel tank mounts. Two aluminum brackets were made to fit as the front mounts on the tank. The patient is laying down and ready for surgery! The gas lens was an improvement, not bad since it only cost me a couple of bucks on Ebay. Here the mounts are in place and the tank is cooling down after welding. While waiting for the tank to cool down I made a pair of steel brackets for the frame. Fixing everything for welding, finally I will get rid of the last strap! The tank in place, the only things left to do on the tanks are to weld some brackets to the side of the tanks that the oil suction hose will be strapped to and make a fitting on top of the oil tank for the gearbox oil drain. Cheers! /Anders
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Post by racket on Jul 19, 2013 4:37:01 GMT -5
Hi Anders
More beautiful craftsmanship , its a joy to behold :-)
Heh heh , one thing I've been wondering about , what colour are you going to paint the frame , traditional black , or perhaps a nice blue or red to match all those line fittings .
Cheers John
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Post by Johansson on Jul 19, 2013 6:25:56 GMT -5
Hi John, Thanks, nothing on the bike is exactly fancy and shiny but the beauty is in the functionality I guess. At this point the idea is to paint the frame black and the fairings white, perhaps get someone to pinstripe the frame later with white colour just for the looks of it. I considered a white frame first but after a quick look at my hands I decided that it wouldn´t stay white very long... Cheers! /Anders
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Post by turbochris on Jul 21, 2013 14:05:30 GMT -5
leave the frame naked! It's sexy...... <3
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Post by Johansson on Jul 21, 2013 16:47:56 GMT -5
...and soon very rusty, CrMo rusts like nothing else if it isn´t properly oiled in... I made some progress today by the way, first I made some brackets for the battery mount and welded them in place. I will think a bit more about the battery box before I do something stupid and can´t get the gearbox out of the frame any more, most likely a removable box properly heat shielded so the battery won´t blow up from the heat generated by the exhaust. Next up was to fit the wind screen so I can take measurements for the dashboard, I drilled a row of 2.5mm holes around the lower edge on the screen and matching 4mm holes in the fairing. The idea was to fit a zip tie through the windscreen hole, down through the 4mm hole in the fairing, around the aluminum rod you can see in the picture below and up again through the same 4mm hole. This way I can tighten the zip tie hard without cracking the glass fiber fairing, some silicone around the gap between the windscreen and fairing later will do the trick. Before I called it an evening I started making the chain adjusters, but I´ll get back to them in the next post after I have made some more progress. Cheers! /Anders
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Post by pitciblackscotland on Jul 21, 2013 23:04:16 GMT -5
Hi Anders, Bike is coming along nicely keep up the good work mate. LOL it's been a bit quiet on here, maybe everyone is busy working on there projects? . Cheers, Mark..
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Post by Johansson on Jul 24, 2013 0:25:38 GMT -5
Will do that Mark. =)
Last night I got some more work done but internet is down at home so I couldn´t post any pics. Hopefully it will be up again when I get home from work.
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Post by Johansson on Jul 24, 2013 16:09:34 GMT -5
Here are the pics from last nights work, I modified the rear axle blocks to hold an M8 bolt for chain adjustment. A pair of steel plates were made to fit the frame and complete the adjuster, I will weld them fully later when the frame is stripped and back in the frame jig. Another mini project is to make the battery box, I will continue with that next time I go to the workshop. Finally I removed the masking tape from the windshield, apparently the tape can get stuck if it is left on too long and it did leave some marks that I will have to remove with some solvent that doesen´t damage the plastic windshield. Cheers! /Anders
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Post by turbochris on Jul 27, 2013 9:16:37 GMT -5
I'm getting a huge boner my laptop just hit the ceiling. Can't wait to see this thing GO!
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Post by Johansson on Jul 27, 2013 17:08:41 GMT -5
You are scaring me Chris...
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Post by Johansson on Aug 7, 2013 15:26:01 GMT -5
After yet another vacation, this time a 700km trip to a wedding, I am back home and eager as hell to finish the bike after seeing Andrews bike run for the first time in the youtube clip. Last night I ran to the workshop with a couple of beers to ease my vacation nerves a bit. The battery box was cut to shape and had side walls welded to it, then I welded a steel plate to the frame as the front box mount. The rear battery box mounts. And finally the battery box could be fitted to the frame! Like a gloooooove! The battery in place, there is enough space around it for some padding/heat shielding. I don´t want to cook the battery from the radiant heat coming from the exhaust... The other project for the evening was to fit the gauges, a small dashboard was made for the P2, TOT, oil temp and oil pressure gauge. Gauges in place! And after welding a bracket to the frame it fitted this nicely under the wind screen, except for these gauges I will have a tachometer that measures the power turbine RPM from a probe on the front sprocket. That way I can see if there is any tire slip and how close to max revs the Allison C20 wheel is without having to calculate it from the GPS speed. The tachometer will be placed above the air intake along with the assortment of buttons and whatnot. Cheers! /Anders
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Post by racket on Aug 7, 2013 19:32:43 GMT -5
Hi Anders
She's starting to look like a ready to ride bike now that the gauges are going in :-)
Will there be time for a short ride before the snows arrive ??
Cheers John
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Post by Johansson on Aug 7, 2013 23:56:09 GMT -5
Hi John, It will be a close call, I have at max three months left before the roads ice up but if I skip the water injection system and rear fairing for now it should be doable. It would certainly be worth it just to get some seat time before winter, especially after seeing Andrew having fun on the B1! Cheers! /Anders
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