chimpy's new blade

Posting for chimpy.

Building her a blade from leftovers

Alls looking good there Mr C, whats the colour scheme in mind?.

chilli wrote:Alls looking good there Mr C, whats the colour scheme in mind?.

blue and white with red belly pan chilli

well, at least i think so. kind of ends up something different every day lol. we'll see

building it with left overs,she`s one lucky welsh dragon

pauleves wrote: building it with left overs,she`s one lucky welsh dragon

I knows it sugartits

BJ Special..

Update,

I made the subframe plates



And chimpy marked out, drilled the holes and fitted the lights, all by herself! cleaver chimpy

now then cool bike , was just wondering , ive been searching for info on fitting the rsv swinger to a 99 blade now bout the 3mm removing of the frame but not sure bout the spacers for the shock triangles and the rear wheel any advise or help would be great , seen this mod a few times now think it looks awesome

stephen918 wrote:now then cool bike , was just wondering , ive been searching for info on fitting the rsv swinger to a 99 blade now bout the 3mm removing of the frame but not sure bout the spacers for the shock triangles and the rear wheel any advise or help would be great , seen this mod a few times now think it looks awesome

Hi, it's a simple fit, just need to grind 3mm off the right inside boss where the swing arm fit's, you can do this by hand as the screw in spacer mates to the swing arm, all the blade swing arm spindle etc is the same so direct fit, next you need 3 spacers made to realign the shock linkages, thats the swing arm done.

If you use aprilia wheel the job is finished, if you use a blade wheel 2 spacers are needed to go from 25mm spindle to 30mm, the disc will need 2mm washers to bring it out and the caliper mount machined to claer the wheel, better off using Aprilia wheel if you don't have access to mill.

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with lots of guidance (and not with a cleaver )

cheers for that cabbie sounds ok not too tricky

chilli wrote:BJ Special..

hmmm strange how all the guys have the same train of thought.....?

Looks Pretty Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your have a very nice bike !!!

Is this going to be a faired bike or fightered, or do you have something else in mind?.

chilli wrote:Is this going to be a faired bike or fightered, or do you have something else in mind?.

no mate, will have fairings, it's my fair weather bike and back up transport, my other Blade is a 16 year old work horse now

Not bad leftovers to have lying around. Are they 929/954 front end and wheels?

Yeah 929 parts.



Got the subframe made up ready for welding tomorrow

Looks good already cabbie

am gonna go through a whole year's worth of Tena Lady when this one is ready for riding ooh a little wee!!!!

Got the seat supports made and fitted



And the side mounts too, seat is now done, just welding to finish tomorrow



The chimp checking to make sure I did a good job

Well, that has put all our minds at rest... the seat is wide enough...

wow looking great!!

chilli wrote:Well, that has put all our minds at rest... the seat is wide enough...

lol you cheeky fecker, i'm only a wee un!

Little update

Got the subframe welded up and made the access panel



It's twins!

wow now theres an amazing pair!! (insert pun here) Love the garage too, going to have to overhaul my garage at some point as that looks tip top

bikes looking the buiseness there ,was j ust wondering if you,ve ever made any enquiries about maybe differant bearings to suit the rsv spindle in the blade wheel , and if so weather you got anywhere

stephen918 wrote:bikes looking the buiseness there ,was j ust wondering if you,ve ever made any enquiries about maybe differant bearings to suit the rsv spindle in the blade wheel , and if so weather you got anywhere

No bearings are made to suit the blade wheel and rsv spindle, thats why the spacers are made.

I so can't wait to ride this baby

Wont all this new Blade business put Mique out to grass?..