Bitza-Blade

Today ive swapped out the triumph sprocket carrier for a VFR ....and the rear sprockets the same...TOUCH
Swapped out the Hub aswell and ive lost the up downy wheel movement from the bearings
Ive sussed out 50% of the problem
The VFR axel has a 4mm lip on it to centralize the wheel onto the 4 stud. The spacers im using are flush so im purely relying on the seated wheel nuts for this ???
I put a straight edge off of the arm with 1mm gap from the tyre, spin the tyre and the wheel is rolling like an egg !!! So the wheel isnt centralised. The spacer needs a lip to correct this !!
Ive ground out about 1mm from the inside of the arm were the seam is and hey presto....no tight spot

This is not a cure, jus working around a problem
Im still gonna get the wheel trued up on Tuesday and have a chat with a local engineer to see about a proper spacer

I might have to do the speedo in the tank thing on my project mate, BUT! I did say to WB about doing it before seeing you're post, truth

Got the tank back yesterday morning.....i was well chuufed
gave it a few hours rubbing down and a quick blow over with some primer

Im gonna drop the motor out over the bank holiday for a lick of satin black paint and the start the dutty job of polishing the frame ....I can see me going to work with eyeliner and black boggys for a few days

The bodywork can go off on Tuesday for some satin black base and a wee bit of airbrushing

The yokes are off on tuesday as well , matey needs them as a template for him to do something a tadge more chunky

I see a cover shoot for Street Fighter mag coming soon!

Yeh i agree, that looks fookin awesome, can't wait to see it finished

It's looking amazing mate!

Can't wait to see the finished product!!

Exile wrote:The yokes are off on tuesday as well , matey needs them as a template for him to do something a tadge more chunky

Lovely build just perfect!!!

The motor came out yesterday
Im gonna give it a good scrub down, degrease and a lick of black satin smoothrite this week
While the motors out i can cut off a few unnecessary lugs n brackets of the frame and engine
Im gonna polish the frame this week and gloss black the inside of the frame as it can be seen thru the tank cut outs. I think a good mix of satin black, gloss black and some polishing will be a good contrast in the engine bay

Picked up some stuff from the powdercoaters today

And finally i got me rad from SERKS

Exile wrote:

Rad's great, and the frame came out very nice..............more pics tonight then?

Looks great Jim!

I really like the half coated half polished finish on the frame, very different, very nice..

Exile wrote:I HAD A DREAM

Hey Dude, nice work.......now where have I seen this before?

Thats right

Great minds think alike
Finally got the thing back up on her wheels

Just a few more things left on the shopping list
Coolant hoses
Radial mastercylinder and clutch purch
Braided lines

The fotos dont do the paint justice
Its a pearl grey that really pops in the sun

The radiators plaquing me abit
Its the same size as the early Blade flat rad but for some reason it looks huge....i think its coz its bare alloy
Im abit reluctant to paint it black tho as it will look just like standard to the un-trained eye

Looks a beauty!

Looks great mate.

think its cos its very square edged where the standard one is rounded slightly. the colour does make it a focus point.

out of interest...how much was it? PM me if you want.
just looking for somewhere decent to build a bespoke rad and piggyback intercooler for the sponny

cheers

Hey RB
Google SERKS MOTORSPORT
They done mine for £285

cheers bud..

f**k me....off to raid a bank!