Popular Post Kimjon Posted March 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2023 Big day...big fucking day... Some outside shots: 24 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty360 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Whens 1st ride day? Looks farking awesome man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Nice work, looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 On 05/03/2023 at 10:27, rusty360 said: Whens 1st ride day? Looks farking awesome man! Need brake fluid, then could ride. But ideally I'd like to mount the rear fender before riding...but we'll see what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 Setting up rear fender. Im redoing all my original ones, as they were set up on a 16" rear rim, but im now running a custom 17" rear rim (harley softail hub, laced into a modern 17" rim) to add extra ground clearance. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted March 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2023 Fuck the fender...I can ride it without one. First test ride went smoothly. Nothing weird happened, and the ride quality was better than expected, especially taking into account that I've got 36psi in both tyres to set my fender gaps off. 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted March 8, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2023 More rides, more hero shots...no dramas...taking it easy - but its got enough ponies to be fun to ride. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted March 11, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2023 Pretty stoked with this belt roller, solves a problem and doesn't look out of place. Ive designed it to only be in contact when the slack side whips around, normally if you chop the throttle harshly. The rest of the time it won't touch the roller. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 Made fender struts today. I'll either powder coat or get them chromed eventually. My mind had been going in circles with turn signals, as whatever I try...its ugly. Unfortunately the rules for these require them to go in the worst place visually to be compliant. I'll run these for now, come back to it another day (or not?) If I still hate them in the future. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Rear mini Bates stoplight fitted. Matches the iconic Bates headlight, so as far as stoplights go its not the worst I've ever seen. Once again, I read the rules around placement and it needs to be seen from certain angles and also has to comply with certain standards (E marked, or SAE, DOT etc). My indicators, headlight, and taillight are all compliant with the standards, so hopefully thats one less hassle to deal with. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Number plate bracket, and axle block multi function part. Without reliving it too much, a stupid amount of work went into this, probably 12 hours or more. The block, not very visible on the side has a lot of engineering time put into it. The bits you can see only took an hour or so. Its a really complicated solution to a straightforward problem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 View of plate holder/axle slide mounted on the bike. I'll paint the braket black, so it doesn't stand out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Hiding the wiring inside these aluminum channels I roll formed for the job. Once again, ridiculous amount of time and effort, but I think its worthwhile as it'll look pretty clean because of it. The holes are all multipurpose, they hold things above, like struts, stop light etc...and the opposite side holds my aluminum channels for the wiring to hide in. Looks super clean. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 End result, no ugly wiring cable tied to struts or the frame, all hidden under the fender. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 11 hours ago, Kimjon said: Hiding the wiring inside these aluminum channels I roll formed for the job. Once again, ridiculous amount of time and effort, but I think its worthwhile as it'll look pretty clean because of it. I really like how jailing farmbikes have these to protect the tail light and indicator wiring from roostered Farm detritus. Something that was an improvement over the Honda design 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 Fender struts back from chrome, so I was able to push on with mounting the rear fender and sorting out the wiring. Its mocked up here, but I'll add connectors to the rear fender loom so its removable. Pretty much the last stuff I needed to sort out. Time for cert, wof, reg...ride!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 Hard to see, but that wet looking witness ring on the flat surface is an impression left behind by a rubber seal. The hole (not centred) is where brake fluid transfers from one side of the rear caliper to the other side. Its a complete fuck up. Drilled incorrectly at the factory. Cunt must have been itching to get to his meth dealer on a Friday afternoon? Anyway, I tried to machine out the defect and press in a new part drilled to offset the hole. It will probably work - but I then thought about how long I've been making this bike and the money I've put into it and decided another $500 is a drop in the bucket, so I ordered a new rear caliper from America. This time I'm going with a different brand and style (once bitten...twice shy). Fingers crossed it fits, but worse case I'll make it fit by machining new brackets etc. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Looks fine? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kimjon Posted May 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2023 Put a fork in it, I'm calling it done!! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 https://youtube.com/shorts/5jonD5hOcak?feature=share3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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