Friday, February 17, 2023
Low friction fork seals (upgrade). Solving alignment issues. Stiction, Compression damping, Gold Valves.
My forks had way too much stiction so i researched the issue. I found low friction seals made by SKF that have the right ID and OD dimensions. The width was different, (9mm?) so I made spacers to suit from aluminum.
24mar23 Fork oil was swapped to 15w, full synthetic by Putoline.
Monday, October 31, 2022
King Sportster tank
Always wanted a Sporty tank on a big twin, so that's what it got.
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Fire extinguisher project
17Sept2022 Old brass fire extinguisher repurposed with modern extinguisher hidden inside. This will mount on the frame with some sort of quick detachable flip lid.
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Tanks. Hole in LH side
Previous owner had bolted tank hard down on domed rockerbox nut. It had been repaired with resin but that was failing.
Center of pic where the impression of nut forced into tank...Saturday, May 28, 2022
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Front end progress, check-fitting the parts.
5Oct2021 Very pleasing to finally see some progress. There were numerous problems overcome, all detailed in side pages. Still much to do and lockdown is slowing everything down. Bolts and washers were sorted for size and readied for final assembly.
Forks appear to be longer and with extra rake by way of offset yokes/trees.
The upper dust shield needs more work. It's too small and won't stop water ingress. Plan is to make one...
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