Project started
October 2023,
The plan is to use only the bits shown in dark grey in my
drawing above, all the rest will be newly fabricated. Before
cutting the frame we want to fix all the important bits that
we will keep on a jig. We want to build the jig in such a way
that engine and transmission can still be mounted, which makes
it a bit more tricky....
|
We took a heavy steel plate that is bolted to the welding
table and scribed the exact centerline on it, The holes in the
welding table are positioned very accurately. Then we made a
pin that slides into the bottom of the seatpost and is on the
scribed centerline. Starting with bits of wood we set the frame
up to be exactly level with the table in all directions, then
fixed the front motormounts to steel pillars.
|
Next job will be fixing rear motormounts, transmission mounts
and swingarm mounts to the steel plate, and then cutting off everything
else and starting over to build the frame we want, which will
look something like the drawing at the top of this page. |
|