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top notch,good job.

leon

mark1122 wrote: Yes thats right. Leons is offset. so is mine.

yes mine is offset .375 to the right with a .375 offset countershaft sprocket(520 o-ring) running a 6 inch wide (2000 r1)rear wheel with a 190mm wide rear tire.
runs straight as a string down the road and turns the same either way.
no frame mods.

leon

Finally got the swingarm in proper .
Large diameter pivot tube interfered with the rear of the crankcases so had to come up with a better solution than my original effort with the files for the dry build.



so cut out a neat section and pressed in an alloy sleeve to seal it back up








Much better looking and also fitted a grease nipple while i was at it


Next up was the frame pivot bolt which now looked manky compared to the fresh powder coat so machined the head and threads off and tapped up the center to take the couple of stainless bolts and washers i turned up.
Made the threads on the bolt for the head end of the pivot a "squeaky fit" and used a touch of thread lock as lube.
Can't see that ever coming out.



Now on to the shock and linkage.
Refurbed the rocker arm and shock and made up some adjustable tie bars to get the bike sitting just right once completed




Now the swingarm bolt won't let the side down


Also got the brass fittings to finish off the oil cooler take offs.



They are slightly larger internal diameter than the "proper" AN8 fittings so will be easily up to the job





All fitted after a quick coat of paint

Nice job.
just curious,why not fit AN8's rather than hose barb fittings?

Any fool can build a catalog special and pay £££ for all the best names and when it breaks go and pay more £££.
I ain't no fool

Very nice work, I'm for sure following this one!

zed1015 wrote: Any fool can build a catalog special and pay £££ for all the best names and when it breaks go and pay more £££.
I ain't no fool

they do look good though.

No need for all that blingy braided hose,i'll be turning up some alloy hose end finishers and using Goodyear oil/fuel hose like i did on the Drouin for the no frills look.
Believe it or not i am trying to keep this build simple and basic
Despite the modern running gear i want the oldskool racer look that doesn't need trinkets to overshadow the mechanical beauty that genuine race machines have.

zed1015 wrote: Believe it or not i am trying to keep this build simple and basic
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OH YEA, very basic.
Basicaly awesome

zed1015 wrote:

I'm probably not seeing this, but what happens if you push the bike backwards and the pads scrape the rotor - wouldn't the caliper be swung around?

mtbspeedfreak wrote:

zed1015 wrote:

I'm probably not seeing this, but what happens if you push the bike backwards and the pads scrape the rotor - wouldn't the caliper be swung around?

No! There's a bobbin that sits against the under side of the arm also (see the second to last pic in the caliper mount mod section on the previous page)
The caliper mount is locked in place and can't move in either direction.
I have since moved the permanently fixed bobbin to the loaded side(top)and moved the eccentric adjuster to the bottom position as it need less rotation to take up any slack and i feel is a stronger set-up.