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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 02 Feb 2013 21:33 #570452

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I like it!
We need to find you an english wheel with really small rollers for those tight contours B)
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 03 Feb 2013 19:35 #570604

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Having never done this...I've seen a fender made like you did it but how did you get from the rough texture to the smooth finish. Sanding couldn't have smoothed it out that much. Was that the english wheel wireman is talking about. Never seen one, is it just a steel roller used under pressure to flatten out the rough texture that gets to the final finish you have?
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 03 Feb 2013 20:24 #570615

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Yes! the english wheel uses a pair of rollers to help smooth and curve the metal after the main planishing is done.
I didn't use one
The alloy is 3mm thick and ALL hand planished and hand smoothed.
It took 14 hours over two days to get the shape and another three or four hours to get it smoothed.
I got the rough texture down to around 1/3rd of a millimeter surface variance between the peaks and troughs before sanding.
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 03 Feb 2013 21:15 #570619

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wireman wrote: I vote for the first one,but it comes down to what you want B)


I second that vote. Cleaner look IMO
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 04 Feb 2013 11:47 #570712

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awesome job on the hand "made in england" front fender sir :evil: !

tipa the hat to ya sir


my vote for front fender mounting goes to the style for the ducati sport classic front fender mounting.






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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 06 Feb 2013 16:56 #571097

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Mudguard mounted.
Not a lot of scope with the forks only having mounts on the front of the legs so some alloy 'Y' brackets are the best solution.
I plan to paint them black so they blend in and the polished guard will float above the tyre.



A quick mock up with the bodywork back on and a look out in the daylight to check the lines are right


Decided the bare ally looks good so the planned KR paint job is out and lots of polishing is in.
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 06 Feb 2013 17:40 #571105

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That thing is RIGHT! Love it.

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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 06 Feb 2013 19:06 #571117

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mounts look nice.

bike looks real nice.

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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 07 Feb 2013 20:25 #571349

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:evil: Looks awesome Zed, nice solution with the fender mount.
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 07 Mar 2013 17:33 #575825

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In a rare fit of extravagance i bought a PMFR clutch release mount (it was cheap) as the offset sprocket and chain fouled the original sprocket cover and i didn't want to cut it about as it's a 72 jobbie without the 1n2345 cast in to it.




Trouble was the zx10r clutch cable wasn't long enough to go the normal route under the alt cover but would easily reach under the carbs to here.


A chance to redeem myself for my frivolous spending saw this collection of alloy offcuts and bits from the scrap bin heading for a new life.
Along with the ally, an old exhaust valve , a guide, 10mm stainless bolt, ball bearing and a bit of brass bar were attacked with the lathe for a couple of days


To produce these
The short lump of ally combined with the old valve guide forms the main body.
The bar stock and brass offcut create the arm with pivot bush.
The turned down valve serves as a hardened pusher and the modified bolt with ball bearing pressed in the end provides the adjuster.


A bit of offset turning creates the arm mounting and the 7mm valve guide bore just happens to match the size of the clutch push rod.


Modded valve slides in here


And adjustment screw here




Then the arm slots on to the mount.
Ball bearing runs on the hardened valve pad for a smooth action.
The valve stem was trimmed down to meet the clutch pushrod midway in the guide with a ball bearing between them



And viola. One fulcrum arm clutch actuator ;)


Just got to finish off with the outer cable mount and job done. :)
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 07 Mar 2013 18:07 #575830

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Zed, that clutch actuator is amazing. Taking scrap and making a fully functional unit- genius.
78 kz 650 custom
Wiseco 720cc big bore
Dynajet stage 3 carb kit with pods
2002 Kawasaki Z750 exhaust
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New project.1428 turbo or supercharged, Who knows? 07 Mar 2013 18:12 #575833

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new life for old broken parts :laugh: , recycling, I love it.....
2005 Kawasaki mean streak
2000 325 H.P. mcXpress turbo Hayabusa
1979 kz 1000 mk II ATP turbo
1975 Z1 960 cc Mr. Turbo
1975 Z1 1428 big block ATP turbo
1976 Kz900 1103 cc ATP turbo
1985 GS 1150E
1983 GS 1100E
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