yes, I am pleased how it came out! we all know that a light and fast throttle adds at least 20 BHP to a bike! As I am using a fast action throttle I needed to make some new cables… One tip I picked up is when you make the cables, cut the outer to expose the nylon inner so that it extends up through the bends so the whole thing is nylon lined
well its finally finished... After finishing a build I always drag everything out of the garage to have a good clean up... so here they are lined up on the drive! My wife came out and said I needed therapy... I said this IS my therapy... I probably wont do another build this winter.. that gives me plenty of time to sort a project for next one!
A build like this takes a while to finish… I sat and looked at it the other day and noticed the tank mounting rubbers which I had made out of some thick wall rubber tube… I couldn’t live with that! After a bit of research I found you could buy Polyurethane casting rubber… it can be purchased in any colour, and with varying hardnesses… I chose some with a shore hardness close to natural rubber. I made a simple mould out of some scrap alloy and gave it a spray with some silicone lube and tipped the resin in. It cures VERY fast, like 10 mins and it’s going off! its semi cured in a couple of hours and fully cured in 7… I was very pleased with the results! I can see lots of possibilities for this in the future…
if anyone is interested I have put the build video on my youtube channel... you can find me by searching @jtccc
yes, he contacted me a while ago and asked for an article on #10 Ducati... then the Buell! I was so impressed with the speed/tacho I fitted to the Buell, I decided to fit one to this bike! A bit easier than the Buell housing as there were no complicated angles, bit it still took a while to machine. I managed to incorporate some grommets so its nicely rubber mounted as well. I don’t know what the alloy was (The scrap yard said it was from one of the aerospace companies locally) but it machined so nicely, The downside was the chips were small and very sharp… I had an official warning as somehow she kept finding the chips in the house…. and one ended up in her heel…. The instructions are in english, but a lot was lost in translation, so it took a while to figure out the wiring, and the programming for the speedo calibration and Tacho pulses, but I got there in the end. Its also nice to have a trip meter. As always I did a bit of etching to personalise it. At the same time I took the opportunity to change the bars… I wanted to drop the front end as I had done this on a previous build and it sharpens the handling. The Multistrada forks are a lot longer than many other models… I found some raised clamps on Aliexpress that fitted nicely to the top of the stanchions now raised above the top yoke.
Was the official warning verbal or in writing? As this tells you how much margin you still have to play with...
verbal... but they are the worst... She was a Headteacher before she retired... Some of the toughest kids shook when she went off on one well I had a little ride on the Buell.... it goes VERY VERY well! I cant believe how they have got that old Sportster engine to produce so much power and torque! It spins up amazingly fast... It's nothing like the 2006 Sportster 1200 I used to own, that had about 50 BHP Its certainty MUCH more powerful than the Guzzi and I dare say a fair bit more than the Ducati as well! It was only a brief ride but the handling feels very sharp as well, but I didn't push at all as the tyres are new... Does it vibrate? well... yes, but not as bad as I imagined. I will report back once I have ridden it in anger
I remember a lad at Brands Hatch a fair few years ago going round embarrassing a lot of guys on sports bikes.
