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Is It Possible To Fall In Love With An 900ss Ie Model?? (pic Heavy)

Discussion in 'Builds & Projects' started by The Royal Maharaja, Nov 27, 2020.

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    first water test!
     
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    here you can see the overflow boxes (there are three nesting grey boxes) The top two with a vertical spillway pipe, the idea is that any blast media is captured in the boxes before the large bottom one, as the water is pumped back up to the filter and then the spray hoses.

    Front large tap is a drain for emptying to clean/store.. the right hand tap is the drain into the filter boxes.
     
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  4. It was about now the project stopped... I got diverted to rebuild my 999...

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  5. Finally after months of searching landed a pair of 5 spoke Marchesinis from the later ie models at a reasonable price...

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    This was the inspiration to finally get started!

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    #45 The Royal Maharaja, Mar 19, 2023
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  6. Before getting stuck in, I installed four 3600lumens LED spotlights (The big white things!)..if anyone is considering attacking a build... wow.. it makes such a difference, the workshop is lit up like an operating theatre :p
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    You can't really make it out in the pics, but anything that can be rusty...is... anything that can be furry...is! :worried:

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    red chain...hmm tasteful!
     
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  7. great job
    Always amazes me what you guys can cobble together
     
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  8. I consider myself a keen novice at "mechanic-ing", but through youtube videos/forums I got to understand the value of buying these things, makes such a difference..

    Loads of different sizes is a great idea!

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    And if you like peanut butter... (gumtree or the like is the place to find these things!)

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    And Ikea baking pans..!

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    #48 The Royal Maharaja, Mar 19, 2023
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  9. ...cobble???!!!! - carefully planned and executed :grinning: (or there abouts!)
     
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  10. Managed to go like the clappers the first night, and dropped the engine...

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    And then encountered the first issue..

    a seized swingarm bolt (also ground down by the chain!)... Thankfully managed to mig weld a nut onto the stump...

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    The trick here is to put a spot weld onto the stump before adding the nut...! (took three tries!) :thinkingface:

    (The rim hanging in the first pic was from the first ideas of a cafe racer build, I'll come back to it...but it was going to be a much bigger project! - Spoked wheel cafe racer with aluminium bodywork :astonished:)
     
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  11. Finally engine free...and on the stand.. what a state :worried:

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  12. Great work.
    Looking forward to some more updates.
     
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  13. Great Job
    I'm following your thread with much interest. I have started my 900SS ie restoration last september and mainly working on it on weekends. It started as a clean up and ended up a full strip down. This is the stage I'm at

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  14. Vertical head and barrel... slipped off nice and easy...like a négligée...:)

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    #54 The Royal Maharaja, Mar 24, 2023
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  15. but oh you bastard, the horizonal head came off ok...but the barrel...nope!

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    #55 The Royal Maharaja, Mar 24, 2023
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  16. so reading @buzzer posts (his somewhat professional builds!) he never uses a hammer... oh contraire.. sometimes hammers and neanderthal engineering is the way to go...

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  17. eventually...got the studs out with the barrel, not so much the studs seized in the block.. more in the barrel stud passages themselves...

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    The bar required was over a metre long.. :rolleyes:
     
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  18. anyway...don't forget cleanliness is next to godliness...and a tidy workshop is essential :)

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  19. I'm a big fan of finding solutions, so pullers etc are usually bodged together... cough...cough... precision engineered to exacting specifications :D

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  20. ...finally cracked the cases...

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