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I wanted the belts and pulleys to be on show, but I am not keen on open belts… all it takes is one stone! I have made these before out of the original covers. Start by cutting holes with a hole saw, and then cut the oval out. for this I use a saw in the dremel but a saw is OK. Then I marked the prof...

Waiting for a few engine parts so I switched onto the hydraulics. Not sure which front callipers to use yet, so I built both sets. Everything was in great condition so I didn’t change the seals as they were all good.

Started the engine build… these are simple engines to build, just a couple of points to remember… There is one special bolt in the crankcase that has an oil feed hole in it. Its also much easier to pop the piston into the bore, and then put the pin in, the rings are very fragile (and expensive!) mak...

back from holiday, and the first job was a frame repair on a Triumph... I don't do work for other people these days, but one of my best mates asked me if I could repair this Triumph frame for him. How the hell do people think using rebar and welding like that is acceptable? all done now though and o...

yes, I cant wait to hear what it sounds like! :lol: here is everything to go to be powder coated. The swinging arm will be just blasted though as I will be polishing that. In some ways it was a shame to strip the wheels as they were perfect, but black, and I want silver. The powder coater insists th...

Apart from a polish the exhaust is welded up and finished. I didn’t want to have distortion and burn through when attaching the baffles, so for these I used TIG braze which worked quite well. The slip joints are held together with springs and to hold these I needed to make some spring hoops. These a...

I buy from the importers on Ebay Chris...tayna-batteries is the sellers name. I like AGM as I can mount them in any position :thumbup: When i bought the bike it had a QD system on it… while I liked the concept, it was too big and heavy so I sold it on and decided to make an underslung exhaust of my ...

The closest I have ever got to Waterjet Cutting was from watching American Chopper some years ago. I can only imagine how amazing it must have been to see that happening for real rather than on the TV 8) It looks like you have a Motobatt battery there, are you a fan of them :?: Chris. definitely a ...

I picked up the headlight and fuel filter brackets today... What a fantastic process waterjet cutting is! They were profile cutting a 150mm thick block of alloy while I was there! The jury is out on the brackets at the moment, but I am struggling to think of a better design https://jtccc.files.wordp...

To get the tank low, and get rid of the large pump mounting hole I had to cut the bottom out of the tank. easy enough with one of those 1mm cutting disks which I seem to use a lot of these days! I needed to make the infill patch and contour this to fit the hole. to make this easier I profiled it to ...

I tried for a while to make a seat out of alloy sheet, and failed. the shape is just to complicated! in the end I decided on an alloy and glass fibre approach. I lifted the tank slightly so the finished seat will have some clearance, and then covered it with duct tape, followed by some tin foil to a...

Shame you can't get an MOT if you also put the rear indicators in there ... this is true... there is a min distance between them... Making the exhaust retaining flange out of 15mm alloy plate was quick and easy… As an aside, that tin of marking blue is 50 years old, given to me by my Dad, along wit...

Time to start the fabrication of the back end. I decided to use some rose joints as I like the look they bring to a build. Experience has taught me to tack everything up first before welding fully! its going to be a very stubby back end, I have also used three 10mm LED as a stop and tail light. they...

While I love the look of a nice velocity stack they are not really practical for the road, hence while I make them for the photos I take, I like to use foam filters on the road. this of course means I need some suitable adaptors, which although you can buy them are REALLY expensive. these took a whi...

You'd have to cut a fair bit off the ST tank to bring the rear down to meet the seat base, and likely lose so much capacity you might as well stick with the one you know that works without too much work. The modified ST tank would look a bit more aggressive, though, with the large shoulders at the ...