Project Varatrackerstorm or Firetrackerdero.

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Here's yesterday's progress.

Firstly I set up the front cylinder exhaust pipe & worked out where the securing spring hoops were to be welded. This is a job that was sorted, but I removed a lot of pipe to remove the old trombone section & this included the spring hoops.

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Then I copied the small plastic front exhaust leg guard & made it with the last bits of aluminium sheet. Bit of a faff, but needed to be done.

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Next I tackled the seat, this is a biggie for me & it's complicated. It needs to be covered & I'd like it to be done in leather. The problem is where the seat base meets the tank & making it nice around that area. The plan is to make an aluminium seat pan that'll follow the contours of the seat base & rear of the tank. Then bond the seat foam to it so the two foam bits become one.

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I haven't thought out the fastening of the cover yet because I'm not too sure if I'll go old skool poppers similar to the old XR's.

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Good progress it’s taking shape nicely.


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Duffy1964 wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2020 6:38 pm Good progress it’s taking shape nicely. Image


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Cheers Duffy, still chipping away :thumbup:

I've started on the seat pan today, not too sure what I'd come up with. Here's the pictures.

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I was going to use these two pieces welded together as the pan, it's only 1mm thick ally but it's so stiff it resembles stainless. A bit flimsy though so I changed my mind & popped to the local steel suppliers & got some 3mm thick ally & a piece of 1.5mm stainless for other bits.

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After a lot of bending, twisting & hammering it fits.

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Wow you have been a busy man again, you're getting there :clap:

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After seeing where the exhaust pipe runs to the muffler, I'm never going to complain again about the engine heat coming off my ST1300...

Great project and pics!
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i could watch you make sh1t all day long :clap: :clap:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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Cheers Guys :thumbup:

Here's a picture of South Stack this morning during high tide. Storm Ciara...

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Big storm my butt..



This is a Big storm, again high tide this is Storm Brian from 2017.

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Propper Big storm
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I've been doing another job no one will really see but needed doing, a bracket for the pulser for the Chinese speedo. I could of got away with a basic jobbie but that would of been too easy..

Here are the pictures.

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I know it looks a little dodgy squeezed in there but there's no fouling of any sort & with the whole thing welded up there's no flex what so ever. I've had to angle the sensor so it will come closer to the magnets which will be glued into the disc bobbins.

The magnets are on order, they are 12mm dia & 10mm long, they should be here friday'ish. Then I'll see if it'll work.
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How will you free off disc bobbins if they become tight?
Remove magnet and re-glue later seems the best option.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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i was at south stack yesterday! bit wild...
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tony.mon wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 7:54 am How will you free off disc bobbins if they become tight?
Remove magnet and re-glue later seems the best option.
That's the idea Tony, the bobbins will be checked before any magnets go near them. Not sure weather to super glue them or locktight them in though.

Another issue is that there's seven bobbins..

So, would I be correct in thinking that I have two choices on the amount of magnets required. One or Seven :think:
haynesjones66 wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 2:51 pm i was at south stack yesterday! bit wild...
Yeah, it's not been nice for well over a week, are you a visitor or a islander?

Right then, I've been at it again today, the arrival of the three Chinese fuel unions allowed me to connect up the fuel system.

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Ignore the loose wiring, I'm thinking of fitting a switch for the pump so it's not constantly pumping when the ignition is turned on.

Now the fuel plumbing's in next job is looking for a home for the ignition switch.
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Hall effect speedo drives just need one magnet. They count wheel revolutions, the speedo should have a calibration setting to account for different rim and tyre sizes.
If you mount the magnet onto the head of a bolt you can mount it through a bobbin, with a nut behind the bobbin, then easily remove it for bobbin cleaning.
You would need it fitted when balancing the wheel, though.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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tony.mon wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 12:11 pm Hall effect speedo drives just need one magnet. They count wheel revolutions, the speedo should have a calibration setting to account for different rim and tyre sizes.
If you mount the magnet onto the head of a bolt you can mount it through a bobbin, with a nut behind the bobbin, then easily remove it for bobbin cleaning.
You would need it fitted when balancing the wheel, though.
Thanks for that Tony, tbh I've still not ordered them as I'm going to dig out the cast iron discs & measure the bobbins on those :thumbup:
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Right then, I've done quite a lot of work on this thing lately.

Many hours & jobs have been sorted, here's a few.

Brackets for mounting crash bungs to the frame to protect the exhaust & carb in case of a low speed tumble. Then fabricating another bracket off that bracket for the ignition switch with yet another bracket fastened to that supporting the expansion bottle..

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Then I had a look at modifying the swing arm.

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Then today I've been playing around with a spare linkage to see what would work with the cbr shock & standard swing arm (not the modified one above that was an experiment).

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Please bear in mind the linkage is not for road use, it's also an experimental template.

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I like the stance on that, taking shape nicely


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