Moto Guzzi becomes the bridesmaid...........Baby Yamaha first up :-)

lchris21 · Jan 25, 2021

Well that was harder than it looked on YouTube :whistle:

2nd attempt and had to fire up the tig to keep the corners from misbehaving.

lchris21 · Jan 26, 2021

Apologies.......I don't know whys there's so many pics in the post above............think my phone is not happy with the forum revamp

[MOD: Sorted your pictures :thumbup:

- think you got caught up in the server moves]

lchris21 · Jan 28, 2021

Making one was hard...................making an identical one was even harder!!.........Hats off to those metalworkers who make all them fancy compound curvy things !!
Everyday's a school day, quite satisfying turning a flat sheet of aluminium into something 3 dimensional with some hammers and some wood!
Had to get creative with some brackets to hide the fixings. That's where all the time goes in these builds, hours and hours of head scratching, measuring, cutting welding, grinding off re-welding then more grinding then getting it to look decent !! :whistle:

lchris21 · Feb 7, 2021

Just a quick update. The panels needed a bit of tidying around the edges and fettling to fit in nicely with the modified subframe.

Also got the rear end tail piece cut out and tacked in.

lchris21 · Feb 7, 2021

got the battery box designed and tacked together. Going to be using the M-unit I was saving for the Guzzi, but might look at a NUUT unit for that build. Seems a shame not to use it on the little 250. A bit overkill for a basic layout, but they make everything so easy to to install as Ive used them before and makes life so simple

lchris21 · Feb 7, 2021

posted this in the "stuff you've made" thread elsewhere on the forum.....

Ive been using my B&D belt file for a few years and its great but is limited when it comes to radius or round objects. So I spotted a job lot of dynabrade fingers on the bay for 99p

Set about modifying a cheapo belt file tool to tackle the de-tabbing jobs and exhaust seam welds when the time comes...works a treat !

lchris21 · Feb 7, 2021

Back to the battery box.................had to dig out my teeny weeny Eclipse toolmakers clamp for the tabs on the battery strap and weld those in place.

Currently working on the rear brake pedal. it was looking a little tired, so after I clean out all the crud and got to the bottom of it, along with the worn out pivot shaft, I also discovered the bottom engine mount had taken early retirement many years ago :whistle:

................some reverse engineering required!

Bit more excess frame bits for the scrap bin also.....

selectedgrub · Feb 7, 2021

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

Exuptoy · Mar 5, 2021

Lovely work again mate. :clapping:

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

Righto...............last day of the year. No updates since February :whistle:

.....Ive been busy, honest..................life work etc. just gets in the way as we all know. I'll try and get up to date before February 2022................but Ive got 100's of pics to get through!

I did some work on the bike up until March/April................pics to follow, then recommenced full on build action a bit later this year back in October. Anyway where was I...................working on the brake pedal If I recall?

So I made a new spindle/bushes etc.

Mounted the rectifier under the motor.

Mounted a micro switch for the rear brake light in place of the OEM switch

Made some linkage plates and rebushed the pedal pivot.

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

made a new linkage rod and adjuster for the rear drum brake assembly

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

decided to mount the speedo pickup in the rear drum, to save having extra cables running down the front wheel.

Had to machine the hub to take some neodymium magnets, bush welded onto the brake plate and some machining and measuring.

Bought some YSS alloy shocks for the old girl just to get the back end raised up a tad for the larger rear wheel.

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

Onto the exhaust...........first up, cut off the mounting bracket off the silencer, and polish it back.

Then make a new bracket, and weld that on with my best instagram weld LOL.

Made a new mounting bracket and welded some lugs onto the frame to hold it in place.

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

jumping around a bit here.....................back to the battery box whilst I waited for the exhaust plumbing to arrive. Got that welded up..

While there I took care of some of the "low spots" in the frame tubes. Welded up and ground back so they wont be too obvious when painted.

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

Still waiting on the plumbing for the exhaust, I made myself busy repairing the damaged threads in the head and made a new flange.

The plumbing turned up mid machining.

Finished it off with some go faster holes.

lchris21 · Dec 31, 2021

Just a "simple" task of joining one end to the other........which was harder then it looks. For a simple single cylinder system, trying to get it under the pedal was a headache!. Ive done simpler 4 into 1 systems !