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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 13:27 #517784

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Bit of progress made but the right kind as I now have a full on rolling bike with all the trimmings.

Disk spacers have been done so can bolt on the discs.




Headlight brackets done, intreated into the clips on - will be anodised black so they are even more incognito.
The steering lock is also on, basically it;s two screws mounted onto the bottom yoke and depending on how long
they are you can tweak the steering lock.





Gear lever linkage sorted.




And the I had the rear calliper hanger machined from scratch. I'm not sure about this as I specified a design that was
simpler and less bulky and this looks kind of okay but way chunky. Maybe it will look better in black.





Now I basically plumb it up, throw motor in and wire it up and it's ready to go. I won't do a full build and fire up,
I'll do a full dry build and no wiring to check it's all good and everything I need is done - then disassemble and
get everything off for coating / painting.

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 14:13 #517791

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nice work as usual, but to say that the caliper hanger is "chunky" is quite an understatement.... ;)

how did it "happen"?

in my days in aeronautical R&D one tech sent a drawing for a 1 mm thin special washer.... it came back from the machine shop as a real 1 INCH thick washer, we kept it for laughs

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 14:45 #517799

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Love the bike, will be fantastic all done.
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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 14:46 #517800

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turboguzzi wrote: nice work as usual, but to say that the caliper hanger is "chunky" is quite an understatement.... ;)

how did it "happen"?


I submitted a design to the machinist and said I wanted it simpler and less chunky than the previous 'test' item that was made of hacked and welded up KTM hanger.

They came back with this - which is big because they wanted to err on the side of strength.

But I need to see it in the flesh.

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 16:13 #517814

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One thing to be aware of, if you ever take it to track days (or very spirited rides), the rear brake won't dissipate heat as fast as it should because of the hanger.
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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 16:37 #517817

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lookin good man! :evil:

keep us posted,

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 24 Apr 2012 17:30 #517824

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everything looks AWESOME. B)

if the rear cal was on the bottom and use a torque arm, it could be a lot smaller.

the only time i use the rear brake at the track is when i go off the track. :woohoo:
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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 25 Apr 2012 08:50 #517965

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mark1122 wrote: everything looks AWESOME. B)

if the rear cal was on the bottom and uses a torque arm, it could be a lot smaller.

the only time i use the rear brake at the track is when i go off the track. :woohoo:


+1.... who uses the rear brake in track days indeed?

:)

but royal, what do you mean by "But I need to see it in the flesh"?

we all thought YOU were the master wrencher... ;)

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 25 Apr 2012 11:18 #517998

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I'm not machining the stuff tho, beyond my vaunted abilities I'm afraid - so the shop has my chassis to ensure the parts fit and work.

I'll collect to for the final 'master wrenching'

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 22 May 2012 22:47 #524155

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Dude, yeah, it's "chunky", but it's way cool lookin'! You ever seen another ... anywhere??? Keep it!
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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 23 May 2012 03:52 #524205

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This is just a sick project! Keep on the good work!

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Z650 Café Fighter Chopper thing 23 May 2012 06:19 #524211

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everything looks quite healthy to me... :)

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