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Is the Bimota tank fiberglass?

porchev914 wrote: Is the Bimota tank fiberglass?

Not entirely. I'm not sure what it is exactly, it could be a mixture. It's fairly heavy and its definitely not fibreglass on the bottom, on the bottom its like a thick urethane or something but the form on the viable areas seems to perfect/flat for urethane or polymer.

Some mid week updates;

Further flattening out the top fins.











Stripped and sanded the top triple clamp.




New extra large headlight arms came in! They are BEEFY.

gettin a lil closer .

keep us posted,

leon

Mini update with a bigger update tomorrow.

Mr swingarm meet, "laser, blazer and taser" (Dodge ball).

Going to need lasers to center then align the beast..



My new seat pan is done. 2 tone sun resistant snow mobile vinyl.



Also bought my tires;

Metzeler Sportec M5 Interact

120/70/17
190/55/17

Ok.... Swingarm all fabbed up!!! One of the milestones done!

Using the lazer I had it on the center cast line in the wheel to the pivot area. Just to be sure I made a Canadian white trash plumb to double check and it lined up exactly!!

It was offset by 5mm on one side. I used all hand tools in my garage to do it. I took it slow to be bigger then slightly reduce and keep trying. I had to grind off the right peg holder that's welded to the inner pivot area of the frame otherwise it doesn't make any other contact to anything else.

if there is a supercharger heaven white zombie didn't put this in the music video.

donthaveakawman wrote: if there is a supercharger heaven white zombie didn't put this in the music video.

That's because there isn't room for a alcohol injected supercharged kz1000 with a 57mm carb in heaven...

In the end I'm building the bike for me, no one else.

2 major milestones in one weekend!

Steering stem now modified to fit in R1 trips. My buddy welded the bung in thus the discolouration. The machining was perfect to the millimetre.Bushing was made out of steel so it could be welded to the kz stem.

thats how you do it !

good job fellas

did he weld the bushing on the bottom of the stem?

leon

531blackbanshee wrote: thats how you do it !

good job fellas

did he weld the bushing on the bottom of the stem?

leon

Ya he did. Big fat weld all the way around. Its not going any where. Probably would have to machine it out to get it out of the lower trip cause I flared out the bottom as well for super safety.

Awesome build, literally can't wait to see the finished product.

Well I thought I cleaned the wheels but they needed a rigorous cleaning took forever. New tires came in so I mounted them. Tomorrow will be a big day as I will test fit the forks and swingarm with wheels and tires.

Also sanded the burnt clear coat on the lower trip.