Although I'm going to make another "MoT" pipe with a baffle, and do all of that myself.
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Meanwhile, things were happening. Only little things, but at least something was being done. Small steps, but all in the right direction. Mostly.
The swinging arm shock mounts on the Martek arm were further apart (across the bike) than the standard Z650 mounts, but then you'd expect that when upgrading to a 180 section tyre I guess. I had originally been happy with the Maxton shocks sitting angled inwards from the new mounts to the standard upper ones, but over the last few years I'd grown less happy with them, so wanted the upper mounts moving outwards to match.
I found that a bloke on the Z1 Owners club forum was making adaptors that extended the shock mounts outwards, and somewhat conveniently they happened to be exactly the right dimensions to suit the shock mounts on the Martek arm. Yippee!
They'll need to be welded onto the frame, but that can happen when I do the frame mods for the chain run (oh, did I not mention the chain run issues...)
I was never happy with the bolts in the lower shock mounts, as they had threads running through the mounts, so I got a couple of bolts with long 'shoulders' that I re-threaded so that the shoulders ran through the shock and mounts and the thread was only up to the inside face of the mount.
The swinging arm shock mounts on the Martek arm were further apart (across the bike) than the standard Z650 mounts, but then you'd expect that when upgrading to a 180 section tyre I guess. I had originally been happy with the Maxton shocks sitting angled inwards from the new mounts to the standard upper ones, but over the last few years I'd grown less happy with them, so wanted the upper mounts moving outwards to match.
I found that a bloke on the Z1 Owners club forum was making adaptors that extended the shock mounts outwards, and somewhat conveniently they happened to be exactly the right dimensions to suit the shock mounts on the Martek arm. Yippee!
They'll need to be welded onto the frame, but that can happen when I do the frame mods for the chain run (oh, did I not mention the chain run issues...)
I was never happy with the bolts in the lower shock mounts, as they had threads running through the mounts, so I got a couple of bolts with long 'shoulders' that I re-threaded so that the shoulders ran through the shock and mounts and the thread was only up to the inside face of the mount.
As I mentioned previously, I had a rose-jointed support to hold the weight of the Rajay hanging from the standard tank mount, but it was too chunmky and got in the way of the Tank Shop alloy tank...
So I took it off and threw it into the 'might come in handy one day' pile.
Measuring up for a more svelte bracket, it was clear that it wouldn't just be a straight piece of steel that'd do the job.
I found a pice of angled steel and, with a bit of chopping, bending and welding, made a bracket that fitted something like.
Hopefully it'll help support the weight of the turbo and give a bit more life to header gaskets etc.
So I took it off and threw it into the 'might come in handy one day' pile.
Measuring up for a more svelte bracket, it was clear that it wouldn't just be a straight piece of steel that'd do the job.
I found a pice of angled steel and, with a bit of chopping, bending and welding, made a bracket that fitted something like.
Hopefully it'll help support the weight of the turbo and give a bit more life to header gaskets etc.
Cheers Piggy! I need all the moral support I can get...
I'd got the offset sprocket from Debben Performance, and chucked it on (with a straight edge held against it for chain clearance reference).
And after routing through my drawers (madam!), I found a part-used 530 chain that originally came with the GSX-R1000 swinging arm that I have for another project, so popped that on too.
You can see that it hits the frame... Bugger.
Here's where I'll need to be pocketing the inside of the frame rails.
And, while I was here, I made up a cardboard mock-up of the oil tank for the turbo (I'll be running a seperate electric oil pump to oil the turbo, given that the air-cooled Kawasakis don't have great oil pressure)
I'd got the offset sprocket from Debben Performance, and chucked it on (with a straight edge held against it for chain clearance reference).
And after routing through my drawers (madam!), I found a part-used 530 chain that originally came with the GSX-R1000 swinging arm that I have for another project, so popped that on too.
You can see that it hits the frame... Bugger.
Here's where I'll need to be pocketing the inside of the frame rails.
And, while I was here, I made up a cardboard mock-up of the oil tank for the turbo (I'll be running a seperate electric oil pump to oil the turbo, given that the air-cooled Kawasakis don't have great oil pressure)
haha - I read that as "so long since you made any updates..." 
With the cardboard mock-up of the oil tank knew that it'd fit okay at the front of the swinging arm, so set to to make the bits to make the tank, albeit with a tweak to the design to make it taper downwards.
Firstly marking out the sheet of alloy.
Bender!
This shape appeared -
With the cardboard mock-up of the oil tank knew that it'd fit okay at the front of the swinging arm, so set to to make the bits to make the tank, albeit with a tweak to the design to make it taper downwards.
Firstly marking out the sheet of alloy.
Bender!
This shape appeared -
Years (and years) ago I'd started making a breather tank from an old aluminium gas bottle that my mate had found at a scrapyard. I'd cut a slice off it and had it welded up, so that it'd fit under the tail unit.
The problem was, I hadn't considered tyre clearance on the underside...
So I did some chopping and cut a section out.
Then made some pieces to fill it in.
The problem was, I hadn't considered tyre clearance on the underside...
So I did some chopping and cut a section out.
Then made some pieces to fill it in.
Another little job that I'd be procrastinating over (what, me? Surely not...) was getting the mounts sorted for the horn.
The horn (bought from a canal boat chandlers) had one mounting point already on the original electrics plate, but needed to lower mount adding. So I cut out a piece of steel sheet to fill in the gap on the plate -
And then a passing pigeon pooped on it to hold it into place...
The object at the bottom of the pic of the bracket I made up to hold the electric oil pump - a piece of stainless tube welded to a plate with a couple of supporting pieces. I was a tad happier with the welds on this bracket than those for the horn piece...
The horn (bought from a canal boat chandlers) had one mounting point already on the original electrics plate, but needed to lower mount adding. So I cut out a piece of steel sheet to fill in the gap on the plate -
And then a passing pigeon pooped on it to hold it into place...
The object at the bottom of the pic of the bracket I made up to hold the electric oil pump - a piece of stainless tube welded to a plate with a couple of supporting pieces. I was a tad happier with the welds on this bracket than those for the horn piece...
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damn fine work
I had a wee idea.
Looks like it will be of no use now though?
Was thinking you could use the arm as an oil tank like the Buell things, save some space.
Welding alloy is the Devils work....I end up with silver pigeon pooh!
I will get the hang of it one day,LOL! Oxy acet just takes time and patience
Amazing build
drew
Looks like it will be of no use now though?
Was thinking you could use the arm as an oil tank like the Buell things, save some space.
Welding alloy is the Devils work....I end up with silver pigeon pooh!
I will get the hang of it one day,LOL! Oxy acet just takes time and patience
Amazing build
drew
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