Z800 Cafe Chopper Fighter thing...

[Royalratch]

Aah - you mean on the gear shaft end of the rod that will then accept a clamp!

Gotcha.

[zed1015]

As mentiond in my previous reply.
Unscew the short threaded bar from your link rod and screw on the R1 or R6 splined arm/clamp.
It has an integral rose joint with male thread attached so should be a simple five minute job.

[Royalratch]

The short threaded end does not unscrew - it's the rod itself that is threaded so I can't do what you're saying?

Hence I need a female threaded rose joint to screw onto my threaded rod end - and to that a clamp can bolt into.

Or am I wrong?

[zed1015]

Yes! you are correct if the threaded portion is part of the link rod.
Is the link rod steel then ? as it looks like aluminium in the pic.
If it's ally i wouldn't trust the 6mm threaded portion to be strong enough.
On closer inspection of your pic though it appears to be a shouldered steel insert pressed or screwed in to the rod ?
Should be removable with little trouble if need be.

[Royalratch]

I can get a rose-joint quite easily right.

Cheers again!

[zed1015]

Plenty on ebay, left or right hand thread.

I've bought quite a few from this seller.

Right hand
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6mm-FEMALE-ro ... 3f122a4462

Left hand
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6mm-FEMALE-ro ... 4160a23e16

P.S. Just been in the workshop and noticed that the alloy clamp from an 05 ZX10R has a rose joint attached with female threads as you require,
It has to be from an 05 model though as it appeares they switched to a male thread after that.

[Royalratch]

Found this on the Triumph Flickr feed...

[Pigford]

Well lush - for a "modern" bike

[Royalratch]

It's everything I like. retro with modern tech.

Radical forks, CNC bits but the the essence is old school.

Spokes!

[Royalratch]

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.

[j.wilson]

Great!

Hey- thats turning out like some of your sketches???

[steve.w]

looking good mate .. u going for 1 up 4 down on the gears

[Royalratch]

@Jwilson - yeah - looking like it. Had to take some steps to make that happen that made the job easier but shape and silhouette is super important.

As for gears - I guess whatever the gearbox attached in a GPZ750 is...?

[j.wilson]

I think the point "very observant Steve" is making is that you connected the gearbox actuator the wrong way up, the actuator rod should meet it below the shift shaft centre-line.

[Pigford]

The angle of the gear shift lever on the splined shaft is a bit acute - best to be as near to 90 degs as possible