My XBR project

[mthee]

If the rate of progress on this thread is anything to go by, not sure I'd  want to be following  along as he roars off, down the lanes!

[iansoady]

My post seems to have disappeared! Never mind, here is a picture of a few hours' swarf production AKA making a petrol cap adaptor:

[mthee]

Pillow stuffing for masochists?

[JOOLZ]

The Monza filler looks good

[iansoady]

Yes, it's a nicely finished item from my local Classic Bike Shop in Redditch.

Here is the completed adaptor:






And the very cheap petrol tap from ebay after sitting in E10 (labelled) petrol for a week. No appreciable damage which is promising. Again a nicely finished item and for well under a tenner including postage.

[tommy]

nice neat job that  ..tommy

[iansoady]

Thanks Tommy.

Now I've checked the tank for leaks and swilled some petroil through it I gave it a good rinsing out with warm water. I also thought it worth checking all the petrol and vapour had gone so I put it safely outside, lit my small blowtorch and waved it over the filler. I was slightly amazed by the gout of flame that emerged - fortunately I was standing well back.

It was still burning 10 minutes later.........

[mthee]

By stark contrast to your exciting exploits, I was assembling flat pack. Jealous doesn't  even begin to cover it. Great that you got a pic to share!

[iansoady]

I aim to please....

Still waiting for my side panels which have been delayed by strikes I think - although good luck to the postal workers, not to mention nurses, rail workers etc.

I've been pondering how to fix the front ends of these when they arrive and have been considering using neodymium magnets rather than the bayonet type fixings. These would have the advantage of not needing very precise positioning as this would be taken care of by the other 2 corners using the existing locations. But we'll see.

A bit cold this morning!

[Itsme]

Looking at your picture there must be a joke in there somewhere about the cost of petrol and money to burn etc, but I can't think of one.

You certainly seem to be powering through the build which is great, keep it up. It will be a great day when you get to fire up the results of you labour and glide merrily down the street.

I'm dealing with a rear wheel puncture in the Mighty Midget, but counting my blessings as it didn't go flat until I was safely home and I have the use of my friend Jill's Lexmoto 125 so have suffered no inconvenience. Happy days.

Ian

[Moto63]

It will be a great day when you get to fire up the results of you labour and glide merrily down the street.


Ian

GLIDE.......Nooo. ROAR off down the street 😁👍

Cheers, Michaelican 😉

[iansoady]

Especially with the Goldie silencer....

Too cold to do much but have started looking at the seat / tank interface.There's an ugly gap where the seat would have met the back of the XBR tank:



I've been playing about with bits of card to make a template to cut some alloy sheet to tidy it up. Not quite right yet but getting there. It needs to be a bit further forward. I've been experimenting with the special epoxy I picked up from Alchemie and it's brilliant stuff, glued the filler cap adaptor in very well, so I think it may work for the seat extensions as well. Although I may add a couple of pop rivets just in case.



That white squarish thing just below the tank is the start of my side panel front attachment - there's a handy deflector just aft of the reg/rect which provided the fixing points to the frame. Again, no mods to existing stuff. I'm told the side panels will arrive today.....

[iansoady]

... and so they have. As it happens, the fittings that are broken on the panels are the front ones which I'll be modifying anyway. The panels are a bit rough but aren't cracked or broken so shouldd be a good basis for moving forward.

[Moto63]

All looking good Ian. Enjoying keeping up with this thread and the progress you’re making 👍
Cheers, Michael

[JOOLZ]

A bit of aluminuim will fill the seat gap ok but when you put the foam in that also covers up a multitude of sins as the foam sits a bit forward from the front of the seat base