Bajaj, not yet found a use for it.
It’s very close to being ridden really, be a while before the hydraulic parts of the brakes are working but for a test spin around the garden the cable front and handbraked rear should be fine, just gotta find a few more bolts and a seat and touch up a few of the welds.
But what will i use it for?
Sad News :(
Starting a full time CAD course next monday, 32 weeks of study means no work done. all projects moth balled. Might do something interesting in CAD and post that, clean finger nails for the next 8 months or as long as i can stay away from the shed.
Another surprise in the garage, streetfightered gsxr1100
Too cheap for proper bars? can’t imagine the brake/clutch reservoirs work very well either.
I’d have a standard one please, where the hell is he going with that rear brake pedal?.
I leave my bike at teds place for one night.
More jago jeep
But first i got me a haynes manual for an escort mk2 75-80, lot’s of small useful titbits in there like brake master cylinder bore sizes and most usefully a wiring diagram!
Gave the second coat to the crossmember, it’s coming out well. Also did a bit more to the chassis, really needs another coat.
Matching yellow & red bush’s, tre’s garish no?
Decided i’m gonna finish the bumpers in red too and then the body work and wheels shall be matt grey, the subtle red bits should stand out with out taking any body’s eyes out.
Jago Sandero?
But first have some (requested) pics of our own charley:
Right to the jeep, not calling it geep any more, maybe i should call it the sandero? hmm. These rear bush’s were not easy to get in.
Got some more paint and degreased the crossmember after i chopped off the engine mounts. finished article next time.
Straightened the plates at the rear, haven’t quite got a standard setup here no crush tube in the top bush so I’ll use and extra nut and lock the top bolt off, can tighten things up later if needs be.
Put the spring together, was wrong the other day about the lower cups being different, just the way/light i was looking at ‘em.
Far spring hanger is quite stuck, so today I’ve got fetching red and yellow bush’s hanging out the rear.
Also did some playing with my busa’s idle, much better bike all round with it turned up to 1200rpm, was at 900rpm cutting out at the lights and making the throttle snatchy. cbr6 will be taken apart to have it’s carbs clean and sync’d.
Some paintin
But first some puppys!
The crossmember i got quite cheap had been mangled by my arch nemesis, the imperial system! i was quick to ream them back into shape with an m8 tap, will put and extra nut on the back to make sure nothing moves.
Went off and got some m10 bolts for the rest of the chassis, very little stopping me now apart from the burning sun making anything done outside a hot and sweaty affair.
Painted some more bits up.
While i painted the legs had a closer look, the bottom cups are different! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Welding tan
I can’t take a pic but my left arm is like a fecking lobster and stinging like a bitch, however the tuk tuk is very very nearly done, now does any one have a copy of octopussy? can’t for the life of me find any clip of the tuk tuk chase scene, I swear it had a z1 engine stuffed in.
Turned it right way up to continue the welding.
CAD Cardboard Aided Design, think i’ll get myself killed if i tell that joke in CAD class..
Very dead headlight, gone now.
Should have built this patch first, cos I’m after dropping it in there now, magnet ought to fish it out later
rail’s welded to gether very nicely although you can’t quite tell in these pics.
Dragged out the cb1100r to tidy some stuff away, noticed how similar out red frames are…
Played with some of the jago parts, think i’m supposed to take out the roll bar bushs and then replace them with the HD one’s in the bag, probably won’t until the the standard ones are worn/soft.
Found these rear master cylinders off the cbr6, should do perfect for the tuk tuk’s brakes, the plan is to make two pedals rather like a tractor so i can brake independently each wheel, ought to help getting around corners 
If they push too much fluid for the drum slave cylinders one master cylinder will do, too old for skids and slides any way 
Sold the starlet, needed space for the tuk tuk. All thats left of my starlet is the gear knob, it shall live one in the jago!
More escort suspension
busy morning for me! tried the steering clamp and they don’t seem to fit just right thankfully there a little big so when i file them down a bit they’ll be quite snug, much better then loose.
Escort top spring cup
YEA! got it for free too, all the other bits from rally design should be turning up soon, and then when the tuk tuk is done we’ll have a rolling chassis.
Bajaj frame nearly done
No puppys this week, it was in out and leg it, no time for photos.
Ran out of wire almost straight away,
Frosty helped make this plate.
Then I made the other side and the bottom (top in this pic) plate, New wire is very splatery, grabbed a corner and lifted the whole thing up an there was no flex, success!
Next day now there is four more patches to make and some final welding, then its good to roll.
