cb1100r nekid
Found it in the shed today, one owner from new, hand made alloy tank, carbon imprenated fairings, magnesium engine covers, i offered him my busa.
still has the running in sticker on the clock. missing it’s idiot lights because of a crash years ago, I remember it back in garage way back then too.
The reason I went to the shed, put some shiny bits on my new rear brakes.
also I have a new haircut I now look like a cross between guile jedward and vanilla ice.
More new bajaj frame
but first a dog.
And now the tuk tuk again:
Need to bend over the first bit I taked on, glad it wasn’t fully welded.
Much grinding (in fact most of the day) got me to this point.
A little bit more grinding and voila!
It’s quite off, tried moving it with a brush handle but no luck, need something more manly like a fork leg.
And that’s where I left it for the day, was very hot and sweaty after all that 
tuk tuk frame part 3-ish
Chopped out more of the old frame, bit difficult to get in there but I got it it the end.
Decided to take a risk and chop the other side too, it hasn’t fallen down. tomorrow will finish the other frame rail then next week it’ll be all welded together.
ebayed 8″ drum came finally!
New crossmember, arrived from a IrishEscortClub member, just the suspension top mount to find now.
More tuk tuk frame work
But first, a puppy!
Okay, with Frosty’s help we got it upside down and level, don’t have to worry about the front end being on straight now.
Decided to put the new rails just here, didn’t like the angles i’d have to cut if I went from the end of the frame rails. This way is better engineering.
The bit i cut out was recycled into a patch.
An easy weld for once, the holed piece of metal in front of my patch is structurally unimportant, Your going to here that alot with this build, structurally unimportant.
Stopped there because I ran out of cutting disc’s dammit.
Tuk tuk, new frame.
First up a test peice to help me guestimate the angle I need.
Angle turned out to be quite shallow, didn’t figure on the fact that the head stock its self is inclined back.
Quick break to do Frostys brakes and a cv joint boot on his fiesta diesel van. took a pic of this hanger because i wonder if i could fit these calipers to the escort mk2 legs.
And a tack weld later, next week we’ll be sorting two more bits to split into a Y back to a more solid part of the frame and then it’ll be final welding. Sort some brakes and some brake lights and it’s off for a spin 
Taking the handle bars off a tuk tuk.
But first i had to fix nikis puncture.
tyre off the rim because he drove it here like that.
screwed! also the gearbox seal was leaking because a plastic bag got caught up in the chain and wrapped around the shaft, then melted through friction and worked its way into the seal. just took the plastic out it seems ok, not a problem if it isn’t because the it can be replaced with out splitting the cases.
Over to sarges and the tuk tuk is covered in fags. great.
Friction steering damper that’s not staying.
Took nearly an hour to do this, to get the cables out the inner had to come out first then the outer had to be pulled the other way, not an easy to work with design but very repairable. The electrics! built like home plugs you have to undo little brass screws and pull out the wires, madness, again great for easy fixing but pain in ass if you can’t remember where which wire went . I just chopped then all off this bike is either getting dash switches or a completely new set of handle bar off a normal moped, this means I’d have to sort a foot gear change and handle bars that had cable brakes. I’ll be able to adjust the brake level up and down then and it’ll be a million times less complicated and lighter,and proper dog leg levers. On the other hand the standard bar setup does work and its all aluminium which mean i could polish it up..
Pedal box mystery
This weeks cute puppy is a little to excited to sit..
I’ve no idea what pedal box i have in the jago, it’s not an escort one…
EDIT: it’s a mk1 escort box, what the fuck? this does not bode well for the rest of the car..
m16 calliper rebuild.
Got the pins out and then discovered the pads were stuck in there too! nothing a hammer couldn’t fix
Seals plus the little rings to hold seals and the pads.
Yeah looks like the seals didn’t do there job, and it seems that the brake pipe thread is a bit botched on one side.. m16 rebuild stops here? four pot wilwoods on the cards?
Frosty came round in his excellent new van, just needed a small patch on the backbox, tomorrow he is helping me take metal and the welder out to sarges old house to do some work on the tuk tuk!
Jago Geep brakes
But first Kittens!
That ginger bastard kept clawing my back every time i turned
So to the shed, finally started the tear down of the front suspension of the jago.
the black ones are grp4 top spring mounts, far to big for mine which as you can see i only have one of.
The legs are different! first the rear leaves now this!, I think this one is a spurious replacement from back in the day, it’s quite good, how ever the older leg need a rebuild with fresh oil, research says i should go with 5wt or 10wt oil, no idea how much i actually need to put in yet.
M16 calipers, fuck there heavy, and quite rusted, if i can make em work for free, I’ll use them if not it’s splash the cash time and some wilwoods will appear, shouldn’t mind spending money on brakes.
Wanted the dust shields off, of course only one bolt out of six actually came out, rest were cut off.
Even different springs!, the right one is much longer even with a ring broken off! glad i bought a fresh set 
Niki’s dogs.
Niki said he needed a hand getting the head off his bike.
He mixed up the rocker cover with the head so there was allot to do really and not enough time to do it in, the coolant pipes leading into the head were stuck so we squished them.
Surprise a pristine engine, could have eaten dinner off it, this bodes well for the future.
Niki’s dog however would eat his dinner off your face, i got him to stop moving just long enough to take this photo with a chocolate bar. Be warned there will be more cute dogs on this blog because I’ve volunteered for the CSPCA, waves hand slowly “you want to give these doggies a home, even the snarling frothing one-eyed pit fighter” /jedi mind trick
