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, Â grabbed a corner and lifted the whole thing up an there was no flex, Â success!
Next day now there is four more patches to make and some final welding, then its good to roll.
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.
