Tuk tuk, more work
Finally got the metal and the welder in the same place, pissed rain tho.
Got one crappy patch done.
that took all day, rust is very hard to weld to.
Next day we tried to flip it fully over to do more welding.
Much closer inspection and i’ve decided to skip to plan 1.1 and make new frame rails from the headstock to a good section of the chassis, I don’t trust that I can make the neck strong enough with out basically replacing the whole front end of the chassis, much of it is triple plated sheet and i can’t be sure that the sheet in the middle is any good and hence structurally sound, after all I’m hardly gonna just cruise around I’ll be totally flat out just trying to keep up with traffic. Measured up the fx400r engine, looks like it will be sticking out the back by about the length of whatever diff I find, so probably at worst 10″ which we can live with.
Bajaj tuk tuk, the build
but first up is, fixed my cbr6 chain lash by slotting in 5 bits of chopped up number plate around the cush drive, on the non driven side of the rubber. I have the sweetest gearchange now and a clean rear wheel!
and then we got sarahs car fixed at kenny bros crash repair, excellent work (hint hint!)
Damit just realised i forgot to take a pic of the underneath where i spent the day working
Leftovers, this just from the bit i was working on, sarge had some more left over from the body.
you can see it’s a bit bent, didn’t take much force to straighten it up
Paint’s drying, body on plastic bin’s, very handy having a light body.
Front paint dry, windscreen just balancing in place, roof chop would be cool, but there is not enough space inside to make it comfortable.
Who’s that awesome man?
Can’t believe i didn’t take a pic of the underside, it’s gonna need a sheet of meat 50x90cm
Roof temporarily thrown on, look at the floor!
Lots of things to do, but just to go for a test ride it only needs the hole welded up, the front drum is enough for a short while, the rears need a complete overhaul.tails light need a bit of hot wireing, roof and loads of small stuff. right had stuff to say but im tired and i’ve forgotten it all 🙂
