The Notso Special

[Tombo]

Wow that looks nice! When I see those pictures, my fingers start itching maybe my next project will be something like that

[mpro09]

very impressive

[Flika]

Just a couple more casing pics, finished in 240grit with a few pits but to be honest I've had enough sanding for now

[Flika]

I found some old bits and pieces of rear sets, not wanting to use modern ones these are even period pieces B) With a little bit of messing around I managed to fit the brake one to my swing arm, don't like the cable brackets much.

[Flika]

With a bit of thought I worked out how to use the brake pedal to push the brake arm. I got a length of 8mm steel bar heated and hammered the end flat before drilling an appropriate size hole for the pedal





Made up some adjustment for it and it works a treat, just need to hang a brake light switch on it somewhere and do something with the butt ugly cable bracket then paint it all

[Yamaha rd50m]

you're really making a nice bike there flika!
maybe if he is finished you can come and show it to us i belgium and holland

[Tombo]

Yeah, we would like to see some british fizzy fanatics on our next fizzy meeting in spring

[Handyman]

Just a couple more casing pics, finished in 240grit with a few pits but to be honest I've had enough sanding for now

You've sanded the wrong side....

[Handyman]

With a bit of thought I worked out how to use the brake pedal to push the brake arm. I got a length of 8mm steel bar heated and hammered the end flat before drilling an appropriate size hole for the pedal





Made up some adjustment for it and it works a treat, just need to hang a brake light switch on it somewhere and do something with the butt ugly cable bracket then paint it all

Nice, but where does the exhaustpipe fit ?

[YamaSam]

wow, excessive crankcase grinding if you ask me!
at some points I fear weaknesses in the construction..
have you allready got a plan for the clutch to be fitted?
I suppose you weren't planning to run that on a twoplated one

hope all runs well, I'll burn a candle for the weak spots!

[Flika]

Yamsam, most of the grinding is in areas where there is plenty of meat, the exceptions being the crankcase mouth on the right side of the transfers which is I agree very thin but I have had the right case welded and machined with a gasket surface so hopefully it will seal ok with abit of sealer. The top of the inlet is slightly too high leaving only 1mm for the disc to seal so today I had a bead of weld added and will re-work it tomorrow leaving about 3mm for the seal of the disc. But thanks light a candle anyway So far I haven't decided what to do with the clutch, is there another that will adapt easy? If not I'm going to try Auto transmission fluid as I was told by an old tuner guy from way back in the 70s that they used it to tame slippy clutches with good success including FS1s.


Handyman....Not sure where the expansion chamber is going yet, maybe high level if need be going to make it from scratch so no worries just yet Save them for later.

[Flika]

Did a bit more work on the rearsets today and got them painted and fitted



One job I wasn't looking forward to was getting a brakelight switch on there, had a look and decided the best place to mount it was the torque arm, I'd it drilled anyway Mounted it using a modified stainless petrol pipe clip, and I'm pleased with it, nicely tucked away out of sight and it works fine, will wire it up tomorrow and it's another job off the list then B)



To attach it to the brake rod I got a stainless washer and drilled a 2mm hole near the edge and then took a discer and soft pad to the washer and made it egg shaped and sandwiched it in the first brake rod adjuster. Here you can just see it hooked onto the washer, just need the brake arm to come back from the chromers now so i can take off the scabby one once and for all and set the adjustment. :'(

[Handyman]

THAT is some nice engineering.
Create a problem, then solve it.
Applause !

[jeroenvans]

With a bit of thought I worked out how to use the brake pedal to push the brake arm. I got a length of 8mm steel bar heated and hammered the end flat before drilling an appropriate size hole for the pedal





Made up some adjustment for it and it works a treat, just need to hang a brake light switch on it somewhere and do something with the butt ugly cable bracket then paint it all

so your brake arm is pushed backwards when breaking, instead of being pulled forewards? (like a standard fizz)

[Flika]

Yeah the brake rod now pushes the arm, thats why I used 8mm rod for it pressed it pretty hard and it doesn't seem to flex much at all should be ok.