So Close....

While at Rufforth Autojumble today spotted this,a pik and a phone call to a certain Mr Qmaster nearly had him reaching for his wallet.......

An idea....

Could not stop thinking about this bloody wheel adjuster,snails?,washer and rod?,front of axle?,rear of axle?

Then i had an idea!!!!

on with autocad, find some alloy plate, programme the spare CNC and away we go

action shot of idea being transformed into reality

1/2 hour later my simple idea on the rear hanger is ready to try on,

this will do just the job of keeping the back and in line while the frame is being welded on

at the moment this gives me 7mm of adjustment per hole,the button head screw is m6 on 7mm centres but if i need less i can drill and tap another at 10.5mm from there which in turn will give me 3.5mm ... simples

Peek at the rear wheel

The wheel I got was from a trail bike, and I told my mate that he could have the tyre off it. OK so mow I have to get it off,so I made a couple of tyre levers released the two grippy things and it came off!!

Last time I took one off I nearly lost a finger.The brake liner was thick with rust,must have been laying in water for ages so i needed a big lathe,just so happens we have a few lying around at work.

Took .020" off in 2 cuts and it cleaned up a treat.next job is to attack it with the air wire brush ready for etch primer.

I must start thinking about chain adjusters for it,probably use the snail cams if I can be bothered to order some, the hole is in the rear hanger for the pin.

Going for it

After a few chats with the Q.Master and a blast on the super information highway defo going for another Enfield Bobber.First score was a rear wheel which i needed after throwing mine away,Scorton autojumble £20 off a SP370,bargain.

Next problem i need a rigid back end,i aint going to spend a fortune on this so i need to make as much as i can myself....

pinched piks off the net popped them into autocad and away we go

and here we are,my idea of the rear hangers,just so handy having a CNC Mill to play with...

Next prob,were does the wheel sit from the frame and how do i line things up...

made this,one end bolts were the swinging arm holes are and the two rear hangers sit on other end

this is it out of the welding jig.Made a jig for the height of the rear wheel and a jig for the front wheel.The idea is to weld the wheel jigs to the floor(metal)use a jack under the engine to get the correct posture ie vertical engine,then weld in the rear fame then cut away the mock swinging arm and unused original frame...hey presto...bobbed

Should be having a go at it during the week.

Billy

Time for a change

you know how it is,

you get an idea in your head and before you know it out comes the hacksaw............

well it has happened again,

the old trike has done me proud the past 4 years but the metamorphose has began again......

watch this space..........

Billy

Back Wheel In And The General State Of Play

Makin' a start on the Primary

Got the Primary cases back from the polisher yesterday, just laid up on there at the moment, weeeelll you know how it is. Got a complete new 500 clutch to go in there along with a new primary chain, still need an alternator to button this side up completely.

The standard footrest rotated back on the hexagon bar and the standard brake pedal in position. Plenty of scope for improvement here, but nothing too complex or difficult to achieve by the looks of it.

Passing Gas

Springing Banjos

When I first started messing about with the seat base I was stuck for springs. The frame is set up for vertical eyes and the only springs that were about at the time were the more conventional parallel horizontal eye type. As a get by measure, two old pneumatic type banjos were used to roughly adapt what was available, you know how it is when you're gagging to fit something on. It was never intended that they stay on there, and two new springs were to be ordered from Alberta Springs with the bottom eyes formed in the vertical plane. The longer it sat around in this "knocked up" stylee, the more it grew on me, so the threaded ends have now been heli-coiled and the spring bases bolted down properly, probably still get some new stainless springs made, but now in the more usual format and the banjos are staying.

A Bit Of Light

Started getting the back light sorted out over the weekend. The SPARTO lamp unit looks spot on, and will, even more so, when it's polished. Left a few holes in the stainless spacer to let the brass peep through. It's only clamped in position at the moment as I've got to convince myself that I'll get away with running it down there.
The seat base is at the powder coaters and is booked in with the upholsterer next week. Using a new bloke for the leather work, reasonably local and hearing nothing but good things about his work............we'll see.