skunkworks

[ozzy1100]

cool. As for all the hours etc, like any business, you have to try it first to get the actual amount of time logged and into your head so you know for next time. You'll factor 20 next time instead of 4.

it is to my misfortune there isn't a cent in this for me lol this type work you could never change what its worth
but when im done it will be the first process in the one stop z shop :-)
the coolness will be the frame mods it will allow me to do other than just plain straightening, things like marks
down tube will be a piece of piss and I will know that everything will be square.
in the future I will be doing std frames like the aftermarket racefit ones to be able to run 6 " rears etc
between Jason scott and myself I doubt there will be anyone in aus building z's like us, well that's the long game

[ozzy1100]

I love those Paiolis, but I hear scuttlebut that they don't actually work that well....

that might well be true but who cares when it looks like that on the z lol
still way better than std and can be offset by the carbon rims :-)

[ozzy1100]

managed to finish the second uprights coping, waiting for some 12 mm plate gussets then I should be able to start
assembly but still so much more to do after that, was hoping to have most done before xmass well that didn't happen...



you get the idea now at least lol

[Gix11]

Better than a bought one.

[ozzy1100]

Better than a bought one.

That's the plan mate and at a lot less $$$

[ozzy1100]

Some history I have the pleasure of safeguarding

[ozzy1100]

progress, I needed a rased plate into the top housing to be used as a datum
measuring point in the frame jig project. I used s/s flat bar so it would never corrode.
Stainless steel bonds beautifully to carbon steel, I only fusioned this joint but if you
ever need filler wire just use s/s filler I normally use 309 but any will do.

[ozzy1100]

I tack welded the plate unto the machined cut while it was still set up in the machine
then machined the new piece flat and square before removing and finishing the weld.

[Slim]

Love your set up mate. Some really nice fab work being done there.

[ozzy1100]

Thanks slim, it's been a long hard road but I'm finally
starting to see the results and that makes it all worth while

[Mishdog20]

Did you ever end up getting a vid of that dragbike firing up Lynton?

[ozzy1100]

Did you ever end up getting a vid of that dragbike firing up Lynton?

It hasn't run yet, the bloke is away for work and they need to sort the cam timing yet
Recon it's going to sound horn tho

[Slim]

One day I'd like to set up a proper fab table like yours. Would make life a lot easier in the long run with the tapped holes and clamping stuff down to stop things moving while welding.

[Mishdog20]

It hasn't run yet, the bloke is away for work and they need to sort the cam timing yet
Recon it's going to sound horn tho

Ah bugger, its going to sound aces mate when it does fire mate...

[ozzy1100]

before the rebuild when it was draw though carb and conventional head it was started for the last owner.....
after standing next to it, it was put up for sale with the words fuck that still ringing in the air

[K6Thou]

Mig or tig for the welding of the uprights to the base plates and the swingarm pivot clamp ????

[ozzy1100]

Mig or tig for the welding of the uprights to the base plates and the swingarm pivot clamp ????

After much debate pulse tig is winning ATM
Waiting on the mag base drill for the dowels
( I'm use mt 2 tapper locks) and the profile cut
12 mm (350 grade) gussets to turn up so I can make a start.

[ozzy1100]

filling in time, love job for a mates mate. This is a early z frame, they all twisted and moved basically std.
The later frames have some updates to fix the problem. I was asked to gusset while I cleaned up a few things.
First one I have ever tried don't think it looks to bad.....

[Gix11]

That'll feel like a new bike compared to how it was.

[ozzy1100]

You would hope so si, the early z1 frames
when you look at them they all have cracked paint at the
two points I have added material. Took kwaka a while
to get their shit together with the frames