You know where to look to see how the old Zook is lumbering along. Dry build commencing and fretting about getting electrical gadgetry wired up without creating magic smoke
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You know where to look to see how the old Zook is lumbering along. Dry build commencing and fretting about getting electrical gadgetry wired up without creating magic smoke
Don't cut straight through those cans you will wish you didnt.
De sleeve them first and cut routers then winners, just incase you didn't know.;-)
Haha yeah mate i did de-sleeve them first and i sure am glad i did!
i cant create anything without the magic smoke
ok wow its been a while since i have laid a hand on the old girl and honestly i almost lost interest.....
but im back and things are progressing!
bottom monoshock mounts are in and just need shaping and i have started on the top mount:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...pse3ac14a0.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psfd6b265a.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps9f83ec3f.jpg
i plan to weld some plate in between the box section and the round frame brace.
i have done a bit of a frame clean up, mainly all the lugs that sat under the seat and behind the tank, and also the big bulky twin shock mounts.
also hacked off the rear of the frame to allow me to play with the Yoshies a little bit, i have decided against using the original seat as its just too big and high, im going to make a much smaller custom one.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psf6674cfe.jpg
i think i will kick the tail up a bit yet.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps3194c0c9.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...pscc5db5eb.jpg
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I was just thinking about your project the other day and wondering where you were with it. Looking good mate.
Yeah like i said i haven't touched it for months, but have The spark back now.
Is that zook rolling yet? I cant get into members now (too poor)
I have decided my seat is just too massive and needs a chop!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps93660980.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps274404ff.jpg
Looks good dude stay motivated it's too good of a build to give up
Short tail look better I reckon
I like the short tail too but i felt it was starting to loose the style of the bike
I want it to look old skool muscle not german fighter.
It's good to have a project or two out in the shed that you can go back to when you get a few days/hours free.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi kdx
Looks good btw.
will u just finish this one kiwi im hangin to see it done
This is for u pav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJd0Vvtrd3I&sns=em
Too much time and it goes mouldy thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwi kdx
ok!!!
so i cut into some nice big U channel today 6mm plate and 10mm base:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psff26bd2a.jpg
i tacked them together so i could shape them:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psbe58f494.jpg
and now we have this:
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psaa234e37.jpg
over engineered???? probablly...
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psbeb66844.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psbcc109d1.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps80295907.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps8e534ff1.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps550e3ef0.jpg
i havent measured exact trail or rake yet as the mount is onlY tacked on for now
but it sits LONG, LOW AND WIDE!
Looking good mate how does it feel in the back end
thanks Rod, the back end feels god mate, still sloppy in the rear axle as its not bushed yet, but the height feels awesome!
the stance of it looks good mate. love it.
Thanks mate its fucken awesome to sit on!!!
Tho i may need some bigger risers, its a bit more of a lean over that long tank than i thought it would be.
A quick mock up and its starting to look like image i have had in my head for 2 years.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps3aa458ce.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps3332b0d2.jpg
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Nice dude
Looking really good mate. I love the lines of it. Apparently Lynton has added some extra tuffness to his project but is keeping mum about what tuffness has been added. Yours looks pretty tough as is.
Fuck me! Putting the Heavy into Kawasaki Heavy Industries I see!Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi kdx
Well stiffie..... My tuffness will be in the form of the direct injection ports in the head........ Thats all im saying!
And gammaboy better safe than sorry, but i have removed about 40kg in the rear end already so it should be ok.
Sounds a bit newskool to me mate. Next you'll be telling me that it's got one of those watercooled engine whatsiminame thingie me jobs. Anyway carry on, I'm keen to see how it comes along :)
Lynton has prob found himself a mag ignition
Now they look awesome!
Sick man! what sorta geometry did u use to get all the angles & degrees? Or was it all eye balled? Got me keen to dig into my gsx again haha
Keep up the good work mate!
Looks fantastic mate well done n keep at it:cool:
Cheers guys!
Fight fan its all eye balled mate, i roughly measured how much sag the R1 shock had and allowed for that, then set the top mount to
The height i wanted the bike to sit.
Oh and chop that dirty old GSX up mate!
Harumph
I can't remember if that arm is longer than stock
Didn't look to far out, maybe a touch more squat angle ?
And things like fork offset are great ways to control trail if you end up
with the ride height and rake angle you are happiest with. These old bikes
are fairly forgiving.
Lance you and I need to chat old boy....
Ozzy mate the R1 arm is a good bit longer than the stock shafty arm, u can see it in these pics.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps2f454fe7.jpg
Ignore the fork angle n this one.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps4297761b.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps078d6587.jpg
As far as figures go..... Fuck who knows ill have to measure them.
I have lowered the Rear suspension – increasing rake and trail
The forks are shorter - decreasing rake and trail
Different offset triples - should be of no effect
smaller front wheel - decreasing rake and trail
But smaller rear wheel increasing rake and trail
So ........ Yeah!
In just hoping it will tip in nice and quick with the short forks and 17" wheels.
Oh and if its on any interest the seat height is a nice low 820mm
And ive got 200mm of clearance underneath before the pipes go on,
Rearsets are going to need to be back and high
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http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ps3c745069.jpg
there is a common misunderstanding that rake has a lot more to do with steering feel (turn in etc) than it does
trail is the biggest influance on this but as you decreas rake tail follows yes but
fork offset has a lot to do with with trail figures (race teams use varible ofset yokes to dail in the bike) as does
front wheel size but as for by its self it only changes turn in and change of direction via gyroscopic forces
rear wheel dia dose fuck, all rear height is a funtion of geometry
the change you will feel by the rear wheel changes will be by the aspect ratio of the wider tyre
as you say all figures are just that and like i said these things are forgiving so no big deal
my bike will be track tested before final build to do just that , get a feel for what I like and what I dont
I prob would have made the shock mount a lot dif but thats just me but by the end I think you will wish you added some holes for a change in height as you needed.
I love the tank tail combo and think this should be a stoking good bike
I did think of doing multiple bolt holes but im pretty sure i have it where i want it, if not i can play with the dogbone a little.
Im stoked with the bodywork i think B1 & 2's were the best looking muscle bikes ever, and the more i look at the retro 1100 on the tail the more i want to keep it!
Oh Ozzy do u know peter fraska, he runs just kwakas in wangaratta?
no sorry I get every thing at rapid motion.
imo I think the stance could have benifited a lot by a touch more aggression
and ffs dont kick the tail up
I can't stand it any longer !!!11111!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!
THAT SHOCK MOUNT IS SHIT AND SHOULDN"T BE ON A BIKE !!!!!!!
Sorry but how much upward force is on the top eye of the shock ??? Those bits of what appear to be 5-6mm web from the PFC you used for it will twist under load !!! At least brace the fucking thing by putting a plate across the top of both bits. It might just stop it twisting its way out of your frame.......
Calm down love..........
As i said when i posted it, its only tacked there for now to get the height set right.
And yes i will be putting a 6mm plate from the eye of the shock right along the top
That also has gusset's to each side, its far from finished mate.