Australian Streamliner Bike Build

[Jon]

The motor on my little lathe died, hard to get good stuff these days.
I bought it when my son was 7, he's 25 now, it was used daily for a couple years doing starters, alternators, brake discs etc in a wrecking yard.
Think it's only capacitors, it's slowing up progress on the underdrive though.

Stripped down a loom for the motor, have some bits and pieces coming to fire it up soon, then into the frame.
Thanks for your help Rex.

Going to cut the rear suspension out to try and get some of the room I lost by fitting the underdrive, hopefully I can get the swingarm angle better with the underdrive.

I could just flip the back axle but that would be too easy.

Cheers
jon

[Jon]

Most of the data logging gear turned up:

Still a bit more on its way, I wasn't going to run a dash but it wasn't much more than the system without.

Cheers
jon

[kiwi belly tank]

Good to see you making some noise down there again Mate. It's normal for people to stand back & take a breath after a thrash to the salt.
Did you smooth-sheet the inside of your leg wells so the tubing doesn't get you when you drop it?
  Sid.

[grumm441]

when you drop it?
  Sid.

Words to live by. not if, when
G

[Jon]

The riders compartment is sheeted on the inside other than the footwells that are sheeted on the outside for room.
There is a 1 1/4" step where it transitions inside to outside, I'm going to  lay up a some SFI padding next to the step to spread out the load some.
Yes it will lay over at some stage, I'd like to try falling over in August.

Hope to finish the sheeting in front of the firewall next weekend.

[Dr Goggles]

Most of the data logging gear turned up:

Still a bit more on its way, I wasn't going to run a dash but it wasn't much more than the system without.

Cheers
jon

How the heck did that get past without someone having a laugh at my expense.......

[grumm441]

It's because I'm not wiring it
G

[Jon]

That explains why the thermocouple wires were on back order.

jon

[Geo]

How the heck did that get past without someone having a laugh at my expense.......

Waiting for one of you down under to own up to it! 

At least those yellow ones will not matter if you mix them up.

Come to think of it, it went fast with the yellow wiring. 

Geo

[Dr Goggles]

Come to think of it, it went fast with the yellow wiring. 

Geo

He's right!

You owe me a beer Bennett.

[salt27]

How the heck did that get past without someone having a laugh at my expense.......
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[wobblywalrus]

Jon, looking at those panels...  It is a good idea to put drain holes in any places where water can collect.  This way, it is easy to wash the salt out of the bike with a garden hose. 

[Dr Goggles]

Jon, looking at those panels...  It is a good idea to put drain holes in any places where water can collect.  This way, it is easy to wash the salt out of the bike with a garden hose. 

x2 on that one Big Daddy-o......for the first time this year we pulled the wiring out of the car after the last run and packed it away.As usual we'd already packed up the harness and chute. I washed what salt I could off the outside of the car and we trailered it. When I got home I took off the cowl, opened the canopy and flooded it with a hose, easy. Then I put a quart of WD40 in my pump bottle and hosed it all over, it's the cleanest it's ever been.......we now have extra drain holes and instead of having to check everywhere it just drains......makes it much easier.

[Jon]

Bo / James
Thanks for that, will definitely do that.

jon

[twodear]

Eventually got back to doing some actual work on my bike.
Got the footwells tacked up today:



Cheers
jon

Wow Jon, is that small space between the wheel tub and inside of the frame the foot well?

I admit it, all I know about building a LSR vehicle is from what I've read on this website since February. I should keep my mouth shut (or push the keyboard away)...but I can't help myself.

Without seeing the size relationship of your boots in there I am thinking that you're risking bruising on your calves from the edge of the tub during even a good run. Getting tossed around after...well, you know...inertia of your knee/upper leg is enough to break a tibia/fibula.

Jim