In order to help the engine I am trying to get a nice source of cold air to the inlet trumpets. What I have decided is to draw in the air and duct it to a box around the inlets. I wanted to keep the original ally base plate for the filter as it is made of a ‘hard’ ally and should be better, so have made up this plate to go below the base plate and then weld a return all the way around.
Archive for September, 2009
Air Box
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Chain Guard
Sunday, September 20th, 2009The regs for the 750 motor clubs Bikesports say that you are supposed to have a chain guard which covers the upper face of the chain to the same depth of the axle line. I cant see this actually doing anything practical, apart from keeping the chain grease off the bodywork. Anyway, I made some cardboard templates and have finally got around to making it.
Air Scoop
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009My current setup means that the engine is going to be drawing all its air from over the hot exhaust headers. This is clearly not the best idea, as the engine will be losing power! To rectify this I have made up some air scoops. These will be identical on both sides and go just in front of the rear wheels. The pictures make these look really quite big, I should have taken the photo with a ruler or something, but I didnt realise until it was too late!
Anyway, the pictures are of the buck for the scoops.
Wiring Loom
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Right, well after a bit of a drought of updates, due mainly to work commitments so cant really complain, I finally have a reasonable update! Paul has delivered most of the chassis loom. The main body is there, but a few things need plugs attaching and the high power battery cables need doing etc etc. But this has allowed me to make a start at clipping the loom in!
Below is the GCU, the cables heading both forward and backwards and loom to the switch panel.
Splitter Frame Mod
Monday, September 7th, 2009I have noticed that the splitter was a little floppy at the edges. OK you could still jump up and down on it, but I thought it was worth tweaking. Through experimentation with bits of wood I found that if I added another brace I could stiffen it up considerably. So thats what I have done!
