The painter had finished the fairings and stuff by Friday, so I picked them up on the way back from seeing Olly in the hospital (another story) and also dropping off Pierre-Luc's part that I had made.
I got all the bits painted white (Peugeot), and left the front fairing and mudguard the standard black, I thought it would look good, but not convinced now I have it together! I will also have to change the belly pan brackets to have it horizontal, it's leaning a bit towards the rear which looks a little strange.
I got all the bits painted white (Peugeot), and left the front fairing and mudguard the standard black, I thought it would look good, but not convinced now I have it together! I will also have to change the belly pan brackets to have it horizontal, it's leaning a bit towards the rear which looks a little strange.
Before getting all the painted bits put back, spent 30 mins balancing the carbs again, with the new jetting it sounds pretty good in the mid-range (better) but not at the top, still, I will wait to have a run on it before changing again. With Libby's help I made the pads for the seat unit which were stuck on with neoprene glue.
I completely ballsed up the fibreglassing of the hole in the front of the fairing. I had some old gel coat with hardener, which just didn't harden, fortunately I used some new stuff for the carbon fibre, so that hardened but the gel coat remained liquid... The result was not pretty, but at least it gave me the right shape to stick some sticky backed paper to (stuff I make my numbers out of), so it will initially stay like that. On Sunday I put the front fairing back on fully expecting to have lock problems when turning the handlebars, but it's OK. It does touch the fairing inners at full lock, but won't endanger any fingers or other stuff so deemed OK. Starting to look finished now.
The RG got it's pipes and radiator installed, and is now ready to be filled up with fluids and started.
The RD got it's pipes back on and equally is ready for a start before going to Ledenon in 2 weeks time!
2 comments:
That exhaust braquet looks like it needs a few shapes cut out of it to make it look less burly ;-)
I love the look of the Yamaha sticker on the tank!
Yes I like the tuning fork logo as well, shame it's not a tad bigger....
You are right for the exhaust bracket, but that bracket is stainless steel, and really difficult to cut with hand tools... If you have a cheap laser cutter, maybe I can think of something.
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