I loaded the car with the frame, swing arm, rear wheel, rear shocks and associated axles, spacers etc and made the forty five minute journey over to Sooties workshop. On my arrival the man in charge of turning my ideas into metal reality popped his head around the door to his shop and smiled. After accepting and consuming the offered cup of coffee it was time to empty the boot of my car into Sooties workshop. We discussed what I wanted once more and marked up areas of frame that would need to be removed and or modified with a permanent marker pen.
Now all I have to do is wait a few weeks while the alterations are carried out and I get the call to collect my stretched and lowered chassis parts. I have a long list of jobs I can be getting on with while I wait including, stripping and primer painting the Sportster tank I intend to use, buying and installing XS650 taper bearings onto a set of Suzuki Bandit 600 yokes in the belief that this will allow to front end and frame to work together in harmony and the XS engine needs a good going over with de-greaser before I think about heaving it into the frame.
For the first build up I'm not concerned with making parts pretty; just making them function efficiently and safely. My intention is to put a few hundred miles on the bike in its rough state before committing to paint and powder coating. No point ruining fresh paint when you find a bracket needs re-locating or you need to wield the grinder to gain another sliver of clearance between two moving parts.
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