Classic Trials

Classic Trials

About Me

I have come into 2012 with a strong desire to be more healthy and reduce my weight to something more acceptable for a man of my age and height. On the 1st of Jan 2012 at the age of 45 and height of 6ft 2in, I weighed in at 18st 2lbs (that's 256 lbs or 116kg). I have a pretty large frame and have always been able to carry a bit of excess baggage but I think its time to do something about it for my health and energy levels more than anything else. The experts suggest that for a man of my height and age I should be about 13.5 st but I have set myself a target of 15 st (210lbs or 95kg) - thats a planned loss of around 3 st (46lbs or 20kg) This BLOG is a record of my attempt to achieve this goal and I have made it public to help keep me motivated and on track. If you have any comments, thoughts or ideas and suggestions please feel free to leave me a message..

Saturday, 3 February 2007

Spritepost 7




The forks have been cleaned up and the lowers polished. New seals have gone in and it was then a question of the right brace/mudguard mount.

I wanted to use a yamaha front mudguard and it therefore seemed natural to use the original yam brace to go with it. The challenge was to attach the brace to the fork legs so clamps were made and a slot machined in each leg to house the clamps. It was then discovered that the clamps were too low on the legs to use simple spacers so bracktes were made from ally plate to bridge the gap between the clamps and the position that the brace needed to be to hold the mudguard in the right place.
You can also see that the process of polishing the tank has begun. It is still showing some marks from the manufacturing process but I think it would be a shame to put any paint on it so will continue to polish and see if we can get a good finish on it.

Picture from today.

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