26.POWDERCOATING DONE

Picked up all the frame bits from the powdercoaters today.
After they sandblasted it got a 1st coat of silver followed by a see thru 'intense blue' topcoat.
It now looks very similar to blue anodising on alloy
Very pleased with the results although the bank balance took a direct hit.
This has now set the tone of the rest of the build.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!!

Intense blue powdercoated

25. IVE BEEN FRAMED!!

Final frame & swingarm mig welding all done.
We are now getting dangerously close to visiting the powder coaters,best I make the right decision for colour as its permanent.
For me,choosing the color scheme is always the difficult part, so time for yet more deep thought.

Welding done

Welding done 2

24. SLAVERY

In the interests of being able to quickly arrest unintended forward progress I decided to upgrade to hydraulic anchors both front and rear.
The front we've already discussed but the drum rear is a very different kettle of fish.
Originally Mr Honda had fitted a rod operated drum actuated through a crossover shaft.That crossover shaft got deleted a while ago thus the move to hydraulics.
The master cylinder is already adapted so on to the slave cylinder which was originally meant for a Toyota clutch.
Decided to drill a couple of holes & bolt it to the drum backing plate.
It's a little big so in an effort to hide it in plain sight I wound up filing the part numbers off then polishing it to match the, now floating, torque arm.

Toyota clutch slave cylinder as bought

Slave polished up

slave on brakeplate

hydraulic rear brake setup

original Honda setup

23.WHERE WE'RE @...

Pulled her outside for the 1st time today to stand back & evaluate her proportions & stance.

CX500 custom rebuild progress

CX500 custom rebuild progress 2

22. MOUNTING THE GUARD PT.2

To carry on I decided to add a couple of rearward facing braces & incorporate x6 rivnuts then weld on a pair of spacers to help brace everything up nicely.

Setting the rivnuts

Mudguard mount test fitting

Painting completed mudguard mounts

21. MOUNTING THE GUARD

Decided to use up an old Moto Guzzi Sport 1100 carbon front mudguard (second grade) that had I had been tripping over for years.
First I taped on a piece of 25mm diameter plastic hose then placed the guard on & made a quick sketch.
Marked that out on to a bit of 20mm mild steel strap, pilot drilled the holes to m5 then using an m6 tap threaded those holes.
Stuffed x4 rubber grommets into the guard then bolted her up.
May need to fab a brace just yet,will see how it goes.

Hose guide for mounting front guard

Guard mount sketch

tapping guard mount to m6

Guard test fitting

Carbon front guard done

20. GENESIS 1:3

And God said "Let there be light" and there was light and God saw the light and it was good.
Well, not bad anyway. Got an old fashioned round  8" 35w Q/H headlight with built in indicators. Not the brightest light in the shed but good enough for this guy. The blunt end got a slimline tail/stoplight mounted in rubber grommets on a fabbed stainless steel bracket 'glassed in underneath.At this stage am undecided on the indicators.

Tail light/#plate pattern

Tail light bracket glassed in + seat rubbers

Tail light/#plate bracket completed

Headlight & Tail light