With the tires on the wheels, it was time to mock up the bike for gussets, reaset mounts, and exhaust brackets. Had a day's worth of time in the budget for it... I think there's a saying about the best laid plans of mice and men that applies here.
Tower, the taller guy, is doing the welding and fabrication for me.
In goes a dummy engine.
On go spigots and the CR750 replica exhaust. Not a plug and play operation, as we quickly discover.
Something's amiss. Aren't the outside headers supposed to tuck in?
Hmmm... doesn't look like the race bikes used side stands. Doh! (The megaphones were OK, but it's all moot -- because it looks like I got two-pair of "inside" headers.)
The choice is to have the megaphone outlets symmetrical, or the header alignment relative to the frame symmetrical. The former is the obvious choice, but still not so easy. But we're stalled and frustrated by the apparent parts mix-up.
Spare 750F tank on it to help us place the oil cooler and steering damper -- pics of those brackets later.
Sidestand lug cut off. The remnants will be ground off later. Who needs a sidestand anyway? I'll just carry a paddock stand around with me. (arghh) Open to suggestions for keeping the bike upright when not being ridden.
The day's only minor bit of success was finding the most ergonomic placement for rearsets. We got them tacked on about 8pm last night.
We also got the gusset templates designed. With any luck, that will go quickly on Tuesday.
