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Continuation of the diary:


Additional photos

13. September 2007:

As promised I'll describe the changes on the frame. At the rear most has happened, so I'll begin here. As you can see a lot has happened!
The tail light bracket is the small bend piece of steel over what used to be mounting for the fender and tail light. This is now were the license plate is mounted. The fender is cut so it follows the frame and a new bracket for it is welded on: the bracket with the holes!

The "lock box" was conceived after much consideration. I had to find a solution that at one time gives the possibility to lock the seat + fastback and the seat alone. The solution was a simple letter box lock from Ruko. When the fastback is on the lock catch goes into the grove on the left side of the lock box. On the right side there is a similar grove in the box further inside - exactly the thikness of the fibre glass further. When the fastback is off I turn the lock up side down and the catch goes into that grove. The choice of a Ruko lock didn't come by chance. I actually have three new locks on/for the bike. On top of the mentioned I have simple padlock that I use as a brake disc lock and I've also made a helmet lock from a letter box lock - you can see the pin that the catch grabs in the top of the picture. Another argument for the Ruko's: it's the same type we have in our house - which minimizes the "key-inferno" that most people know of.

The last thing you can see in the first picture below are the holders for the indicator lights: It's the to pibes that are "bored through" and welded to frame. This makes the indicators look as if they are natural part of the frame. The old brackets have nuts welded to them and are now the mounting place for the pannier rack.

Next photo shows the brackets for the foot pegs: a simple piece of steel has been welded on. This is the brake-side. As you can see I have welded on a small pin for the pedal return spring.

I also took a photo of the old brackets, or rather the ones that aren't there anymore. I didn't cut them completely, because they help stiffen the frame.

In the fourth picture you can see the rear are the seat pins.
I decided to keep them and build the seat "around" them. I possibly could have made are more elegant solution, but early in the process I tied myself to the solution and after all it works well in everyday life. I still had to cut some af the rear pins to make room for both the seat and the fastback, so they would go flush with the frame.
The seat is mounted like this: The pins have large headed bolts are screwed in. In the seat there are hook brackets. The seat is place over the bolts and pushed forward. The lock is put into place and keeps the seat from sliding back.

Last photo shows the side panel brackets. Originally there are pins welded to them. These have been bored away. Instead I have cast pins into the side panels that go into (a rubber plug in) the holes . This way the panels are all smooth.



In the photo to the right you can see where starter relay was mounted. The bracket has been cut off and the relay is now mounted to the battery tray.

The last change is purely optical. At the brake cylinder there is a small dent in the frame. It's there so the brake lining can go behind the side panel and be hidden. But because I didn't want to hide anything the dent was of no use and looked out of the place, so I welded a piece of a pipe to the frame to cover it up. Sorry, I don't have a before-photo, but connoiseurs know what has happened.

That's all the frame changes. On a list it doesn't look like much, but there was a lot of measurements that had to be perfect and I'm also not the best welder = a lot of work wih the angle grinder = many man hours. Oh yeah,  I also removed a lot of welding spatter (that was there from new)  and I also polished some of the worst looking weldings. The early frame are nicer welded, I've seen!

Now that I have described this, I probably should take some photos of the finished features so you better can see how the details work. But first I wanted to describe the constructional details and after that I will describe how they work in practice.
© Søren Høyer Hansen Wellcome sir1@morinist.dk