First Generation Ascots > The Thumper Years: Modified To Full Customs
Dutch FT project
FT500R:
Was able to work on the bike yesterday
When removing the head bolts to take the cilinder head off, 2 of the bolts got rounded. Had to actually chisel them to oblivion in order to get the head off.
The first one was relatively easy, the second one however..
Eventually it gave in and with only small damages in my fresh paint the head could be removed.
There was a lot of sud on the valves
They cleaned up pretty nice though
The piston looked pretty good, not a lot of sud here.
After cleaning I also checked the cilinder and you can still see some honing marks (not a lot though)
To get to one of the holes in the cilinder head I had to drill the hole a bit bigger in order to reach the threaded part with the cutting tool. This meant drilling very close to the camshaft seats..
The Helicoils went it quite smooth so i'm not dissatisfied with the results
I've ordered some new flange nuts for the cilinder head (plus some other parts I needed) and when I get these I can start to rebuild the engine (again)
FT500R:
It's been a while since I posted something here but I've made a bit of progress
Started out by working on the tank.
That got pretty dirty after spending 2 years under a cover outside
Fitst cleaned it a bit
The holes on the side are only used as mounting holes for the side panels, since I won't use side panels these can go.
First marker out where to cut.
And eventually without the holes
For now I won't paint the tank. This will be done in a later stage.
I went to Japan for holidays (got a bit of inspiration while there too) and when I came back I had some parts waiting for me
I also received my new cockpit. A cheap one from china but it looks ok and I could take the risk for the money
Among these parts were some new exhaust studs, the former owner used low quality bolts from a DIY store so I was pretty lucky I did not have to put helicoils in these boltholes.
Now I was able to install the cilinder head using my nice brand new headnuts. You can't order the copper rings anymore so I had to heat treat them myself in order to reuse them
After this I could fit the camshaft, camchain sprocket and camchain. Quite a shitty job and I was a bit anxious that it might be off by one tooth but it seems to have gone right.
The real test was refitting the headcover cause this would test my new helicoiled boltholes. Fortunately this was a succes!
Cleaned, greased and tested the solonoid assembly and closed the rest of the engine. Time to work on the rest of the bike
I decided that I was completely done with working on the bike in front of my house so I disassembled what was left and put the bike on my balcony.
Here I fitted the aluminium handle bars that I had bought some time ago and also fitted the (very large) headlight
I still have to lower the headlight a bit more judging by the pictures.
I'm also not very satisfied by the mounting brackets but since I'm using fireblade forks which are very thick there are not a lot of options here.
I've also test fitted the battery and it seems like I can get away with a small battery compartment just below the seat.
Good news since I want to keep the frame part as empty and clean as possible.
I also measured the spacers for the rear wheel but I ran into some issues here. Although I measured from the wheel rim to the rear swing arm on both sides and the distance is equal. It still looks like the wheel is offcentre, it might be that the swing arm is not symmetrical. Does anyone have a tip how to properly space your wheels?
J6G1Z:
--- Quote from: kansloos161 on June 06, 2017, 06:04:10 am --- Does anyone have a tip how to properly space your wheels?
--- End quote ---
You might have to wait until the engine is mounted so you can check sprocket alignment.
J.
FT500R:
Sprocket alignment is only one of the issues.
I want to make sure the wheel at least is centered in the frame, I'll worry about the sprocket later.
I was thinking of hanging something like a plumb-line from the middle of the frame and try to determine the center of the wheel of of that.
Got to working on the electrics today btw:
To be diagram
And I have to fabricate that using the below bowl of spaghetti
FT500R:
time for some updates:
testfitted the engine and made a cardboard template for the battery box
roughly test fitted my new cockpit
Alligned the rear wheel
Also installed the front brakes to determine where the brake calipers are going to be and what kind of brackets i need to fabricate. After bleeding the brakes for hours I finally got them up to pressure.
Unfortunately the brake fluid leaked on my tripple tree :( i didn't properly close the reservoir.
My bad and I will just have to redo this when I get the frame painted or coated
got some stuff in the mail too:
Wiring loom parts:
New jets although the pilot is the wrong one :(
frame rear loop and steel for the battery box
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