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I thought it looked a bit 'slabby' so I took out the grinder and:

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Added the little cut-out bits that will house the indicators, and also added more material to the sides to help hide more of the wiring etc.

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Back to the underseat rad, this sprouted mount brackets which take the original Storm radiator rubbers:

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Then small threaded tabs to take the original fan:

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Which all looks very spunky in place:

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You may notice there is also a new filler neck and top hose take off. I wasn't happy with the first incarnation so remade it longer (as there's no height restriction). It was also far easier to weld!
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There's nothing better on a Sunday morning than to wake up with the sweet smell of plastic welding......
Seat unit coming on. Pictures to follow!
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You're moving along in leaps and bounds :thumbup:
Well done, keep up the good work :clap:

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Thanks Chris. I get itchy fingers if I don't do anything......

The seat unit is now well underway. I ground & cleaned the plastic inside & out and riveted small aluminium plates to hold the 'hump' in the right place while I plastic-welded the two parts together. Ground out the welds and slopped on a bit of filler and:

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Both cans are now in about the right place, ready to make the link pipes up between the original system and the cans

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And new (but not picture worthy) rivnuts added to the rear subframe so the radiator is now mounted.
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More welding and mods to the rear subframe last night. It's nearly finished. You'll be impressed!

Ordered a couple of Stainless bends for the exhausts which should be here early next week.

And this arrived today. A whole $10NZ and the solution to one of the cooling system problems!

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I'm that into this build that I've given it it's own facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Stormfighter-1 ... _todo_tour

Comments welcomed!
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Somewhere to sit

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The seat base is made from the front half of the 'Storm seat base with an aluminium construction riveted to it.

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I've tried to fill up the 'gaps' between the original seat line and the Fireblade seat unit by extending the bottom skirt down. These will need reshaping and forming a bit to better follow the lines.

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Because all of the aluminium work is welded together the side skirts will help to add strength and rigidity to the bumstop part.
Talking of aluminium welding, there's a lot of it!

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Overall I'm very happy. Now that the seat base is done I can continue to finish and shape this and the tail section together so that they will fit and look like they were made to be together.

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The seat is starting to have a little of the SP about it.... Nice work.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Skilful work with the alloy plate :clap:

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sirch345 wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:01 pm Skilful work with the alloy plate :clap:

Chris.
If you like alloy plate you'd love my hot rod:
https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser/
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legendlives wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:39 am
sirch345 wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:01 pm Skilful work with the alloy plate :clap:

Chris.
If you like alloy plate you'd love my hot rod:
https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser/
Many thanks for the link :thumbup:
It certainly looks one hell of a beast of a machine 8) :D

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Underseat part 4

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Time to get the hoses pointing in the right direction.
Top hose was easy, take the thermostat housing:

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And turn it round 180 degrees! The bolt pattern is symmetrical so it's a straight turn around. The other bit of luck is the original short bottom hose has exactly the right angles to miss everything!

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Add these little turned joiners and plonk in lengths of -16 AN braided hose

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The joiner nestles next to the rear cylinder head:

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and the top hose will run something like this:

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The bottom hose is less tidy, but still a load better than looking at those ugly side radiators.
Silicone reverse angle and another alloy joiner:

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And will run something like this:

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It will all have to come apart again to pretty everything up, but it's nice to see the plan is coming together.
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That is some serious amount of welding and fab work :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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After a bit of sanding and a dusting of primer the seat unit is now Carlos and not South of Guildford.
Eagle-eyed readers will notice that the top and bottom of the seat unit were not welded down the sides. The reason is:

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With a bit of mesh (liberated from a waste paper basket)

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With the tail painted white and the mesh in black hopefully it will look like a number-board, but allowing heat/air out/in to the rad.

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The rad, and just about everything under the tail will need to be blacked-out.
Mesh is just taped up at the moment but will be epoxied into place post-paint.
I like my bikes like my women - Loud with two big cylinders :D
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