Spondon no 10

[clivegto]

Picked an Onda seat unit up today for 25 hole English pounds at the auto jumble. I quit like the look of this one it goes with the huge Spondon tank. Would like to try a 500 Gamma seat unit on it for looks but I'm not paying £145 to get o e of the bay of e just for a mock up    

[dupersunc]

That works.

[clivegto]

28 minutes ago, dupersunc said:

That works.

Yea I think it does as well 

[Fazz711]

That looks the part.

Could have been made for it

[clivegto]

11 minutes ago, Fazz711 said:

 

Could have been made for it

Almost it'll still take a bit of fitting properly bud. 

[Fazz711]

7 minutes ago, clivegto said:

Almost it'll still take a bit of fitting properly bud. 

Will be worth the hassle making mounts for it as it looks so right imho

[clivegto]

14 minutes ago, Fazz711 said:

Will be worth the hassle making mounts for it as it looks so right imho

Front part will probably have to disappear but I am liking the look of this one. 

[R1guy]

@jbposted this in late 2020. Could help with some inspiration .

[clivegto]

11 hours ago, R1guy said:

@jbposted this in late 2020. Could help with some inspiration .

I took this picture of it years ago at the TT and this is what it looks like now and it's still owed by the original builder.  

[busa ash]

17 hours ago, clivegto said:

Picked an Onda seat unit up today for 25 hole English pounds at the auto jumble. I quit like the look of this one it goes with the huge Spondon tank. Would like to try a 500 Gamma seat unit on it for looks but I'm not paying £145 to get o e of the bay of e just for a mock up    

that fits really well clive 

[SiBag]

That seat works. Nice find at the autojumble.

[clivegto]

Having a bottle of beer and liking the gsxr400 seat unit.  

[baldrick]

looks good, just needs a bit of a trim at the front maybe

 

[clivegto]

52 minutes ago, baldrick said:

looks good, just needs a bit of a trim at the front maybe

 

Yea just messing around with rough mock ups but I like this one so I'm about back to where I started lol. 

[Rossco(Iceman Josros)]

On 11/9/2021 at 4:16 PM, Dezza said:

I had a sheet of them done about 3 years back: 24 for 12 quid. I still have 22 left and no, it's not me flogging them for 7 quid a pop on eb@y

You want to let me have a couple@Dezza?? 

[Dezza]

10 hours ago, Rossco(Iceman Josros) said:

You want to let me have a couple@Dezza?? 

You have PM.

[clivegto]

Mk2 rgv side panels to try the looks of. Although they look the same as the gsxr400 ones apart from the 3 slash cuts there completely different.  

[Dezza]

When are you going to get stuck into this bike? It's another rare Spondon we need to see resurrected ASAP

[clivegto]

14 minutes ago, Dezza said:

When are you going to get stuck into this bike? It's another rare Spondon we need to see resurrected ASAP

Your not rong it's number 10 of 24 ever built, build will start properly soon hopefully 

[Rossco(Iceman Josros)]

On 7/2/2022 at 8:33 PM, R1guy said:

@jbposted this in late 2020. Could help with some inspiration .

Another Spondon trying to be a Slabby 

[clivegto]

So I've decided to use the rgv seat unit (genuine one). Got a front seat for it and the back section for the ligh but it's got a brocken lug which I will attempt to repair with Havoc's potion. Fiberglass rgv seat unit that was on when I got it only had 14 1/2 inch foot peg to seat height which is to cramped for my spindly long legs with bad knees. Wanting more leg room I've lifted the back of the tank about 1 1/2 inch. This afternoon I made a plate up that clamps to the existing subframe and hold the back of the seat lifting it 2 1/2 inch higher than the seat pad on the original, this gives me 17 inch of leg room which should be alright for me. Did consider moving the foot pegs but that would have meant chopping up the Spondon hangers or making new ones. Don't really want to start chopping this frame up. Feels like a good riding position which is important to me          

[clivegto]

Set about fastening the back of the tank to the frame as it does not fit after lifting the back up a bit. Moving the tank backwards a little bit to help with the steering lock as well. Got a chunk of aluminium and drilled a couple of holes in it.   

Edited November 28, 2022 by clivegto

[clivegto]

I also need to fasten the front of the seat which has a bolt hole that goes through the front of the seat which is almost but not quite in line the the tank mount      

[clivegto]

Going to alter this but it gives me a bench mark to work from. 

[clivegto]

Knocked up mk2 front seat mount tonight, not really happy with this one either. Roughly attached a side panel to have a look see at the angles of seat unit. Going to cut front of the panels to blend into the tank.