Spondon no 10

[clivegto]

Bought a b6 top yoke with risers and an ignition for the risers, then set about fitting them to the stepped top yoke. I'm not entirely happy with them so they will probably get changed but they'll do for now.     

Edited April 5, 2023 by clivegto

[TonyGee]

I think thats a B12 top yoke,  B6 handlebar clamps are part of the casting. 

[clivegto]

4 minutes ago, TonyGee said:

I think thats a B12 top yoke,  B6 handlebar clamps are part of the casting. 

It's not often that wrong but you're right again 

[clivegto]

Got the headers back off Will with the T25 flange welded on. Polished it up and test fit. It blooming tight to the engine with only 1mm clearance but that's not a bad thing .        

[DAZ]

Looking top drawer that is ,and clearance is clearance if it's close to the motor you've less to worry about with the front wheel 

Edited April 6, 2023 by DAZ
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[clivegto]

21 minutes ago, DAZ said:

Looking top drawer that is ,and clearance is clearance if it's close to the motor you've less to worry about with the front wheel 

No worries with clearance on this as it's frame down tubes nearly touch the engine as well, not like a bandit 

[clivegto]

No problemo 

[clivegto]

Fooking hell man, went to take the rustic headlight bracket of and it's been welded to the frame 

[clivegto]

[yantosh]

tacked would prob be a better description 

[clivegto]

49 minutes ago, yantosh said:

tacked would prob be a better description 

Yes, it was a surprise as it hadn't registered in me head 

[Gixer1460]

1 hour ago, clivegto said:

Fooking hell man, went to take the rustic headlight bracket of and it's been welded to the frame 

Rustic or not . . . . . it hasn't fallen off! Did Mr Grinder come out to play?

[TonyGee]

talk about a bodge !!!!!!  some people eh 

[clivegto]

Mr Grinder did indeed come into play .

Started to make a new headlight bracket.      

[imago]

That's a massive improvement on the tow bar bracket you removed.

Personally I've always found headlamp brackets on a naked bike are pretty much impossible to get 'right'. No matter if they're original, bought or fabricated they never seem to look how you think they should.

I guess someone at Suzuki felt the same when they came up with the ET/EX cowl. Even though the design appears to be based on a breeze block it's better than exposed brackets. 

[clivegto]

Not sure on the proportions, might alter it a bit 

Edited April 7, 2023 by clivegto

[DAZ]

2 hours ago, imago said:

That's a massive improvement on the tow bar bracket you removed.

LMAO , like a lot of stuff you'll know after you've walked up to it a few times,either you'll not notice it or it'll jump out and poke you in the eye 

[Rossco(Iceman Josros)]

On 4/7/2023 at 12:30 PM, clivegto said:

Fooking hell man, went to take the rustic headlight bracket of and it's been welded to the frame 

OMG this is not the way to treat a Spondon 

[clivegto]

I was going for the minimal look with the spot light's but think I'm going to go use over looks and fit an extra wide 19 row oil cooler up front and an intercooler above the turbo with a head cool in the seat unit. 

[imago]

14 minutes ago, clivegto said:

I was going for the minimal look with the spot light's but think I'm going to go use over looks and fit an extra wide 19 row oil cooler up front and an intercooler above the turbo with a head cool in the seat unit. 

I like the coolers out front look on a naked bike, it's form and function for me. Basically the exact opposite of bolt on bling.

[DAZ]

3 hours ago, clivegto said:

  

That needs a psycho clown evil grin painting on the cooler, old dears out for a dawdle  nice day out in the Nissan micra would shit themselves when that hoons up behind them 

[clivegto]

16 hours ago, DAZ said:

That needs a psycho clown evil grin painting on the cooler, old dears out for a dawdle  nice day out in the Nissan micra would shit themselves when that hoons up behind them 

Like the Turbo Magnum does.

[DAZ]

4 hours ago, clivegto said:

Like the Turbo Magnum does.

Cooler than a penguins pecker 

[clivegto]

Brand sparking new Setrab extra wide 19 row oil cooler arrived today  Have a couple of these on 2 of my other bikes which I like because there's more oil cooling and if mounted the normal way with the outlets pointing up there's no fork interference between the forks and the cooler fittings. Got the other 2 second hand so a first for me having a new one lol.  

Edited April 12, 2023 by clivegto

[Dezza]

What fittings does it take? it looks like some sort of adapters are required in order to use standard AN fittings.