FairlyFast Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 ... in Johannesburg and with the Rand so weak I couldn't pass it by, so it now resides with me in Dubai. Now the fun begins - its good to be back in the OSS world 8 Quote
FairlyFast Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Lots of questions to follow but one quick one that my recent searching didn't resolve, is there a ready solution for the speedo drive, I've the K6 front and the original clocks? Edited January 24, 2018 by FairlyFast Quote
Dorkburger Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Well, I dont know what your Kat looked like, but I think that looks like a good stand in. Quote
R1guy Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Hope you got a "smokin' " deal on it.... 1 Quote
Rene EFE Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 OSS is in fucking Dubai. I find this very cool 4 Quote
FairlyFast Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Kurf said: Paint it black.... That’s not a bad idea, I don’t think i’ve seen many black ones Quote
FairlyFast Posted January 24, 2018 Author Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Dorkburger said: Well, I dont know what your Kat looked like, but I think that looks like a good stand in. This was my old one, sold it a long time ago and recently tried to track it down. Black of course 5 Quote
Captain Chaos Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 that old one looks nice, with all the right bits. Welcome back home. Quote
Captain Chaos Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Rene EFE said: OSS is in fucking Dubai. I find this very cool OSS in Vatican City, now that would be cool. 1 Quote
Kurf Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said: OSS in Vatican City, now that would be cool. Then it should be white.... Quote
Captain Chaos Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 22 minutes ago, Kurf said: Then it should be white.... still better than that Rizla paintjob 1 Quote
Solcambs Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 7 hours ago, FairlyFast said: Lots of questions to follow but one quick one that my recent searching didn't resolve, is there a ready solution for the speedo drive, I've the K6 front and the original clocks? I had an absolute mare sorting that out. I have bandit wheels, TL1000S forks and managed to mate the speedo drive - we managed to bore it and take the inside diameter out enough to use the TL1000S front wheel spindle. So if we can solve it .. I reckon you should be fine! Measure, measure again ... and work out what needs to happen. details on my build thread. hope that helps - there's also more details on my blog - see my sig! Quote
wraith Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Welcome to OSS can't go wrong with a Kat yours looks nice but must agreed about the paint work As to your question, I have seen on the net (cannot remember where, maybe flebay) that you can get a magnetic pick up sender for the front wheel which has a worm drive at the other end for the clocks. 1 Quote
KATANAMANGLER Posted January 24, 2018 Posted January 24, 2018 Katanas make everything better. If they were a food they would be bacon. Welcome back to OSS the full Sunday morning fry up of motorcycle forums. 6 Quote
FairlyFast Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 11:57 PM, Solcambs said: I had an absolute mare sorting that out. I have bandit wheels, TL1000S forks and managed to mate the speedo drive - we managed to bore it and take the inside diameter out enough to use the TL1000S front wheel spindle. So if we can solve it .. I reckon you should be fine! Measure, measure again ... and work out what needs to happen. details on my build thread. hope that helps - there's also more details on my blog - see my sig! Many thanks. Looks like an option to explore, and a good read Quote
Swiss Toni Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 On 24 January 2018 at 11:09 PM, KATANAMANGLER said: Katanas make everything better. If they were a food they would be bacon. Smoked! Welcome to OSS! Quote
Dezza Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 On 24/01/2018 at 5:38 PM, FairlyFast said: This was my old one, sold it a long time ago and recently tried to track it down. Black of course This bike looks familiar. Was it featured in Performance Bikes many moons ago? If it's the bike I am thinking about something very similar was for sale on Eblag a year or so ago. It stands out to me because it has WP forks and Spondon discs. Quote
cheshirekat Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 that picture of your old kat looks very much like mine only difference is its got an ef motor in now does the reg start nrg will post some pics latet Quote
cheshirekat Posted January 31, 2018 Posted January 31, 2018 is that your old one I got it off a guy in the isle of man of man year before centenary year 1 Quote
FairlyFast Posted February 1, 2018 Author Posted February 1, 2018 Ah, there it is, yes I put the EF engine in it after I killed the original on an ill-advised flyer at RAF Woodbridge! I bought a whole bike and parted the rest out and basically got a free engine - the Cobra exhaust came with that, I can't remember why I didn't re-use the Harris Collection one at the time. After a steer on here I worked out that I sold it to Ash on the IoM, but he couldn't recall where it went after him - beyond it was Birkenhead? It looks like he swapped out the White Power USD forks, spondon discs, Harris clip-ons etc (basically front end) and the white mag Dymags. It's good to see its still out there 1 Quote
FairlyFast Posted February 1, 2018 Author Posted February 1, 2018 Here's another one from back in the day 3 Quote
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