> ...after many delays, schedule extensions and timetable revisions.
> ps. Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions. I can't really do much
> about this bike until March, when I've recovered (I hope) from
> surgery on my shoulder (Feb 11) so it's going into storage ASAP.
Recovery would be a good time to plan and scout out
parts perhaps.
Maybe you'll luck out and find that front end. Probably
good to look for one that'll accept the existing wheel.
> * Rear wheel slightly out of round. May be fixable at a wheel shop.
No biggie. It's the least of your many self-inflicted problems.
> * Front end visibly deranged. I knew about that, but it's worse
> than I thought. The lower triple clamp may be bent as well as
> the steering shaft.
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
> * The motor won't fit the Scrambler frame's detachable cradle;
> it really wants to be in the Thruxton cradle. (So it is.)
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
> * The swingarm is designed to be partly supported by inserts
> clamped by the footpeg assemblies. ("There'll always be an England...")
> However, the Scrambler clamps are too small to fit over the Thruxton
> inserts. Some material will have to be machined off of somewhere.
> Probably easier to chuck the inserts into my hobby lath and reduce
> their OD's than trying to machine out the clamp ID's.
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
> At least the motor sounds good. Real good. We ran it for a few seconds
> with exhaust pipes but no mufflers. Powerful motivation to get
> this thing on the road. I wonder how it would sound with a pair
> of Screamin' Eagle Sportster mufflers.
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
Mr. Derp hits self in forehead with hammer.
"Ow!"
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> ps. Thanks to all for the helpful suggestions. I can't really do much
> about this bike until March, when I've recovered (I hope) from
> surgery on my shoulder (Feb 11) so it's going into storage ASAP.