Got up off my ever spreading postierior and got to work on the bike. Put the new blade on the band saw and cut the gokart axle between the brake and the rust-frozen bearing, zipped right through. Ground the tops of the rivets holding the disk to the brake hub and used a center punch to drive the rest of the rivet out. I'll just have to enlarge the holes to fit the engine sprocket. Waiting for the delevery of the brake caliper to start on fitting the parts together.
I worked on the front next. Used the band saw to cut the handlebars so I have the two pieces to make the split handles that I saw in an old post. Don't ask me to find it, it's pages back in some forgotten thread
This allows me to have the large pullback bars I wanted. I really hated the bike handlebar setup on this bike, looked out-of-place. The original stem will most likely become a head light/controls bar. I put the front wheel on, too, so I can get a better idea of the look. I really like the way the Sturmey Archer F-XDD drum/dyno looks on the bike. It just fits so well. The supplied hardware is very good with the fork having a recess to fit the wheel holding saftey clip and nice capnuts that fit. Only problem is the brake rod clip does not go around the much thicker downtubes of the fork. I'm thinking a stainless steel screwclamp will do the job just fine
Today the back fender comes off. I'm going to need the lower space for the halfshaft diskbrake. I dont plan to cut the fender down, just rotate it back so the lower fender mount connects to the upper mount on the bike then the upper fender mount will connect to the sissybar I'll be making for the seat. Speaking of the seat, I'll be cutting off the top of the seatpost so it is inline with the top bar of the frame. To reinforce the spot I'll be welding in a plate to tie it alltogether. I'll be shortening the tabs on the fuel tank, too. I can easily shorten the tank 3-4" making a bigger seat possible. Once i get the things around the motor to line up then it's on to mounting the motor
