Another weekend of hectic activities, but I managed to get a little bit more done.
Off came the center stand. Firstly because I need that SPACE for my back fixing point and I wanted to tie in the system that I have constructed to this point on the frame.
So I made this 9mm plate to fit onto the center stand mounting points and welded the bottom part to the 9mm flat bar going through to the front of the bike.
Now it is one SOLID piece of mounting space.
Late Friday I managed to get my laser cut parts for the wheel / brake assembly. These big boys do not want to be bothered with a R 134.00 jobbie and mine was stuck at the back of the list. So after making some noise on Friday morning, I managed to get them just before they closed on Friday afternoon.
I could now construct my wheel assembly with the flange for the brake caliper.
Putting it all together took a while because the disk was catching on the caliper. But a few adjustments later I managed to get it to run nice and free.
Bolted it all together using these fancy expensive washers.....

Man I love this new Inverter / mig welder. Still having some issues setting up the mig feed and current, so I reverted back to stick welding.
I am by no means a top welder, but when I weld with this thing and the flux curl up by itself, I get this warm fuzzy feeling that this is a nice weld.
Will have to decide how much TILT I want this bike to have. So I put my angle meter on the tank and went for a ride.
Under normal riding you hardly get to 6 degrees....so I figured that if I put a lean angle of 12 degrees mac on my rig, I should be ok.
The 12 degrees lean means I do not have to have the tub too far away from the bike before they touch...
I saw some rigs in Germany that is FAR away from each other and I did not like it.
So lets see how it pans out.