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MooSPEED IV - Build Diary
December 2002 - Part II
Unfortunately not much to tell yet although I've sourced a few more parts.
I've now got the voltage regulator, the new larger steering column mount, carbon-fibre sheeting for the dash and a carbon-fibre R1 exhaust can.
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Keep on truckin' 
Took three go's as I had them on the wrong
side initially. It's surpisingly easy to get wrong. 
Fitted fuel line, this required the tank to be removed again, for the fourth time!!
I'll leave this off for the time being. I've mounted the pump high on the transmission tunnel at the front - I've been assured that the pump can drag fuel all that way. Surprising really considering that on the bike it wouldn't have to "suck" the fuel at all with the tank above it. Will wait and see on that one...
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Front Suspension |
 Fuel pump and filter rubber mounted to the chassis at the front of the transmission tunnel |
Connected
up the handbrake only to find it's unusable. 
It has been modified to allow an adjuster piece to fit. Problem is that this extends the lever point and makes it too hard to use.
Using both hands and all your might it will just reach two clicks on the ratchet, at which point the rear wheels are still not locked. Trying to figure out how to get the lever action back without the compensator hitting any mounting points.
The steering column front mount
needed to be remade as the original one was way too short, fine for bolting
onto fresh air. Reason is that my chassis has an extra bar which is right
in the way of the column. I wasn't able to go inbetween this bar and the
one at the back without it rubbing, managed to remove my lovely paintwork
as well the only solution is to extend the top section
of the column so that the UJ is higher up and this in turn raises the
lower column up above the chassis bar.
I've picked up a Plays-Kool seat
from Rich Miles (R1 Striker man) to try out. It's very tight - after an
hour of sitting in it I wasn't able to stand 
massive case of pins and needles!! It's also
really tight across my ribs.
I understand they do a wider one but this maybe just across the legs. Fits OK in the car but would probably foul the bodywork at the top at the shoulder pieces, two of them in the car would probably touch in the centre. Jury is still out on this one - even with the extended width, as with the Fisher highback seats - need to find that combination of comfort and grip. Will arrange to go to Tillett and see what they have to offer.
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Plays-Kool Seat |
 Plays-Kool Seat |
