Wacajawaka
XS650 Enthusiast
Good morning and quick hello/goodbye to anyone still interested in this build. I was over in Singapore as I work "snagging" the cabin interiors of Cruise ships and yachts but work stopped for sea trials so I'm here for 5 days and then away for 2 weeks.
Spoke to engineer regarding frame mounts..
Engineer "I've not touched the frame yet because I think we should hard mount and use a 270 rephased crank"
Me " Really? you'll farm that engine out then as you don't build engines do you? absolutely NOT!
My remit is STOCK engine, in an aluminium frame with stock feel, stock sound, one solid mount and a set of rubber based mounts and head steadies"
Engineer "collect your frame when you get back"
So now I'm building up a "shell engine" for now as it saves lugging a built engine in and out, work out mounting and positioning and do the job myself then get an engineers report. I'll stop here as I'll explain the pillow block mounts and adaptions later. Thanks for reading (if you did
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Spoke to engineer regarding frame mounts..
Engineer "I've not touched the frame yet because I think we should hard mount and use a 270 rephased crank"
Me " Really? you'll farm that engine out then as you don't build engines do you? absolutely NOT!
My remit is STOCK engine, in an aluminium frame with stock feel, stock sound, one solid mount and a set of rubber based mounts and head steadies"
Engineer "collect your frame when you get back"
So now I'm building up a "shell engine" for now as it saves lugging a built engine in and out, work out mounting and positioning and do the job myself then get an engineers report. I'll stop here as I'll explain the pillow block mounts and adaptions later. Thanks for reading (if you did
