An update

I neglected to post of pic of "where we were at" after the first session.  All the mounting bolts are still "finger tight", as we have some adjustments to make before we tighten things down for good.  The frame color is a good choice, as it brings out the aluminum of the engine case and cylinder heads.  Swingarm fitted, with one shock in place to keep it steady.  Hope to get it on it's "feet" next week.

Delay

No bike club this week as we are waiting on parts.  Back to our regularly scheduled program next week.

Coming together

We are now into the reassembly phase.  Mr. S is now using his smartphone for photos, so the quality won't be as good, but we'll still document the project as it comes to completion.
The frame is now mounted on the engine, and Mr. S did some learning, as he'd never worked with a shaft-drive motorcycle before.  However, reading the instructions is always a good place to start, and the swingarm is now back on as well.  It won't be too long until the bike is back on its feet!  The triple clamps were also reassembled with new tapered steering stem bearings, which were re-packed with new grease.  Some extra grease-packing practice took place as well, as both sides of the swingarm pivot also have tapered roller bearings, albeit much smaller.

Finally back at it!

It's taken awhile, but the chassis parts are back from the powder coating shop and so we're ready to reassemble.  Just in time as the mild weather here in Manitoba is now over, and we can spend some time in the warm MCI shop finishing our bike.  After much consideration and many color submissions, we are going with a silver frame, and black swingarm and chassis parts.  Still need to decide on the body colour, but the consensus so far is red.  Still a ways away from that step.

The Award

A long time coming, but here is a short video of Mr. S accepting the Award at the International Motorcycle Springshow in Toronto.  Pretty amazing that he kept his comments down to a measly 2 minutes!

The sentiments are sincere, and once again I need to thank the crew at the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group for the award, as well as the Manitoba members who brought our little project to their attention.

The waiting is the hardest part...

We are now at the point where some waiting is required.  Shortly students will have the chance to submit designs for paint schemes for consideration.  Not sure how many options we'll get, which will have an impact on how we determine our final design.  The chassis parts need a bit more work, but that involves some welding, so Mr. S will take those pieces home to finish there.  When we have an idea of the frame and swingarm colors, they will go off to get sandblasted and powdercoated, so a reassembly can begin.

As a result, the updates to the blog might slow down somewhat in the next while.  Please stay tuned and check back when you can!

More cutting and grinding

Still more work on the frame removing the unnecessary tabs and brackets.

A few of the tabs were removed the last time the Kids Cafe met, but some jagged edges were still present.  We started off with some work using the grinding wheel...

And then switched to the cutting wheel to take off the big chunks.  The whole time we needed to be careful not to cut into the frame tube itself, or mar any of the nearby brackets we were going to use for the rebuild.

Not much for an hour's + work, but when it is all back together, painted, and finished, the frame will have a nice clean look.