Guess progress is relative.
Engine well on the way and in frame. Gearbox, front forks (Suzuki GS750) & wheels on (I like discs up front).
Oil tank repaired (new inside tube) and the fuel tank clears the motor fine - just needed (done today) the RH fuel tap moved forward about an inch and a half. HOORAY - wasn't looking forward to making a new bottom for that.
Held up now waiting for a few small bits & pieces in the post, like some 2mm alloy plate (I only keep 1/16" and 6mm) to make a spacer for the mag behind the timing cover, 'cause I don't want to recess the latter. Halfway through making the exhaust system. I'm using SS tube with mandrel bends cut to appropriate lengths and tacked together. I have MIG and TIG, but am hopeless on thin walled tube, so after tacking it goes to my mate Russel who's the DB on alloy welding and thin SS tubing.
Have opted for Monoblocs (had one 1.1/8" already) but need the odd part to complete. They're 389's - would have preferred the smaller 375's but the latter are like the proverbial rocking horse droppings.
Just found - this afternoon - that the new alloy rear rim, although central to the Ariel hub, is offset in the frame around 1/4" so have moved it over.
Still loads to do, such as make a roller plunger for the gearbox and a working oil feed to the valves instead of the bit of wishful thinking AJS came up with (I'm using AJS heads as there ain't much else suitable and I can't contemplate making a cylinder head pattern).
Enough for now, will post some pics soonish. In the meantime, hope everyone has a healthy and happy festive break. Don't forget Christmas day is actually the start of the new year (previously a pagan festival commandeered by the Church) so the days will start getting longer from next Wednesday.
