Another small thing that needed to be managed was the fuel tank breather. Including a one way valve making sure the tank can suck in air. But in the meantime making sure no fuel fumes leak out into my living room haha. Custom 3D printed bracket out of high temperature...
This is a game changer for me! I designed 3D printed pie-cuts that allow me to plan out any exhaust run before actually welding. This reduces so much waste of exhaust runs that doesn’t look quite right, or allowing beforehand to check if a specific run is even...
The fuel tank still needed to be mounted to the frame. I had some aluminium brackets lasercut that I could weld to the frame. Those bracket allow the use of rubber grommets making sure the tank isn’t solidly mounted to the vibrating frame/engine. Also put the...
Time to take the workshop to a new level. My friend Marcus (RIP.) allowed me to use his lathe and mill for the last few years, but was going to sell his company. So now it was time to buy a new lathe and mill for myself in my own workshop next to my house....
Yes I know, this was asking for trouble. M10X1.0 threads in aluminium for the banjo bolts in the tank. Threads were fucked after tightening to pressure test the tank. Time to put helicoils in. With 1 challenge…. I was not able to get a drill into 1 of the...
