As lovely as the rearsets are, I have had to make a modification to the brake set up as it appeared that a hole necessary to connect the bottom of the brake rod had been omitted.
Here is the original photo from the suppliers website showing three holes to adjust the brake rod’s position with what I actually received in the correct position. It’s clear to see that a third hole was needed.
If you have read the rest of my blog you will note that I am not particularly adept/confident at mechanical/fabrication type tasks. So with trepidation I took the brake pedal to a friend of my father’s and drilled a 6mm hole where one was needed using a superb industrial pillar drill with Titanium tipped drill bits. Hot knife through butter springs to mind…well, after the event at least. Prior to put the bit through the lovely billet alloy I was a bag of nerves…anyway, I judged it spot on…luck? judgement? Who knows!
Some tweaking of the gear linkage was needed to get the pedal in the correct position. I had originally bought a slightly longer turnbuckle but managed to sort it in the end. Everything is loosely connected at the moment as final adjustments will only be needed when the tank and seat get put on the bike.
As I think I have previously mentioned I need to fabricate a mount for the rear light/number plate assembly. So I have purchased a sheet of 1mm aluminium and have started to cut out the required shape. Originally I was thinking of some simple steel bar to go between the rearmost frame rails that would allow the rear light to be mounted. However, I think using ally sheet will give a bit of a firmer foundation for the seat which is yet to be purchased. Plus it will ‘seal’ in the electronics. Anyway, so I have a roughly cut shape that needs quite a bit of work to complete.
