Ok so the paint has been removed from the door and the drugs seem to have sorted the tooth... back in the garage - all sorts of things going on but first.
Quick stop to the powder coaters
Thought it might be a change to start putting something back together so to speak and the petrol tank needed mounting so...
The first job was to cut off some lugs from the bottom which were the original MZ mounts - having cut these off in the spirit of lets not waste anything they looked to line up as a candidate for the new front mount needed a fold in each to meet up with the tank which is a lot bigger through the tunnel section ( more of this later) they even had holes of the right size.. the plan was to use a tube which runs horizontally underneath the headstock with a long M6 bolt - this tube could have been the origonal tank mount ? not sure.
Luckily the tank had not had any petrol in for a long time and even the old nose test seemed ok but just to be sure we did drop a match inside probally not to be recommended but rather outside in the garden than on the bench in the garage - the good lady is ok on most things but a hole in the roof may have been a test to far...
So front mounts
Next up was the rear mount and again in the spirit or recycling the origonal rear mudguard mount was cut up and shaped then a fold made to reach the tank. Once its was in its final position we drilled the frame M6 and bolted into position with a rubber gasket to give a bit of movement.
Ok so back to that oversize tank tunnel - the basic plan was to get the bottom frame rails parralell with the ground and then the tank to also in the same plain. With this acheived there was a big gap between the tank and frame which looked unfinished ?
Out with the grinder and tin snips and hole saw.
Next it needed a bit of a shape to match the tank profile
Move forward the welder...
Bit of a final clean up
Looks like the bottom edge could do with a radius instead of the right angle but ran out of time this week, could be in darkest Northampton to pick the engine a gearbox up next couple of weeks and hope to have some picture from RM of the build...