Rear downtubes ready to be welded, and mid downtubes shortened and with ends shaped ready for bending inwards and forwards

Rear downtubes tacked into position. Mid downtubes bent inwards and forwards ready for welding

Mods to toolbox brace

toolbox brace completely removed!

Backbone end shortened to make room for air intake hose

Edited December 31, 201213 yr by feetupfun

Photo showing new mount for exhaust chamber, new lower mount for inner rear guard, new shockie mount and new frame gusset above shockie mount. Inner guard shown is fibreglass Majesty item made in early 1980s. Shockie mount pin goes right through downtube and is welded both ends. It is tapered from standard pin size on outer end to 4mm diameter on inner end.

photo showing a test fit-up with suspension in place

Man,there's nothing better than building yer own ****!!! Your Majesty build shames my little head angle mod on my Fantic

All the fitting and refitting to check clearances pays off in the end,I started to do my garage projects like I was being paid by the hour rather than paying,Quality of my hacks improved immediately.

Once Fantic is done I wanna look for something stupid to make into a trials bike,haven't decide what yet,depends on what I come across when I'm ready

Showing the making of the exhaust. Main chamber reshaped at front end to miss cylinder head, dent on inner side reshaped to clear the middle downtube. Rear end of chamber shortened to clear the gusset avove the shock mount. The routing of the section of tube above the head is critical. This one ended up with 3mm clearance to the head fins and 3mm clearance to the fuel tank. It would have been easier if I had used smaller diameter exhaust tubing.

Frame painted, motor fitted, assembly in progress

photo of finished bike except for shockies

magazine photo of original bike that this copy was built to celebrate. Photo taken at Aussie Titles 1976. Rider Aussie Champ Peter Paice.

This is the finished bike being shown to Peter Paice.

Will do. Had forgotten this promise. Did anyone see the article in VMX Magazine?

Sure did, you write very well David

Is the toolbox mount completely gone now like it appears in the later photos, how did the standard airbox fit up with the shortening of the rear subframe?

You've managed to show that there is a lot more that has to happen when modifying the frame than just the work on the frame, would not have thought about all the work needed on the main part of the exhaust to make it fit

Edited January 1, 201313 yr by tony27

Thanks David, as Tony said, these projects have a habit of growing arms and legs.

Happy New Year

Ross