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Major update this time now as I didn't have time to update the site
because I needed to get the bike roadworthy in time for the May-day
run even though its not 100% finished. I'll post a picture of the finished
bike when its complete with the forks so it looks proper :-)
I recently worked out there is a macro facility on my camera (didn't read
the manual - but who does) and now the close ups are much sharper,
but I'm not going to redo all the close up pictures on the site as it will
take too long. I eventually got the stack dash mounted on the bike as
my brother is a dab hand with the ol' carbon and knocked my up a mount
in a day which you can see below.
You can see I've changed the buttons
that came with the dash for some more
upto date types which are a damn sight
nicer and their waterproof. The three
lights to the right of the buttons are for
Neutral/Fuel/Alarm, the reason for the
fuel light is that the Stack requires a
proper sender in the tank to calibrate
correctly rather than the on/off type in
my tank.
You can see the nice carbon fibre plates that are holding the dash on, and it
uses the same mounting holes at the old dashboard as well.
Here you can see whats behind the dash
and the various wiring looms for the dash
itself, the idiot lights and the four buttons.
And finally below you can see the finished product mounted on the bike.
I had to have the different sensors mounted in the bike and I managed to
get this done without chopping any of the bike up as you'll see below.
In the first picture you can see the water temp sensor mounted into the
radiator, a friend of my brothers welded the nut onto my rad and then we
drilled and tapped it to take the sensor. In the second picture you can see
the oil temp sensor which we mounted into the sump nut by drilling and
tapping the center of it, but still leaving some of the allen key socket so it
can be undone. The sensor then screws up into it.
Here you can see the line to the oil pressure sensor
which was that big ugly thing you saw last month in
the Stack layout picture. I've hidden it inside the
frame where no one will see it :-) I used the location
where the original oil pressure switch was mounted,
as a take off.
I finally got my rear bracket back from my brothers friend and have fitted it to the
bike although I did have to get my disc skimmed down as it was too large.
You can see the small AP caliper in the first and second picture and a tiny bit
of the new bracket in it as well :-)
I also added a couple of anodized bolt covers for the swingarm as I couldn't get them
in titanium which you can see in the right picture below.
You can see the bracket in the first picture and also the disc which I had cut down
and skimmed.