If we run a bigger rear wheel, bigger rear tire, longer shocks, lower the front end 2", I think that will take away a couple of degrees of rake. This is far easier than cutting of the neck and re-angling it. Therefore, we will leave it, the neck, where it is... for now.
Got a couple of days in it though to cut off all the brackets, mounts and tabs that we don't require, this would be all of them. Sure we cut off 20 lbs or so of crap, much cleaner now. Welded on the seat mounts, done... for now.
Thinking we're going to be tipping the engine forward a little. this means we'll need to cut off the lower rear engine mount and re-weld it. This can't happen until we get the engine apart and back together and fit up the appropriate carbs. Rumor has it the carbs are a very tight fit to the down-tube.
Put Timken bearings in the neck, think we're going to try and bore the bores a little deeper next time the frame is near a Bridgeport. Don't like the way they project out of the bores. Everyone else seems okay with it, but think we'll fix that.
Got all new seals and steering stem nuts for the trees. New fasteners and a new leather pad for the dampener. Ordered up a new plastic knob and drawbar for the dampener set up. It is surprisingly effective at least in my garage at 0 mph. Don't think it'll be speed sensitive like a nice Ohlins unit, but I want to try it out since its such a visual period piece. Just made that up, (visual period piece), sounds made up but it is definitely retro.
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