More mocking

So here are some snaps of the latest mock up.
Still thinking about forward lighting. The 7" in the picture is the most tolerable so far. Got an 8" and a couple of projector beams and a KTM triangle light thingy. I like the 7" because I can put the HID bulb I bought in there. It'll be stupid bright, good for my old eyes.

Almost time to start thinking about colours or colors. Kinda like the red and white livery that Yamaha used for DT's and MotoGP for a little while. Actually I think maybe YZ's were red and white for awhile? I also just like the bare steel, a lot. Problem is the seat section is glass. I guess I could attempt to replicate it from steel, but I'd like to maybe ride it this summer!

Now we need all new engine mounts. If we use the stock mounts we end up with a super short intake tract. According to Limey Bikes, he couldn't even use the gaskets under the intake manifolds with his RS's on the hornet bike. Therefore the thought is to have a nice long intake, that firstly allows me to unbolt the carbs without pulling the engine out of the frame, secondly long enough to make some low end grunt, cause its more fun. By tipping the engine forward around the main bottom mount, it also shifts a bit of the weight forward as well. So if we tip it forward like in the pictures, we have the appropriate location. But it means the other 4 mounts don't work. Anyways that's my problem, not yours.

As you can see the carb linkage wants to share the same space as the left petcock. This won't do either. Once again this is my problem, not yours. Pretty sure with a f--king day or so of work, i can move all that crap over to the inside of the other carb. Then the throttle cables can route down the backbone and right into the linkage. The accelerator pump will reside right beside it on the inside of the other carb. Looks like a good plan with my eyeballs. So much for my prepped in Germany Mikuni RS bolt on solution. Whatever. Come this far might as well... you know.

Looking at these pics also painfully reminds me we want to blast off that old floor paint and get a new coat of shiny epoxy down there at some point soon. Oh yeah and all those other chores that need to be done! F--k, almost forgot have to work as well to so I can feed my family... I digress.

Back to my highly honed procrastination/denial skills. Heard today somewhere that denial is now labeled as an addiction WTF? Its also time to get some 1 3/4" stainless bends in here so we can figure out what we're going to do for a pipe. Thinking left side high pipes or maybe a double wrap, both sides, over the cases under the carbs into a single can under the seat, not much else going in there yet. Like to buy  a pipe, but they all suck. At least the ones I've found. If someone knows better, enlighten me please.