GR mini's project page: Preparing the pro class cag

With all this work done on the motors obviously i need a bike for them to go in! So heres a bit of progress on the bike. It's going in the pro cag class that is basically anything goes as long as the chassis is a cag. The goal of the bike is to make it as close to the banshee sho in terms of geometry and riding position so i can ride both without having to change the way i ride the bike and also to make the stock cag handle better.

So the bike, its a typical cag chassis but its made from thicker wall tube then most and the welds are pretty good. it also has all the bolt holes for the motor mounts drilled (most only have 4 of them not 5). There was only few modifications done. The first was to box a part of the seat unit frame so a fatboy exhaust could fit on without fouling on the frame.

Also added an extra tube to cross brace the swingarm. the tube is only 2mm wall so its very light and has made the swingarm infinitely stronger.

Next up was a mounting tab for the fuel tap. You should drain the carb out if you plan on storing the bike for a while so the fuel doesn't varnish up the insides of the carburettor. The easiest way is to add a fuel tap and just turn it off then run the bike for a little to use up the remaining fuel. This is just a standard mower part. Mounted in a convenient place :)

Trying to reach around and fumble with nuts and bolts to put the fairings on is a bugger off a job. so tack welding some flange nuts on the other side of the fairing mount fixed that.

The bike came with some very sturdy footpeg brackets, but they where a little bit too foward for racing, and a bit heavy, so i took them off and replaced them with these ones. made from 10mm steel but very minimalist, so much lighter. They match the position of the banshee pegs perfectly.

the stock brakes are pretty terrible. so i converted them over to use standard banshee/911 type brakes, so i can use the same brakes on all my bikes. here is the adjustable bracket for them

Last addition for the frame is the chain roller. Stock, the chain rubs on the frame and chain guard bracket badly. so this little piece made from nylon and with two bearings in it works great. As you can see its used and works great :)

Last job for the time being was to repair the rim i was given. The terrible chinese phillips head bolts broke off instantly with the slightest pressure on them. and flush with the rim. Rather then wrestle with the tattered remnants i decided to just redrill them on the other side. Putting the mill into action..