Fuel Tank TV

Fuel Tank TV (Fuel Magazine) and Bandit Films have been working together making great short movies, one of which has featured me.

Click here to view the movie

Much Much Build

The build diary in pictures:

The once neglected 1979 CB250T

Evaluation of stance: After striping the bike down I experimented with dropping the rear of the bike which gave a natural rotation to the motor and rake to the forks - but not enough! I then cut into the frame to further rake the forks and better centre the mass of the motor between the wheels.

Tank Modifications: the original flip-up tank cover was missing, I detail which I didn't much like anyway. The bayonet opening was cut out and moved to the new infill panel.

Details of some of the fabrication and modification:

Detail of some of the smaller components made: while the gear change and rear brake linkages look simple they took a long time to make, the brake in particular had to be set so that it didn't crash into the swingarm. The turnbuckle on the bottom right is the brace for the carburettors.

All in a days work - actually 55 days work.

Much Much to Post

People have been feverishly posting comments about Much Much Go on various sites, many of whom have missed the point. These two pictures are for them...

photos by craig

Much Much More....

Bike Exif have posted some amazing images of Much Much Go on their Facebook page.

Deus have also updated their gallery to include images of the entrants, their bikes and coverage of the day. Also, their coverage of the day in Flickr.

I just need to get my images of the build posted too.

Much Much Go...

Much Much Win!

I'm so excited to announce that I won both first prize and people's choice award at the inaugural Deus Boundless Enthusiasm Bike Buildoff yesterday.

More images to follow soon, I've only just driven back from Sydney....

Much much thanks to Shayne, Craig, Rob, Tim, Sam, MMSr, Simon, Pete and especially Esme for all your help, advice and patience.

And, much much thanks to Deus and Snap-on and all my friends who were there on the day!

(images by Deus)

or check out the coverage of the day as posted on Pipeburn

A false calm...

It's the end of week one and just 47 days remain until the deadline for the Deus Build Off. A plan has been laid out and the first week's progress has been good, though I still don't know if my bike runs... lucky I haven't entered yet...