3rd June 2009: rear subframes

19 November 2009: exhaust systems

Top left: Jig-welding header pipes, with gas purging

Above: laying out header pipes, ready for next stage

Above right: pressing the silencer body

Left: second pressing of silencer body

Right: header pipes, after welding

2nd March 2010: main frames

Top left: Frames take shape: Duncan welds top tube to head tube

Top centre: oil filler and oil return on top tube, a delicate and time-consuming process but the neatest possible way to run oil through the frame

Top right: down tubes welded to head tubes

Left: seat tube and swinging arm mount assembly

28th May 2010: swinging arms

Left: Left and right arms ready for welding

Bottom, right: welded sections on the jig

23rd July 2010: sub frames

On the jig; cut and bevelled tube; stacked lugs;

 

Left: Duncan welding subframes


Below: detail of footrest mount


Right: subframe on welding post


Below right: subframes ready for lugs