3rd June 2009: rear subframes
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