your work is a deathtrap bro. you should see my bike.
i cant help but agree 100% with this.
im sort of dissappointed that you want to use this engine and then make some hideous contraption to support it. so backwards.
it should be mounted in a work of art... no expense spared!
as mentioned, i have one of these engines. i regret having TOUCHED it when i was young. it was me that destroyed the rotor, knowing no better. if id stuck it in the oven, id have popped the seals out in ten minutes... but no, gorilla grip here wacked it with a hammer. the troid was already chipped, but if id had a bit more sense and patience... it could be a going concern if i was given it, say, five years ago, instead of 15. every time i see or think rotor, im reminded of that little fact. it hurts.
it is fun making these things, i know... but at a certain point i started buying real tools so i could make them better. cus when i think back on some of my early attempts, and some of the engines ive destroyed, i sort of cry a little bit.
a really nice engine, all these hours of work i spent, and a few dollars here and there, and because i rushed some parts, thought more of the riding than the making, i ended up with abortions that just frustrated the $#^ outta me!
dealing with mounts that break, not considering the torque reactions and having chains throw every twenty metres on the return leg of what was an enjoyable ride, having to check all these bird
welds and china steel bolts after each and every run... having solid engine mounts crack and break because the frame flexed, carrying exhausts home tucked under one arm, having to keep one foot jammed up against the fuel tank to stop it falling off... all these things caused by just wanting to finish it and ride, instead of concentratng on the task at hand which is mounting an engine securely.
its a way to learn about things, but it sure ruins a lot of good equipment, and gets depressing!
get a tig welder, get a lathe, and stick to just the cheap POS engines for now. please. that engine is a collectors item! keep it on the shelf for a few more years! if you want an engine on a bike, use ANYTHING but this one!
(lathe, welder, drillpress, bandsaw, benchgrinder...probably the top on the list of needed items for making stuff)
in the meantime, fill the rest of the shelf with books on metalwork
(for your own sake too, cause one day you will look back and wonder...WTF did i do??)
not reading this thread anymore, it depresses me. evokes memories
ive seen better workmanship on the side of a dirt road in the phillipines...
i mean that in the most offensive way possible