Framed

The frame came back from the powder coating company a few weeks back, and then the swing arm and the rear shock bodies and springs and the front oil cooler mounts were all done.  They look a treat!
I fitted new needle roller swing arm bearings obtained from SKF Bearings - thanks again to the blokes there who are always 100% helpful.  Cost under $35.  For those who find this blog and need to buy bearings for themselves, the numbers on the outer surface are 'DHK 2538 Durko', and if you quote these details the bearings are easy enough for SKF to order for you.

And you can see the frame is glossy and clean, and the swing arm is in place.

The rear shock parts went back to Hoey Racing for reassembly, and were back to me a day later looking very nice.  I paid for water blasting of the alloy parts on the Koni shocks, and along with the shiny black gloss powder coating to the body and spring, they look magnificent.  Under $200 for the complete job.  Thanks to Pete and his crew, who always do a great job.

Windsor ElectroPlaters, who did the metal polishing on my Guzzi 1100 Sport headers, got the gig for polishing the triple clamps to eliminate some dings and wear marks.  Got them back a fortnight later, and again a very good job.  Cost - $60.

I then set to reassembling the front steering headstem, by first fitting the bearing race to the bottom of the spindle and the cup section to the bottom of the headstem.  Then I fitted the sealed bearing unit to the top of the headstem and bolted on the oil cooler mount, which also serves to provide the steering lock to lock stops.  The bearings again came from SKF Bearings - and cost $50.

In this photo - cropped to eliminate the background consisting of a large number of empty beer cartons - you can see the polished lower triple clamp, the mounts below it for the oil cooler, and the shiny powder coated frame.  I plan to order some bits from Wolfgang Haerter in Canada - who has a large stock of ex factory spares - and Steve Allen at Bevel Heaven who has fork scraper seals and top fork nuts for the 38mm Ceriani forks.

I'll put the orders in just after Christmas and hopefully by mid January I can have the front end reassembled and shartly after that Marty should have the engine back from the mechanic.