Project Ruby Racer (custom FZS600)

[Ruby Racing]

Day 31 - 21-12-13 - I had a couple of hours spare so I worked on the speedo bracket for the Koso speedo. I tidied up all the edges by making them rounded, so no sharp edges. Once finalised I'll get some sand paper on it to really smooth things off. I'll wait until I've done some extensive test riding first to make sure it's strong enough then it'll be painted probably. Looking at it I'm wondering if it will be strong enough for the job. It's only held in place on the top yoke with a couple of M6 bolts, so may be subject to too much vibration.

Also not happy with where I've mounted the Starlane GPS-2 lap timer. I had planned to mount it in the same place I have done, only with the face on the same plane as the the speedo. Unfortunately the low height of the screen has prevented that. That said I haven't done the top fairing mount brackets yet, so I may find that I do in fact have room. If so then I could hide the power cable for lap timer. Where it is at the moment it would need too tight a bend in the wire and that would just end up breaking.

Next job will probably be to cut off the wires to the Yamaha ignition key and then temporarily fit them to the KTM ignition key to check that works. Actually more to check I've deciphered the wring diagram correctly! The Yamaha ignition barrel is knackered as it takes about 20 attempts to turn the key. Plus removing the KTM ignition would be a pain.