Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 12th of May 2021 - Riihimäki, Finland

Couple photos from week 19 😎 Take a look!

Oldsmobile 88

1st of May Cruise 2021 @ Riihimäki, Finland - Part I

 Here are rest of my May Day Cruise photos. Take a look 😎

Buick Century

1st of May Cruise 2021 @ Riihimäki, Finland - Part II

 Here's first part of photos from last weekend's May Day cruise 😎 Next part covers Yankee cars.

Austin 1300GT

'73 Suzuki GT250 - Part 16 - Stainless steel front brake disc

I had an opportunity to cut a front brake disc for my GT250 out of 5 mm thick stainless steel sheet using abrasive water jet cutting. After googling and looking at different front brake disc designs I decided go with similar style used in aftermarket Triumph Speed Twin front brake discs. Once I was happy with the 3D-model I exported it to a DXF file which was used to program routing for the cutting machine. 

After cutting I machined grooves around each bolt hole used to fix the brake disc to the front wheel hub with 14 mm square mill in a vertical milling machine. Once that was done I sand blasted the disc to get a good surface for paint. 

This time I decided to use simple spray paint. Before painting I masked outer edges of the disc and cleaned all the surfaces I wanted to paint with acetone. I applied a thin coat first which supposed to help the next heavier coats to stick better. Instructions in the can said to use primer when necessary so I opted to leave it out. I'm curious too see how it works without primer. If it doesn't I will prep it and paint it again. Once paint had cured I installed the disc with a 12 mm spacer I also got cut with abrasive water jet cutter and rolled the bike outside to snap few pictures of it 😊

Design for front brake disc

Dimensions

Blank

Grooves for socket cap screws machined with square end mill
in a vertical milling machine

Sand blasting before...

...masking and coat of matte black spray paint

Dimensions for spacer

I painted the outer surface also with matte black

Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 7th of October 2020 - Riihimäki, Finland

Here is my last set of photos from 2020 and throwback to meet from week 41 😊 As days were starting to get shorter and shorter and amount of daylight running low when I took these photos I decided to wait until springtime to visit this meet next time. Until then check out how my season ended!

Cadillac Eldorado

Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 30th of September 2020 - Riihimäki, Finland

 Next up photos from week 40 😎 Take a look!

Chevrolet 3100

Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 23rd of September 2020 - Riihimäki, Finland

 Here's throwback to meet from week 39! Take a look 😀

Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 16th of September 2020 - Riihimäki, Finland

 Let's continue with photos from week 38! Check them out 😎 

Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback

'73 Suzuki GT250 - Part 15 - Sidestand

Once I got my GT250 on its wheels it was time to fabricate a sidestand for it which allowed me to not keep it on a mechanic stand all the time. I wanted to use bar and spring from a sidestand I had kept from one of previous my bikes and utilize stock mount on the GT250 frame. This way I only needed to fabricate a bracket in between them. 

Assembly of sidestand bracket

Dimensions for plate

Dimensions for blank

Piece of flat bar bent with a press brake

Bolt holes drilled and edge trimmed

Holes for pin and bar drilled and profile of edge cut

Dimensions for pin

I didn't have 10 mm round bar so I utilized a piece
from a long enough M10 bolt to make the pin

Pin welded to the plate

Dimensions for support plate

Support plate tacked to the plate

First mock up

Bar was bit too long so it had to be shortened

I also reinforced stock sidestand mount on the frame which I had previously hacked after cutting unnecessary parts from the frame such as stock footpeg mounts.

Starting point

Unnecessary pieces cut off

Piece of square tube...

...tacked..

...and welded to stock sidestand mount

Bottom side ground flat and edge profiled

Lahti Cruising @ Ace Cafe Lahti - 12th of September 2020 - Lahti, Finland

Here's a throwback to Lahti Cruising held last month. It was rather rainy and windy day and I ended getting soaked while travelling and shooting. Luckily there were still attendance despite the not so good weather so I could capture bit of it. Take a look! 😊