The swingarm of the FWS1000 is a unique and complex multi-piece aluminium weldment design which was quite the challenge to fabricate.
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Swingarm Fabrication
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Chassis Contruction Completed
With the main frame completed it was time to turn our attention to the subframe. The tubes of the subframe wrap tightly around the rear cylinder head particularly on the left hand side and form the upper mount for the rear shock and seat unit. Bending the tubes and arranging the fixturing was quite a tricky set up.
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Short video clip of the metal stamping of the mount pad for the rear shock upper mount.
Chassis Construction Continues…
Some progress pictures of the frame construction.
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Chassis Construction Begins…
Now that we’ve established the basic chassis parameters it was time to start building. We began with making and setting up the steering head tube, swingarm pivot and suspension link parts.
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Chassis design
The frame of the FWS1000 was typical of the TT-F1 era. It is a wide perimeter twin loop ‘diamond’ style made from steel tube. Constructing a replica from the available photos seems a straightforward enough process until you begin to delve into the intricacies of motorcycle chassis design.
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Bodywork parts completed!
By the time the plugs and moulds were completed we were thoroughly fibreglass fatigued! So therefore, we treated ourselves to a break from the fibres and fumes and outsourced the manufacturing of the laminates to a specialist fibreglass company in Sydney. But then, just when you think you’ve covered it all…
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