[python] Python after rebuild
- From: "25hz" <25hz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <python@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:11:02 -0400
Here's a picture of my python after the big crash rebuild :)
http://bikes.jkcc.com/python%20rebuilt.jpg
Here's a picture of it now with the tailbox I just finished for it.
http://bikes.jkcc.com/python%20red%20tailbox.jpg
I'm going to get some duct tape to put around the edges to hide the zip ties
a little. Also need to mount my speedo on the rear of the front fender, a
bidon just a little forward of that, and add a flag holder and tail light to
the fairing.
Not done making the link for the tailbox construction, or the Windel Park
racing we did on Saturday.
While at Windel, I got the chance to ride Mike Channon's python (pictures
will be added too :)) It rides sort of like my python did at the beginning,
but it has an even more plush ride due to the big rubber suspension block he
uses. He longer in the inseam than I am so I had to stretch a bit, and at
extreme turn angles his front wheel rubs on the front of the seat frame.
Once I moderated my over-correction turn technique, I could ride his. It
was a very cool riding python. Sort of felt like a Cadillac. The length of
the wheelbase meant that it responded much slower to turn input than my
python now does, and the suspension meant that the bumps on the track
weren't trying to pop my feet off the pedals like my stiffer python does
now. The thing I liked the best, was it was a perfect test for me to see
what the rod end pivot would feel like. They worked perfectly, in fact, I
couldn't feel a difference between the rod ends and mine with sealed
bearings. It MIGHT have been a little stiffer, but I honestly can't
remember if it really was, so I'm pretty excited about carrying on with the
2nd frame that I have half built right now. The rod ends are simple,
inexpensive, allows you to adjust the pivot angle and they're robust.
I was trying to get Mike on the track, with him riding mine and me on his -
and someone taking a picture of us together, but he is wisely more cautious
than I :) Mike's python also has his handlebars mounted to the front end so
they move when you steer, while mine are static and mounted to the seat
support. When I was coming in to stop on his, it was a little scary trying
to reach forward and down to apply the brakes, without adding steering
input. I didn't want to wipe his python out too :) The only thing his
python really needs is a fender to protect the "important bits" of one's
anatomy, and then it would be set. While riding his, I was very much aware
of the memory of the tire burning the skin off the inside of my legs before
I put the fender on mine. Anyway, it was very cool to ride a python built
by someone else, and I'm going to see about employing some suspension on my
next one too, because his rode SO softly, it was amazing :)
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