I am going to have another go, found another DJP sidecar and new leading link thanks to Rockman, today  my son found a RS that has been sitting 10 years. Here we go again.

Maaaaaate... what could possibly go wrong?  
Looking forward to the project updates!

wow Waz …

never cease to amaze me mate

go for it

Yeah - there's always another one somewhere!

G'day Waz, yep, you never cease to amaze me. I'm with Saxon7 and "what could possibly go wrong". Good luck with the project. Cheers Tom

Can't wait to see the bottom of that Waz.
Points for perseverance at least.
Good luck with it mate, if you get it to work you may yet convince me to take the leap.
RT

Waz!! you DEFINITELY need a bigger shed.

and here I have been struggling with a bout of sniffles and coughing since the Kozzie Rally - nothing really in comparison to the latest version of K Pox that has afflicted our good friend Waz.

Good luck mate!

Don't be put off this time Waz. Outfits are fun , you just have to get them set up right.
However, the old saying is true, if they are not scaring you, you are not riding fast enough!!

Waz wrote:I am going to have another go, found another DJP sidecar and new leading link thanks to Rockman, today  my son found a RS that has been sitting 10 years. Here we go again.

Good on ya Woz.  Will be watching progress closely

Al

:1B:cheerin mate . she's a beauty. 
Let us know when the sKones are on and we can all come down and watch you working on it . Good luck with it .

Finally got a day in my little shed and started the fun, discovered bike was first sold in Essex England. 
Drive shaft splines are worn but I had a spare with new splines welded in and new uni joint. 
Found left leg broken off the center stand luckily had a spare. Cleaned the black rubber crap from inside the tank and replaced fuel pump filter and hoses. Assembled the leading link. 
Should only take ten years at this pace

Thanks Tom, I tried the nappisan inside the tank, it worked better then  thinners.

Good luck with everything.

The bike looks like it will come together (if external appearances are a guide). 

What is it about K100s that invariably mean they've been neglected for nearly a decade? 3 of my 5 have suffered this fate. 

I thought I had seen inside your shed Waz and it didn't look that big.

If you need parts, let me know if I can help. School is back next week and I am literally just down the road.

Happy to polish the exhaust headers for ya mate.
Gives an old geez something to do.
Catch up soon
RT

:thumb:Looking like a good project, Waz.  You'll be painting it all black I guess?

Takes an hour to empty the shed and another hour to pack it up. Polishing and painting a long way off. Polished headers and black bike sound good. It has been sitting too long and will need one of everything. I said I wouldn't do this again. It may one day be worth about half the amount I spend on parts. But it is fun.

Waz, 10 years to completion????  I reckon about 10 weeks should do it. About the same progress on the Goulburn bike..
Cheers
Tom

Any photos of the Goulburn beast Tom?

Waz, No photos yet. I reckon I might have the beast finished in about two weeks. Now that is putting pressure on myself. Photos will be posted on completion. 

At the moment I'm trying to get confident about fitting the dreaded flywheel 'O' ring. Cheers Tom

It lives the smoke cleared quickly. No nasty noises and runs smoothly after 10 years sitting.

It lives the smoke cleared quickly. No nasty noises and runs smoothly after 10 years sitting.

It lives the smoke cleared quickly. No nasty noises and runs smoothly after 10 years sitting.

Good to hear that the latest project has fired up Waz.

I guess you were pretty excited judging by the number of posts.

If you decide to tackle the Alpine Rally again in an outfit let me know and I'll definitely be along for the ride.

Cheers

I'll go to Alpine but sidecar wont be ready, no sub frame yet. I don't know why it duplicates posts.

Got a few days in shed, new clutch, rear main seal, monkey nuts, starter bushes, LT bars and cables, leading link. the sub frame left England yesterday

coming along nicely Waz

cant wait to see the finished item

Looking good Woz. If you need a hand with anything, just ask.

Al

The shed looks strangely roomy Waz, the street must be full of bikes in front of your place.
Coming along nicely mate.

Wasp subframe just Arrived 

Whoo Hoooo!!!!

Good progress Waz!

great to see Waz
by all that I have seen , that appears to very light in construction ....but hey, these guys know what they are doing eh ?

keep at it mate ...very exciting to see progress ...hopefully we will see that project up this ways ...erm...one day ?

Yeah , I want to add two supporting bars from bottom of steeri g head back to the top front of the wasp frame to stiffen it all together.

G'Day Waz,
I reckon this side car would look good on your K. You should give it some consideration.

Looks comfortable

Where do you put the picnic basket?

Stan wrote:Where do you put the picnic basket?

It is a picnic basket.....

I hope the thermos stays upright.

Waz wrote:Yeah , I want to add two supporting bars from bottom of steeri g head back to the top front of the wasp frame to stiffen it all together.

Hi Waz,
Not sure if this helps but here is my Hedingham subframe with the type of stiffening you suggest.
Happy to get you some better pics if its useful. 
Stu
Ps. you’re still some way from having to worry about it yet, but consider adding some short headed allens to your tool kit. Getting to the HES cover bolts can be a complete pain with these sub frames.

Stan wrote:I hope the thermos stays upright.

So do I. It's full of calcium carbide.

Thanks Stu
More photos please. I am going to sidecar rally in a couple of weeks to get some ideas.

calcium carbide ? For headlight?

Here you go Waz, let me know if the pics aren’t speaking a thousand words.

In short what you are seeing is two triangles running up to the headstock, one in front and one behind the radiator.

AFAIK the rear one is simply the OEM top/front chassis member. 

Note in the first or last photo the view from above with the two allen heads, is a clamp which connects the rear triangle to the front one on each side (my pic is steering lock side). I’m not sure of the detail on that as I’ve never been that close to an original chassis but I’m guessing the clamps terminate each front leg for fastening to the OEM parts somewhere on their journey from the bottom to the top triple tree.

At the front is a cross member (the one that gets in the way of the top HES cover bolt) joining the two front legs of the subframe and that stray cross piece you can see from the outside leg is the top/front chair strut (left hand chair).

All I would add is there is a lot of stuff going on down there near axle level and I had only one reasonable path for fitting a damper between chair and fork leg. If I was at the development phase I would make sure I had some well placed tabs on the chair side before I welded myself into a corner.

Have fun, Stu

Waz wrote:calcium carbide ? For headlight?

Yup. The only form of lighting in the early days. The gas was fed to the tail light too. I had a 1926 AJS 350-G5 on short-term loan that was fitted with acetylene lighting. Unfortunately in the only good picture I could find of a G5, it has been modified to take a dynamo.

I also used to cave with a guy who preferred acetylene over the Oldham T3 battery setup I used, but it's banned in quite a few caves in the UK. For long trips it made sense; my battery could go flat (and it did once; right at the bottom of a sixty-foot climb ) but all he needed to do was to find was a trickle of water. Yes, including peeing in it.

Dai
I'd have been refreshing the battery long before 60 feet 

Rear wheel adaptor quoted about $1000. So plan B is no adaptor. 

Hey Waz,
Any updates

Not a lot Packo, fitted LT bars with bar backs and risers thanks to Gaz, made some bolts because frame has UNF threads and connecting bars are UNC, adapted some lower connecting bars to fit and ran out of room in shed so I sold my R1100r and r1100gs to make room but then I seen an k1200rs and had buy it. So still no room to finish. Have to sell k1200rs to make room then I can bolt it together.

Good to see that you found a use for those white cable ties Waz.

Hope the sidecar is not going to kept together with them........maybe black ones instead.

Well I did use one in a dummy fit up