Dutch Eco Exo R project

[laube]

Hi All,

My name is Iwan and I'm from Holland, Utrecht to be more specific. By coincidence I walked in to an unfinished eco exo r project. The owner a colleague had no time and space to proceed the build and luckily handed over the project to me.

Herby the start and some simple facts on the build.

Took over the project from a colleague.
Took apart the burgman
Base plate is already placed on the frame and the frame is powder coated ( would have been easier to start with an blank sheet )

I will first upload some pics to give you an idea

Regards

Iwan

[laube]

Pick up from colleague the set has been in his possession for about 3 years

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Bringing the kit home

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Stripping the Burgman

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Start assembling the front stearing section, the bottom rod ends have been drilled with 5 mm holes. This seems quite fragile to me, also the rod end is hollow and therefore in my opinion not perfect to put tention on.

Made a small bracket to provide additional support. Fixed the rod end with a bolt to the bracket and than drilled the existing 5 mm holes upto 6 mm.

This should provide a bigger safety factor.

Because the frame was already coated at start this build will be basically bolted together.

[laube]

Bracket attached to steering collum, provides support for the throttle cable and later on for mounting the "bonnet"

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Wheels to the powder coater, matt black similar to the frame and consider to put on a very thin red line

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Steering wheel arrived, as all other parts I will try when possible to use second hand parts.

See it as a challange 😆 to maintain the quality I'm after but use low cost second hand parts.

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Tank, motor subframe and radiator mounted, re-positioned the fan. Radiator and tank need a proper clean and paint job.

Ordered model foam to create an airscoop.

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At the stage of assembling the front wheel section but run in to an issue. The rims from my 99 donor seem te be different than the rims I see on all eco exo's on this forum.

when mountimg the steering ball joints as described in the manual they will hit the brake disc....

See example below.

Only option is see now is to mount the steering ball joint approaching the fork bracket from the top. Not ideal since the angle it's in don't seem te be ok.

any advice or solutions are welcome.

[edvb]

Hi laube

You best solution might be to find a pair of later model rims, caliper and wheels. The geometry is such that you do not want to change that from the original. You could also ask Stuart what his thoughts on this might be.

Edward

[edvb]

Also did you put a spacer between the rose joint and mounting plate? I did not as there was no room for one.

flic.kr/p/jRFcoD

[laube]

Hi Edward,

Going your route with the conical spacer on top was the first idea,however when mounting I found that the rubber on the joint was "to much" pressed together.

At this moment I
cut down the front part of the bracket and made one resting on the origional. This lifts the joint apr. 6mm and i have brought the hole slightly foreward. This provides sufficient clearance.

Still needs te be painted but below a picture

[edvb]

Great that should work fine. Since mine was not painted yet I was able to weld a thick spacer on top and had it reamed for a proper fit. Good to hear you have that solved.

[laube]

Hi Edward,

Really enjoying the build and reading trough the other building posts. Also hope to get in contact with Erik once to sort out some details about legislation.

Having it coated already does force you to use a more bolt on way of building but sofar all good.

Will post some more pictures after the weekend.

Iwan