Now before you start screaming amateur, you're partly right. I am a mechanical engineer (BSc), I worked on cars and bikes for years (as a hobby) and I have been designing or been part of designing equipment. So part of my experience and education will come in handy and for the rest I have friends, the internet and common sense.
Normally I work in the offshore industry and part of my work is designing or specifying new equipment. For years I worked in a R&D department developing underwater equipment.
The closest real experience I have is my self built Yamaha FZR 1000 Exup based streetfighter (www.eusje.smugmug.com). So not entirely green but a lot to learn !!Every project starts with the first step. Although the design work has been going on for years, steel has been ordered, welding parameters have been set, this is the first step as far as I am concerned. I worked on the Kawa for 2 days and it progressed really well.
I started with a fully functioning bike and now I have an engine and rolling frame left. Everything came off no problem at all, it is soo nice working on a new bike. I am planning to sell all the parts I don't need (and that is most of the expensive bits ;) to recover part of my cost.
So keep your eyes on this blog and you will see my progress, set backs, trip-ups, F*CK-ups etc. I hope you enjoy it, I know I will !!
