Bike Engine Position

[ozzy1]

ok here goes from what i can remember,
The front left hand of the engine(as viewed from drivers seat)was close to the chassis rail but this chassis was a narrow body compared to roadster.
The important thing is to get the sprocket mount shaft inline with the diff firstly,the engine is tipped east to west as in the bike (same angle ish),this makes the engine faces below the carbs parallel with the chassis rails on left & right side.no your carbs wont flood.(have a look at a zx9 engine in bike at a shop or breakers,will explain a lot )you can then level engine with a level for front to rear or use a piece of pipe to centre of diff and measure.
The 'v' shaped lump on the sump wants machining off level or best as to rest of sump.the main flat area of the sump on mine sat approx 50mm below chassis rail but this is governed by the sprocket to diff levelling and alignment so dont use 50mm as gospel.
I have a few pics on my laptop i can send u if u pm me your email address,i have more build pics but they are in transit with my belongings and due in december which would probably help you more which i can also scan and email u when they arrive.
hope this makes some sense?


steve