The headstock tube is now finished, waisting it from the inside has reduced it's weight massively and left it with an simpler shape to attach tubes to on the outside (it also produced a lot of swarf!).
It's been machined for a modified Cagiva Mito Bottom Yoke. The bottom bearing recess has been cut deeper than the top so that the lockstop tab can be attached to the tube and still hit the stops. The yoke needed modifications to the stem as the mito - for some reason i can't figure out, uses untensioned ordinary deep groove bearings. So I've added a thread to the top to allow tapered roller bearings to be used.
I've been collecting bits off eBay and now have a complete Mito front end for it. The disk is huge and it uses a nice Brembo caliper and master cylinder. The forks which are Marzocchi should be easy to modify despite having sealed units inside. They are cheaply made with no adjustability but strong, light and perfect for a dragbike.
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