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Have been working on my Yamaha Xj 600 1984 for a while now. Most work have been learning, as an absolutely beginner in sheet metal work ... (might use strange expressions ... im from sweden, and don't wright that much in English).
Lack of knowledge and tools makes progress go slowly. Anyway, desided to make my own parts in sheet metal, as gastank, seat and cuts. Later also added lamp and hugger. Most timeconsuming has been to be sattisfied with the finnish and style.
The frame has also been cleaned out of unnecesarry "stuff" and the backframe is totaly remaked.
I started out with just a few handtools and an old "stickweld" not made for thin metal
Along the way a few new things been bought, as tigwelder, shrinker and a featherhammer to smoothen out the metal.
Here is a review in pictures starting last winter ...
From Dec 2011 to Aug 2012 I was doing everything in a garage with no heat or insulation, no "real" electricy ...
Unfortunatly I have lost all pictures as harddrive crashed :-\ from the first month. A lot of the first metalwork ended up in trash can, but one pice I'm still proud of is the cuts (not sure that is what you call it). This piece is still on the bike but I will do another, slightly bigger as the last gastank i HUGE ... pics on that one will come late in this story
Tnx a lot!
Will try to update until "as is" before next visit to the garage. Next pics is from August and the new garage. And just moving in and see all the others bikes or projects, mostly bobbers, inspired to build a new gastank but this one became a bit to much chopper ... oops!
First pic is what I brought from old garage...
Next step was to lower the backend to get rid of the fighter looks... at same time needed to cut out a bit of the cuts buttom.
Did som mockup to see what to use and desided ...none (missed to attach the other mockup pic)
The other Mockup and also starting to build up next gastank (hmmm might gone adicted to sheet metal )
Still got a lot to learn when it comes to tig welding. My first real big AHA, was realising I needed glases hepp, a new world opened up in close range 8)
Well, things start to look like I want. Less fun to deal with is the bottom of gastank, a lot of angles in different directions and I found it real hard to get clean and nice fitting between all pieces. A pair of clip-ons was also made, as I could now having the right tools for that in the new garage
Tnx Bolshevik. Well, long time ago , like 20 years ago I did some constrution-welding in thick metal, but never with MIG or TIG and never in thin metal (and as said earlier in tread, a LOT of pieces is in trash can with a LOT of burned holes in )
Some thoughts about a new gastank started in my head as I bought a shrinking tool
Found out tat we call it MANX tank, in Sweden, and thats a cool piece of art.... just how I think a gastank should look like ...
so...
See that the pics came last pic first ...
Tnx Swivel, yes, that one will get some jobb this winter. And it's so much fun sharing garage, as you get so much inspiration from others projects. I also have another project an XS 500, but that is not started jet, need to have this XJ 600 on the road first
Besides getting gastank finnished with tunnel and buttom, I also started do a new backend (we call it Cuts, not sure what you call it?)
As there is not that much space between undertail and tire I needed to get the undertail as high as I could. Man, that was a tricky one to form i one piece!
that's how you learn!!! I have a saying too: if you're not failing a lot of the time, you're not challenging yourself enough! good to see someone else taking on an old school craft
that's how you learn!!! I have a saying too: if you're not failing a lot of the time, you're not challenging yourself enough! good to see someone else taking on an old school craft
Tnx, yes thats true! And yes, I try to do the things I would mike to, even not having a clue where to start or how to. Working with this sheet metal shaping is really fun.
And here is another few pics on a frontlamp to the bike ...
Done it in 3 pieces unlike to look similuar to the backend, and ofcourse, cut wrong side when it was welded
but find it looking OK anyway ...
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