"Thor's Hammer" 1975 XS650 hardtail

Tuesday, 25 February 2014 - First start-up

Here's the first start-up in the apartment no less.

It was here that I discovered that I had some fuel and oil leaks to contend with before I try and get it registered.


http://youtu.be/Fx9K1Yyrzp4

http://youtu.be/aBAQ3iDfI08


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/
 
Thursday, 27 February 2014 - Down she goes


Last Thursday night I put the call our for help to get the bike out of the apartment.

We had 3 flights of stairs to deal with, but we got there in the end.

I started at 7.30pm and finished at 2.30am, as I was hoping to make a rego inspection later that day.

Thanks Yanni, Brad, Harley, Carina and Carol for your help to get it downstairs safe and sound!



1966787_744065018950425_1350982384_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1506561_744064985617095_1017194700_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1011013_744064968950430_1719407894_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1959323_744064942283766_959120381_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1489173_744064898950437_1982947416_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1902884_744064805617113_528568577_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1907589_744064842283776_917384938_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/
 
Friday, 28 February 2014 - Up in smoke!


Unfortunately making it to the rego inspection just did not happen.

As much as I'd thought the bike was ready, it was full of surprises.

The most frightening of issues occurred when the chain tensioner flipped over and rubbed against my master power switch, shorting out the battery all locked up nicely in the milk jug and smoked itself up!

Luckily I managed to disconnect it before the bike went up in flames.

I thought out a quick and easy fix to ensure that my bolt on chain tensioner never flips over again.

It's simply restricted by a chain that's bolted to the main arm of the tensioner and exhaust bracket.

It ain't elegant, but it is effective. I can easily remove it for shows if I can be bothered. I might even just get the eye bolt, chain and link copper coated to match the brake rod and stay.

I also tightened the drive chain further as well as lifted the guard to gain tyre clearance.

Hopefully no more hitting of the main power switch (I've made it smaller) and subsequent battery fires will occur moving forward.



image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/
 
Thursday, 27 February 2014 - Down she goes


Last Thursday night I put the call our for help to get the bike out of the apartment.

We had 3 flights of stairs to deal with, but we got there in the end.

I started at 7.30pm and finished at 2.30am, as I was hoping to make a rego inspection later that day.

Thanks Yanni, Brad, Harley, Carina and Carol for your help to get it downstairs safe and sound!



1966787_744065018950425_1350982384_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1506561_744064985617095_1017194700_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1011013_744064968950430_1719407894_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1959323_744064942283766_959120381_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1489173_744064898950437_1982947416_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1902884_744064805617113_528568577_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


1907589_744064842283776_917384938_n by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/


Friday, 28 February 2014 - Up in smoke!


Unfortunately making it to the rego inspection just did not happen.

As much as I'd thought the bike was ready, it was full of surprises.

The most frightening of issues occurred when the chain tensioner flipped over and rubbed against my master power switch, shorting out the battery all locked up nicely in the milk jug and smoked itself up!

Luckily I managed to disconnect it before the bike went up in flames.

I thought out a quick and easy fix to ensure that my bolt on chain tensioner never flips over again.

It's simply restricted by a chain that's bolted to the main arm of the tensioner and exhaust bracket.

It ain't elegant, but it is effective. I can easily remove it for shows if I can be bothered. I might even just get the eye bolt, chain and link copper coated to match the brake rod and stay.

I also tightened the drive chain further as well as lifted the guard to gain tyre clearance.

Hopefully no more hitting of the main power switch (I've made it smaller) and subsequent battery fires will occur moving forward.



image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


image by inmotionphotography, on Flickr


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 2 March 2014 - First ride!


Well the short film clips say it all really!


http://youtu.be/c6Lr9UzUiYo

http://youtu.be/B4t4pRgJ2tA

http://youtu.be/gmffHcATqiI

http://youtu.be/LRMlU_DSJhs


Cheers

Steve

http://inmotionphotogxs650.blogspot.com/
 
Nice!

I'm a little confused about your tensioner problem, and I'm going to be running the same sort of thing so figured I'd ask.

You say it flipped over - as in it bounced forward so it was pointed towards the engine and made contact with a switch? I'm surprised there was enough slack in the chain to allow it to do that. Will definitely take that into consideration when I mount mine, so there's nothing for it to make contact with on either side - but your solution seems to be pretty good and rattle aside, the chain looks cool.
 
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