FFJMOORE SL175

[Flying J]

I decided to work on the front end tonight. Goal was to make and weld on a bracket to mount the headlight. When i took the triple and covers off this is what i found



No worries. Thats why i have a spare parts bike. So I went and took the front end off that bike. This is what i found on that one.

So between the 2 bikes i think i will be able to make up one decent set of forks to run.
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[JustinLonghorn]

Them dere forks are nasty.

[Flying J]

Welded up a headlight mount. It sits a little to far forward so i need to drill a new hole to move the light closer to the neck. Got some new fork seals and the lowers were dropped off at the Powder coater today. The rim and hub should be back on monday then i can mock up the rear hoop and fender.


Trying to figure out where I want to put the blinkers. I would run the bike without them but my wife will ride it sometimes and she wants the safety stuff. Shes the brains in this operation. The rear blinkers i think will mount right behind the shocks. Ill weld on a tab or a bung for them to thread into. For the front I would like them on the forks somewhere but if i cant find a spot that looks goo i think i might mount them below the tank on the front downtubes. IDK just typing out loud.


For pipes, i saw on another thread building an SL175 cafe, he was running CL pipes and they looked like that fit. So im pretty excited to find out how well they fit.


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[Flying J]

Laced and trued the rear wheel. Once the spokes were in the right place this wheel basically trued itself. By far the easiest wheel i have ever done. Need to pick up a tube and then mount the tire.
 

I also took a shot of my weld for the new frame tubes.
 

[Flying J]

New rear wheel. Laced,  trued and mounted by yours truly. Waiting on the fork lowers from the PC before i can make this thing a roller again.
 
 
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[andycafe]

Always with the unicycle 

[Flying J]

better?

[Flying J]

Fork lowers came in today. So shiny. Ill put them together tomorrow. Spent the afternoon playing around with the mill and have company tonight. So tomorrow we should have a roller.

[Flying J]

We have a roller. Going to go try some pipes on today i hope.

[Flying J]

Good day at the junk yard. I took the bike down there to try the exhaust on. The guy liked my bike so he sold me the pipes for half of what he told me last time!

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[Flying J]

cut the pipes and mounted them.



Little rattle can to see what black pipes would look like. I think the white heat shield might be to much. What do you think? I know you guys have an opinion.

[Flying J]

Well i have hit a snag. The shocks on these are 13" long so i was thinking I would use a set of progressive 12 series. But it turns out the bolt for the clevis on the cb175 is an 8mm and the bolt on every other bike that has a clevis shock is a 10mm. I have not been able to find any aftermarket shocks for them. I have an email into progressive to see if they are interested in making a shock for this size or if i can get one without the clevis hole drilled. Otherwise i will have to modify the swingarm. If I have to do that i think I will make it to accept an eye to eye shock since those are much more abundant.


I cant weld on my rear hoop and fender untill I have the shocks Im going to use.

[Flying J]

Well, I never heard back from progressive so i took a drill to the bushings and drilled them out to fit the 10mm bolt. Slapped on a set of 13" shocks i had and it worked fine. So I bought a set of 13" progressive shocks w/o springs. Im going to call them on monday to find out what the best spring would be for this weight bike.
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[Flying J]

Still working on getting the shocks to fit right. I built a battery box. THis is as far back as i could get it and clear the rear wheel at full compression on the shock. I really dont want a battery box under the seat but i dont have another option because I need a decent sized battery to run the starter. I guess later on if i want to run kick only i can get a smaller battery and get rid of the box.  What do you think? Does it look ok or does it kill the whole look?

[andycafe]

I built a battery box. THis is as far back as i could get it and clear the rear wheel at full compression on the shock. I really dont want a battery box under the seat but i dont have another option because I need a decent sized battery to run the starter. I guess later on if i want to run kick only i can get a smaller battery and get rid of the box.  What do you think? Does it look ok or does it kill the whole look?

can you fill in the area in front of the batt box (ie continue the box forward) + have it angle up at the back? just so it's not a box just hanging in the middle of your seat? love your wheels btw.....