Recent content by abstruse1

Greetings. I’m building a custom café racer around a ’74 CB450 motor and a Cheney frame. It currently has 35mm dual disk forks, but they’re pretty rudimentary. I’ve been told that some smaller Kawasaki forks came with dual disks and adjustable damping in the 35mm size. I’ve poured over eBay...

I'm having an alloy swingarm built and, unless anyone thinks I ought to change the wheelbase or width, I'll use the stock dimensions. To keep me from having to pull the swingarm off, measure it and reinstall it (while waiting for the alloy one), does anyone have precise width of the front pivot...

I did this decades ago, and it worked fine. Approximately 1 inch tubing with 1/8" wall. I welded a plate on one, packed it tightly with sand, and welded a plate on the other end. Heated bend area with large cherry burner (torch tip).