Recent content by admiralplux

Hello mates, I've been doing some work in the past weekend, and I've got a tad done. I've finished up the fork embraces/clamps and removed unnecessary tabs and pieces of the bike, put a protective coat of paint on the frame and rolled the bike off the lift and noticed that it's very low...

Update on the bikebuild! Hello mates, This weekend I've been doing some stuff on the bike and been looking for new gear (for offroad) so it's just been a small update. I've been welding the fueltank and the fasteners for it, made a new rearbracket for the fueltank and for the rearshock...

Hey Sherm! The red square portion is the one I'm mentioning, since if I remove battery and "electric-magic-box-stuff" it will look weird I think. The blue one is for the center stand and engine (and I think footpegs) but it will be somewhat removed because I'll not use it. Regarding mufflers...

Re: admiralplux's Yamaha XZ550 1982 - sort of Café project Yes indeed it's called Vision in the US of A! Shame on me for not being international in the title. They had a lot/few of problems and that's maybe why you have not seen so many in recent years (and they didn't sell that well either...

admiralplux's Yamaha XZ550 1982 - sort of Café project Hello mates, This will be a update of how far I've come on the bike since last time, it's not that far but it's progress, and progress is good. I unfortunately have a ton of work and been working 6 days a week and around 14hrs/day, so I've...

Hello mates, I've been reading on this forum for a few months (without a account) and been getting inspiration for my Yamaha XZ550 -82 model. Since I really like Hondas and a few older English and Belgium bikes, this thing with Yamaha is a bit off for me (Yamaha's are not really considered as a...