Recent content by betz74

Alright, so I made a little progress. Seat is a failure. My styrofoam mold wasn't good enough, when I started sanding bondo and glass I got back down to foam in some spots. I am just going to buy one from roc city. I am playing around with exhaust options. I am just holding the pipes and trying...

Good looking bike. I am doing the same on a '76, looks almost identical except the color scheme on the tank is reversed. I would love to see some pics of the finished seat. I just scrapped a home made seat I have been slowly working on for months. As for the rearsets I was thinking of these...

I hear ya. That is a pretty big knot. How far back would you run the pipe? Is this the type of muffler you're talking about? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chrome-Motorcycle-Muffler-Shorty-universal_W0QQitemZ150421559505QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotorcycles_Parts_Accessories?hash=item2305d2d8d1 How...

You may want to ditch that factory 3-1...it's a killer. You lose enough clearance on that side that you can easily highside from augering that pipe. Been there...... Do you mean I should get an all new exhaust? Would you split and do a 2-1, 1-1? Sorry, but I am new to this, I am not quite sure...

Wow, thanks. I did get this bike because I love the Triumph's but am on a Japanese budget. Are you running clubman's and rearsets. I am putting on clubmans and wanted to go with rearsets mounted to the rear footpeg holes but am not sure if this is the way to go. I would love to hear what another...

Question, I need to cut off about 4" from the end of the frame. Just where the turn signal mounts are. I was going to remove the gas tank first, but is there anything else I need to take off for safety? Carbs?

While you're looking at the xs650 any chance of getting a price on a set for an xs750?

Yeah, my dumbass was just looking at one pedal. Any suggestions? I could go a couple hundred if I know they won't need to much too fit. I have seen some on ebay for a little over a hundred or a set at TC choppers that don't have mounting plates but say they would need some. Still not a hundred...

I am doing a 750 conversion as well. I am trying to work out a rearset solution now. I am also pretty inexperienced so I will be relying on others here. If I get any good insight I will post in my thread. Good Luck. -Brian

If I am going to use the rear foot peg placement do I need any other mounting plates. All of the rearsets I have found have mounting plates. Can I order them, drop the plates and mount directly to the frame where the foot pegs were. Am I missing something? I have a 1976 xs750 and am looking at...

I bought a donor for my '76 Triple and it was in good enough shape that I decided to make it a cafe racer instead. I soon realize 2 bikes to work on was 1 too many for me right now. However, I got so into the idea of a cafe racer I decided to cafe out my daily rider and make the donor a donor...

Thanks a lot everyone. I have looked on ebay and found some reasonably priced replacement tanks. I think you guys are right. By the time I invest money in the coating and repair, I am half way to a tank that needs neither. I think I'll just use this one to work out my paint.

Thanks a lot, I will try that. I assume coating the inside with por15 or a like product before the test would help as well?

It was riddled with tiny pinholes. I was afraid if I soldered it, I would miss something. I thought covering the entire tank with fiberglass would be the safest bet. I saw it done in an online video, where the guy actually said fiberglass adhered really well to metal. I have no idea who this...

My tank has pinholes in it at the bottom which I am repairing by covering in a thin coat of fiberglass with chop mat. I have been warned against fiberglass tank repair because of the possibility of cracking and fuel leakage in an accident. I figured since these are only pinholes and I am not...