Recent content by Big Chuck

Well... photobucket! Snit! Snit! Snit! I will have to replace as many pics as I can... Here's the bike right now, going back together. Bandit forks, swingarm, wheels... 20621276_130525684227924_715545383929416829_n by Charles Brooks, on Flickr[/img][/url]

Gotta love painting tubes! Now to finish painting the forks and the swingarm...

Finally! Some simple but sturdy mounts for the Bandit shock and lower joint, then countless scrubbings with degreaser and soap and metal prep and and and ... Primer is on! Lost count of the sanding and spraying to get it half way ready for a coat of paint. I really hate tubular stuff...

Ok, time for a reset and a new start... Original frame, Yami stem pressed and welded into Zuki lower tree, complete forks/wheel/(and eventually brakes) from Zuki. Rear frame widened about 2mm and pivot bolt holes enlarged to Zuki size with complete Zuki rear swingarm/wheel/etc. Fork tubes...

All right... this is about as low as it's going to go without re-writing the whole book. and yes, I may have to use lower bars. I have several to choose from...

Coming down... Have one more adjustment that should bring it one more inch lower...

You are right sir... I see it now. I need to drop it down quite a bit. Thanks for pointing it out.

Took me a while to get all the angles right, but managed to hold the fairing still long enough to weld a new piece to hold the fairing bracket. Fairing mounted up... most of the old Zuki bits off... With the headlight bucket at the correct angle for proper bulb adjustment the fairing lines...

Someone please tell me no... no no no... :o Got this Bandit the other day, just about free, for parts or whatever. Motor locked up tighter than Dick's hat band... Was looking at it very hard, trying to see how hard it would be to get it's 17" wheels and whatnot onto the FJ... And I couldn't...

Yep... time for one of these... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fuel-Valve-Petcock-ASSEMBLY-FOR-YAMAHA-PW80-XT125-XT250-XT350-TW200-TTR90-E-/181856794577?fits=Make%3AYamaha&hash=item2a578277d1:g:XHwAAOSwys5WU2vl&vxp=mtr

Pulled the tank apart to start working on it, and decided to rebuild the petcock today. But... it looks like there is something missing... No tubes or filters at all? Full fuel flow from the bottom in all positions? And no filter after this either? I think its time for a new petcock.

Had the tank off to empty it out and work on taking the small dents out of it, so I decided to replace the old plug wires made from yellow Accel Super Stock wires (and a lot of electrical tape!), so... I replaced them with some brand new Super Stock wires! But hey, they were free, just laying...

Getting busy again after the winter! Had a new seat cover made and installed... $37 for materials, $50 for an hour labor. Controls going back on the new bars... all the buttons work again, still fires right up! Fairing repairs are just about finished, then I will mount that and route my...

Its been too long since I posted any progress... Its slow going, one part at a time. Received new turn signals in the mail, had to modify the mounts on the bike to fit them. I like the look of them, they look like factory pieces, but are not as huge as the old ones. Mounted up they look...

Not a lot of movement on this ... Still in the middle of replacing the siding and windows on the house before winter sets in. The boss lady said it was more important than the bikes! :o Finally found some stainless hardware and mounted the risers and the super bike handle bar... Not the...