Recent content by bigchap

i don't know if this bike was restricted by your emission laws but in the uk the later model cb400n was hugely under-rated.i had an rd400 and a friend had the cb400n,his bike would murder mine on top speed and stop better due to having twin discs on the front.his was really crappy in the twisty...

i have now decided against the drz swingarm as it made the back of the bike look too heavy,going with the stock arm which i will have under-braced.still at the mocking up stage but i am loving the seat/tank synergy.

tank now moved forward,much better now in my opinion.

found a tank i liked the shape of,i have no idea what it was off of though it fitted the frame almost perfectly.i'm thinking it sits a bit too far back though.opinions on that would be appreciated,i'm getting impatient about the swingarm now so i can carry on with mocking it up.going with an...

new shocks but i'm thinking they might be a bit too much bling

it looks like it might have the wrong left hand footpeg fitted and also the gear lever looks a little high,could it be catching on the case?,it could also be that the distance between the peg and gear lever is too short giving you less leverage.

this is one i had a big hand in back in the...

this is a stainless steel vase.soon to be my silencer!

has anybody any experience with tank swapping on a 250rs?,preferably one with a flat track look that doesn't require major surgery to fit. i really don't want to be trudging round auto jumbles with a tape measure in my hand!

i'm going flat track style with this project,here's a pic of the starting point with a view of the unwanted bits in the background.a suzuki drz400 swingarm is currently being machined and welded to fit,i'm also on the lookout for some xl250s headers but to no avail here in the uk and shipping...

thanks,i'm no stranger to building specials but i've been out of it a long time.

i've done it to an rd350 lc tank,i put a ratchet strap around it and stuck an airline on the fuel tap.it worked well but go careful.if it goes wrong it's probably going to hurt.a lot.

my name is steve and i live in the uk.i was a bike mechanic for 17 years but gave it all up when my wife became ill 9 years ago,she's fixed now so i'm slowly getting back into it but not for a living.i fancied the idea of fixing up a honda cb250rs so bought one and then tried to find a site that...