Recent content by Chris L.

Hi Brad, Thank you for the reply. What year should I use?

I have made a lot more progress this weekend. She is no a true roller!!! I have more work to do but I am slowly chipping away at it. All the new tapered bearings are in. they went in pretty easily. I put the bearings and the stem in the freezer and heated the neck up with a torch. ...

Hey guys, I am wanting to put one whitewall on the rear tire of the hard tail CB450. I was looking for the widest and biggest tire that will fit on a stock spoked wheel, I really like the looks of these...

any others have any advice on this?

... weird, ... all balls will not load 1981 xs400???

Thanks guys for the replies, I was going to do the all balls conversion but was unsure of the stem height if the r6. I didn't know if was to high or to short? Anyone have one handy they could measure? I also found this Anyone verify this regarding the CBR854 Triple? Thank you all for the...

Hi Finn The problem with welding it is the R6 triple is aluminum and the xs400 is steel. I don't think you can weld steel to alum without some special equipment. There may be an R6 year that is steel that I am not aware of?

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone of you had grafted a XS400 Stem into R6 triple or any other USD triple? I have a xs400 I was wanting to update with some inverted forks. I know the aprrilla rs125 front end bolts up but they are hard to come by in the states. I see them on ebay in the UK and...

Thank you! Its taken a while but she is finally on the home stretch. I am speaking to him now and will have him do me one up. I was going to try to do it myself but I just don't have the time, I want to get her going

I was able to get some more done this weekend. - I got the rear tire aligned with the front drive sprocket and installed a new chain. I decided to ditch the old one. These chains are not expensive so I went with a new and cut it to fit. I did have some new spacers for the rear wheel sprocket...

HEy all, Sorry it has been so long since I updated this thread. I have been so busy with life the hard tail took a back seat for a while. I finally got to get back to her this week. I finished up all the gussets and frame welding. I finished putting the final touches on the motor and polished...

Hi Slo, Yeah I figured it couldnt hurt to add the plate. Two reasons I did it was I wanted a nice finished look for my seat mount. This way I have plenty of room to move the seat mount forward or back to better fit the look I am gong for. Plus I just wanted to gusset the 2 junctions. I...

Re: 1974 XL350 - Bob & Chop build - LET THE FUN BEGIN... The Tear Down started Hey Slo, I see you already have a build thread ;) Its looking great. Thats great about your local shop doing your hard tail. I sure wish I had some local help, it really is nice to have that resource. Keep the...

Re: Amen Savior CB750 Yeah I was looking at that too, I see its hand clutch and not foot. ..How in the hell do you shift that thing? I wish I had 2 left arms..... Lucky!

..... :o Everytime I look at the pictures of my build it reminds me how I need to clean my shop!!! NAH I work better in that mess ;)