Recent content by generalunknown

Make sure you have a way to ventilate the workspace. Get most of your gear/benches on wheels so its easy to clean and rearrange when more stuff comes in.

What about all those early dual sports that mount the fender on the lower triple? Must all be death traps...

Ive been spending more time doing home projects and lost interest in tinkering on these things for a little while but have some small updates. The seat cowl and seat have been finished hopefully for the last time and needless to say it is no longer worthy of going off road. I took the hump to...

depending on the overall condition of the motor you might want to consider having the case welded and replacing the seals, bearings and throw a new piston in it. Used motors of this era are rarely roadworthy and will most likely need work anyway. Might as well spend that 200 on rebuild parts and...

Cut out a template of the shock mount bracket and see what works. That's just the way I've seen it done since I was a kid. Although we also moved the front shock mounts forward and changed to higher rate springs to get more travel out of the rear.

For the shock mounts. Cut the stock shock mount bracket off around the welds where they meet the frame and rear down tubes. Cut an inch or so out of the upper most section of the rear down tubes where they meet the frame. Heat and bend the down tubes up and forward and weld them back to the...

Its such a relief when you see someone build a bike that has a bit of style but still retains a level of comfort and function.

If you use a little marine grade shrink tubing (the kind with adhesive inside) over the ends of the braided wire wrap it won't fray and bunch up over time.

As for the thickness. You should be taking a lot of measurements and based on those determine how thick is possible. Maybe look into rear caliper mounts off other bikes with the same diameter rotor and axel. That could solve your spacer issue at the same time. This is just an idea but...

You might want to consider swapping the entire front end instead of putting all that effort into making a bracket that may not work.

Finished up the exhaust and getting close on the seat. I got some reproduction cr250m number plates mounted. I still have to sort out the electronics and battery mounting along with installing the rear turns and tail light. It runs well with the pipe, only requiring some fine tuning of the...

probably has more nut than that mt too

All welded up. Just waiting on baffle material to come in and then paint.

This is my first attempt ever at making an expansion chamber so the end result should be interesting. I used the aftermarket pipe as a template for the sections so hopefully Im not screwing it up too much. It is all bent by hand using pipe as a form for the ends to keep the cone sections round...

After getting my fill of fun on the bike I have decided its time to get "roadworthy". Originally I threw together the seat in a couple hours just to get by but after riding I decided it just didn't fit the function or form I was going for. It was too small for dirt riding and Ive been hosing off...