Recent content by Jbone

Uh....I think I did that electrical welding thing wrong...I ended up blowing up my breaker panel...and well.....lets just say I dont have any eyebrows left..... :P

I hear ya on the indian copies.....I was not terribly impressed with anything I've seen from there. In regards to the rods used to push out dents from the inside....I think I know what your talking about. My dad has kept telling me there was an article in one his old brit bike magazines that...

Really? Thats odd...been seeing a few Nickle plated tank mods lately....case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unOWLXtiJ_c That said, interesting point about the "patina"....not sure how I feel about that look, but interesting none the less. And yes, you are indeed correct about the...

Hey All, Finally (!!) gearing up for the resto on my dad's ol' '70 BSA Royal Star. one of the big ticket items on the list is the tank restoration....originally chrome, but now has plenty of spot rust and a few dents in it (Most likely from stuff dropping onto it while it set for 20 years!) At...

Funny guys.....lol! A zuki engine is fine, but my main concern is mounting it into the frame. I know with the proper motivation, time, money...etc etc... I could mount the V6 from my toyato Tacoma in there if I wanted to....but thats not what Im gunning for. Im after info on which engines would...

A budy of mine gave me a xs650 ('79 we think) rolling chassis a little while ago and its been sitting in the garage staring at me and begging me to bring it back to life. Since my wife needs a bike to ride I thought it'd be the perfect base for a build. Nice ergos, small and light. Im curently...

Looking for front end/ forks with front wheel from either a CB550/750 along with the disc brake assembly. Triples aren't really needed, but if its part of the package, I'll take em. If anyone needs to off load, lemme know. Cheers, John

Thanks for the encouragement! ;D Once I get things moving along, I'll start a build thread for sure. Just waiting on a final word from Lowbrow on details for a suitable ignition replacement and I'll be ready to start pulling triggers on a few things. Also of note is the custom front end...

The idea here is to custovate the bike, keeping as much of its original character and style as possible while at the same time giving it modern bits and internals so it'll run and run strong when it needs to, handle better than ever and and look good in the process. Im looking to bounce a few...

I can't decide....I'm Stuck! Ok...so after a lot of consideration and reading up, I've decided to go with a CB750 fork on the front with a custom triple. This opens up the door for me using a front wheel from a CB750, which are cheap....which is good. Thing is, the main reason I want get rid...

Yeah... I figured there'd be some sketchy shit when ordering from India. Its pretty much the scam capital of the world, but thought that "maybe" there was some sellers that would be dealing straight up. I know there are some good items to be had if one was there in person, but again...ya gotta...

Well...that answers that :-[

If I have a 40 spoke drum hub that I want to use to build a wheel, and a friend has a nice aluminum 36 spoke rim he is willing to give me. Can one simply lace 36 spokes to the 40 spoke Hub? Or will the alignment be all off? Bit of a rookie question maybe but there it is... cheers, J

Finally sorted the triples on the BSA and now need to figure out what forks to use as the triples will be custom machined for whatever I use. I have decided to go for a scrambler/tracker type set up and was half toying with the idea of using a pair of forks from an old Yamaha YZ or RT (are they...

My first street bike was a '03 Hornet 600cc version....I think they're called 599's in the States. Im thinking the forks from that would be massive overkill on the A50. But maybe not....now that I look a pictures of it again, the showas don't look like anything special.....Hmmm. Interesting...