Recent content by klx678

By the way, here's your bike's big brother. One from the late 60s early 70s: And the one Don Miller at Metro Racing has, Champion framed looks great: Sweet looking.

Look up Gordon Jennings two stroke exhaust, you may find the information you seek. I have and read his book Two Stroke Tuner's Guide, now unavailable and out of print, quite expensive if you find it. From his writings on exhaust, the stinger is relevant to the tune of the engine. Cut it off...

I thought I recognized your bike... I shot some pictures of the KZ at Mid Ohio in 2009 because it had the Yoshimura exhaust on it. A friend hada chrome one in 1976 on his 75 KZ900. I love the way it is tucked in so tight you can almost not see it under the swingarm when looking down from above...

If 26 is the damper rod, yes, put the spacer on there. It should pull the damper rod up shortening the travel, without changing when it bottoms out, thus the fact that the tire will not hit the inside of the fender.

It's all in how real you want it to be. That was totally my goal. I am building a short tracker first - race capable - and that included tires. I would love to do the 19s, but the cost of the current flat track tires is more than the cost of both of the old school street tread flat track...

If you stay with the 21" wheel the tire selection will be 3.00x21, 3.00x21, and 3.00x21. You really do need to dump the 21 and as I said, I'd recommend putting an 18" rim on it. You'll spend $100 in spokes, but should be able to get a decent aluminum rim for maybe $30 off ebay or find one from...

I forgot to mention a few things. First, you may be able to get enough money out of your Husky rear shocks to buy some aftermarket stuff if they aren't blown out. Vintage stuff sells fairly good. A set of Hagon shocks could be had for about $200. Second, after thinking about it, the rims...

If you want decent handling you're going to break your $100 mark with the shocks alone. Put the bike on a jack under the engine, pull the shocks and loosen the triple clamps, then lower the bike down to where you want it. Measure how long the shocks must be and how far the fork stanchion...

Sorry to tell you, but that is totally false. I had my SR500 soda blasted - no paint left and the surface was perfect for painting. It does not take away metal, that is the main advantage. Possibly easier to clean afterwards too... and maybe you can brush your teeth with the left over soda...

Why don't you do as I did. I bought mandrel bent tubing U bends from J.C. Whitney (I think Summit Racing and Jegs also carries tubing too) then got with a TIG welding wizard friend and we made this pipe: Took about $20 worth of tubing back then, probably about $30 now. It's made of I think...

FWIW CB750 rear tire I believe was a 4.00-18, a shade narrower than a 110/90-18. We sold 120/90-18 Bridgestone Spitfires for them back in the late 80s. I think the CB350 ran a 3.50-18 rear and we'd sell a 110/90-18 more often than not.

Depends on what you are looking for. I bought a Dunlop K70 front tire from Bike Bandit that was on sale, but the rear tire I wanted wasn't available through them. I bought the Duro HF308 (discontinued Pirelli MT53 replica tread) on ebay. I shop the heck out of tires so I know the cost, then...

Unless you add the spacer or shorten the damper rod the fork will travel still have the same travel and will likely be far enough to hit the fender or tire on the triple clamp. If you machine and shorten anything it would be the damper rod. And machine time is probably at least $65-100/hr...

This is THE way to do it. Take the fork leg apart and put in a spacer to shorten the damper rod travel. That way you have the same or slightly preloaded springing which is good. and the fork will not compress any further than it did before. This is the same way any pro does it on a cruiser...

This should set the bar. If a rider can change the seals in their forks, rebuild a brake caliper or adjust their valves they can take apart a set of SR500 forks and insert the lowering spacer. Forks aren't some magic deal. One just has to be careful. It is easiest to pull the lower leg off...