Recent content by motoz

Nice one. Thom York fan maybe ;) Yes there are a lot of influences out there. I guess this build will be a juxtapose between my love of riding off road yet on a road based steed. Retro, hipster are all the cliche terms one could use though like all builds it's a form of expressionism at the...

My Amazon order came through today. Saved a heap of coin than buying here in Australia. Sad really though that's the joys of the modern world. Fork gators from Rancho. Pretty cool and about $4each Also grabbed a fork rebuild kit. As I'm ditching the pod filters a K&N washable air...

Ok so I haven't made too much progress the last few weeks. Juggling a 6wk old baby other commitments are seriously cutting into my spare time... lol Alas got the tank fitted up properly today. The old mounts were cut off and the frame cleaned up. The new mounting location was going to be...

Got the rear hoop fitted today. Started cleaning up all the welds and getting the finish nice and smooth. Next up is the strip down of the wheels swing arm and front forks. These will go straight to the powder coaters this week. :D

I still have adjust the length. From what I've seen it's best to finish the sub frame inline with the rear axle for the best visual proportion. :)

A few more hours this arvo got the sub frame one step closer. I cut the frame out of the up rite stays so I had some reinforcing to weld to... The hoop sits in pretty good straight up. Will cut the length and work on the kickup over the next few days. This leaves me with a seat length of over...

Thanks mate I'll look into it. Ok so I got the motor out this morning. Man it's a heavy SOB. Almost popped a grape out my date trying to lift it out by myself. I drained all the oil before removing the donk. It looked ok though smelled a little burnt. Hopefully it's not a sign of imminent...

Ok I got hold of a manual today so I'm not so blind moving forward with this project. I went into the shed today. It's slow going with a 10 day old baby to manage. Alas I got the rear hoop from the exhaust guy today. $20 well spent !!! I asked the bloke to give a little extra length so I've...

G'day mate, yeah I'm planning on using a 6x4 rectangle headlight with the addition of a low profile 6" LED light bar on top. I've run this setup on a 24Hr enduro bike and they work really well. It also breaks away from the 7" round light that you see on every other build. Here's one setup...

Mate I had to press inward the underside of the tank 2" back from the rear about 1/2". This cleared the frame. The front mounts needed to be relocated 1" up and 1.5" back as well as widened slightly. I will delve though the pics and post up the info.

I want to try and keep the bars clean with minimal switchgear. The standard switch blocks are very chunky and actually double up on some functions between the LHS and RHS. The LHS side block controls lights, indicators and horn as well as a high beam pass button and choke leaver. It's got a...

I'm taking influence from the 'Brat' style of bike. This comes from Brat Style tuning house in Japan. This is where the style cues will stem. "The most defining characteristic of the "Brat" though most definitely has to be the low-profile two-up seat that affords the machine a long and low look...

With bodywork, tank, seat and cluster removed I finally got to see what lines I am working with. A blast with the pressure washer removed most of the built up grime and oil residue. The carbs were removed for cleaning. I'll put them through the ultrasonic bath and treat them to a rebuild...

Hello all, It's been a while since I tooled on bikes. I haven't ridden in over 2yrs though due to work though I'm still very much interested in building them. Apart from owning a KTM 640 SM I haven't had too much to do with road based bikes. I've launched into a custom build on a 1984 XJ600...