Recent content by Roro

Thanks mate. I think I'm good for parts at the moment.

'82 XZ550. Front and rear both 18"

Yamaha XZ

I've got eight Ichiban Moto stickers and don't know what to do with them all. I know they can be used for paint repair patches, but I don't have any paint on my bike. Any other ideas?

Triple Tree Mods. Gauge cluster mounting tabs shaved, and the steering column offset lowered a few mm Plus some goodies from DCC

It seems ages since I've been in the garage, what with the stupid job, and the sub zero temperatures. A little sunshine today so I took advantage. My levers were looking pretty grungy, so I skimmed off the powder coat with a wire brush, milled and drilled the ball ends, and gave them a bit...

Re: What's going on with the Ichiban Moto T-Shirts ? That would explain the blonde hair on the model

Don't ask me - I don't follow baseball, but the whole wearing helmets thing is not very badass.

Fuelflow 015L fuel Pump to replace the mikuni vacuum operated pump Handmade in New Zealand, self regulating 1-2PSI

Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build So you were. Very badass Do you take backorders on these? I'd like one in a 2XL please

Re: Ichiban Moto : Yamaha 500 cafe racer build Have you thought of making badass Ichiban Moto T-shirts? I'd be in.

Made a start on the rear brake. The idea is to convert the drum to a disk which I've never done before so do please chip in with any ideas. I milled the wheel down so that the outside ring is flush with the centre. A lathed rotor mount will sit on this which will space the rotor out from the...

The XZ550 is a 70 degree V-twin. Both pistons go up and down nearly together, balanced with a balancer shaft and fire 290 degrees apart. The bike is wasted spark on each cylinder independently, and carbureted. Is there any reason why I shouldn't rotate the cams 180 degrees on one cylinder...

The cost of getting another set of fork tubes is just too much. As luck would have it a mate with a XZ400 came round today bringing with him some meat and a pair of clip-ons from a RG250. These are alloy and well less than half the weight of the stock bars. The clamp is smaller than many...

So I'm starting to get a fetish for a custom hub for the rear so I can have the shaft drive and a disk brake all in the very narrow space on the XZ550 as well as spokes (of course). I recall someone here spun up a custom spoke hub on his lathe and I'd like to re-read that thread but for the life...