Recent content by Spanner

Using the old pieces as jig is exactly my plan. Will be welded then all the bits I don't want shall be cut out, with tubing replacing giving me lines I am looking for. With regards to you being forcefully opinionated - I respect that, and that is exactly why I like these forums. People aren't...

Plan is to cut the the suspension mounts off of the old subframe, and weld them under the new one. Even though it had sat for a fair few years, and most of the rubber on the frame had rotted, the rubber on the suspension mounts seems to have been preserved somehow, so they should be fine

So, a triangular plate that goes there (see pic) and also prettied up a bit, should do the job just fine, I imagine

^^^This is exactly what I was thinking about doing, only issue with that is I might end up with a rubbing rear wheel - could I solve this by welding in the new subframe like I drew out, but drop the suspension mounts down an inch or two (on their own little plate type thing) or would the...

I'm a competent welder, I've just never done a bike frame before, but then again, no ones done a bike frame, until they've done it. Obviously I hear what you're saying, and I understand why you'd say it, as I did come across a bit 'shove that metal there and weld, right? It's that easy yeah?'. I...

So, here's a REALLY rudimentary paint drawing that I literally did in five minutes a second ago (it's 4am here) Again, I'd like to put emphasis on the fact that no maths or really, any thought beyond 'huh, what about this' went into this. Obviously moving the rear shock mount up would need the...

Right, update to above post. After reading god knows how many build threads, I can't bring myself to compromise on the finished product that I really want (that being something cafe inspired). The way I am planning to get all the mounting points correct and square, is build some sort of jig...

Ok, I did completely forget that I'd said I was gonna brat this thing. That plan changed a while ago - plan is now a cafe style seat (originally decided on brat so I could ride two up, but decided I'd rather have the bike I really wanted). My issue is, I find that cafe seats at an upwards angle...

So here's a question that the answer to might make me cry - I'm hoping for a fairly flat angle over the top of the bike, as in like this beaut Not like this, (I understand the second is a fairly extreme example, but it was just to make my point clear) When my bike's on it's wheels the...

Ok, thanks

Can anyone suggest a way of cleaning all the carbon out of the exhaust ports?

Aha, I've also had it sat on my desktop for a while, not sure where I got it from to be honest. I know it ran before it was left to sit (for 14 years) so I've got to pull it apart and get all the crust and dirt out of it anyway, so I guess I might as well go through and modify it as I go?

So, had to get the impact driver to get the throttle linkage (not sure if that's it's name, but the bar the connects the throttle cable to the carbs) off of the carbs. Once I got it off, I started cleaning all the rust and grime off with a wire brush, and it turned out pretty good. One question...

So, found these beautys in my friends shed earlier they should clean up pretty good

Not sure yet. I may just give some of the covers a nice polish. At the moment, I'm not planning to paint the engine, but I also know I change my mind a lot Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk