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  1. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Update Mirrors and controls in place - nice feeling to grab it ;) Engine covers polished. Had some problems with rear hub and fitting it to bevel gear. The hub I have is smaller than original from XV 920 (mine comes from 535 or 250, not sure right now). The size itself is not a...
  2. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Last weeks I had a lot of work... but you can see the results :) Rear swing arm finally assembled K&N filter on place, needed to "reuse" original plastic box to fit it to the frame: Front suspension in place: - aluminum polished, looks good, - I used some replacement oil...
  3. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Yes, its dedicated to this model, its K&N YA-1550 get new ones, these are just to test the whole solution
  4. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    K&N air filter in place. Needed to use original mounting parts, all fits perfect and you don't see these plastic elements, all is hidden.
  5. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Rear wheel is on place finally! And it fits nicely :) 1. First of all - rear swing arm axis - as I wrote before I needed to make a new one. Here it is. 2. Next I fitted all rear parts, all went well. Just some nervous about fitting the rear wheel as its a custom spoke wheel made with XV 535...
  6. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Working with a swingarm I noticed problems with bevel gear - it worked really hard. I needed to replace bearings, also bought another used bevel gear and used some parts from it. In the end - I have on complete and working nicely. Also - the previous owner made some changes to swingarm...
  7. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Do you mean valve mixture control? no. 11 here:
  8. WheelAndSteel

    1983 Yamaha XV920 Cafe Racer

    Hello all! It's been a while while I've been building this one... its already described in details on my blog (its in polish... www.wheelandsteel.com) , however I will try to post here some more details. So - let me start from the beginning: 1. On summer 2016 I bought really nasty XV920 Virago...
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