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I did all this in about an hour and a half one night then came in the next night and decided it could be better so I took some of it apart and re-worked it. I was happier the second time around so I set to the welding! I've still got a few things to add but this is where I'm up to on the pipes...

I've had a quiet few weeks in the shed with not much going on since I've fitted the front forks but it's been time that I've spent trying to figure out a few things. Anyway got going this week with the exhaust. I have wanted to make a sectionalised exhaust for a while now so I already knew which...

Finally got my yokes back from the machine shop. I'm really happy the way they turned out They will be cleaned up eventually but right now while I mock everything up I'll leave them and clean everything at the end. I got the yokes fitted and trialled the forks and I'm liking the way they look...

Not much been happening over the last week because I'm still waiting on my yokes to be machined out which is holing me up on building the other parts I want to start working on because without the forks in the frame I can't really work out the geometry I want for the rest of the bike. So I've...

What paint did you use for the black? Engines looking great [emoji1303] Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

A small amount of progress tonight. My bearings arrived so I had a go at trial fitting the steerer tube. Pretty happy to say that it fits like a glove! I've never done this type of swap before so I'm really happy it fits so well. I've also had a little sketch on solidworks to see how it will...

Ye I'm pretty sure it will be fine. It's probably heavier than standard and definitely heavier than aluminium but it's what I was able to get hold of free [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Haven't been getting much done last week but plenty in the pipe line. I've finalised the design for the clamps and I'm just waiting on a quote back to get them ordered. I have made a new steerer tube though, got on the lathe in work and took a couple of hours. I turned it up out of stainless...

I haven't done much on the bike for the last few days but I have managed to get some adjustable triple clamps drawn up: I also won some forks off eBay the other day from a thunder cat. I'm pretty sure they are exactly the same as the R6 5EB forks but they where only £77 delivered [emoji51] and...

I had some time in the garage the past few days, cleared a few jobs up with the Vmax, new forks, rebuilt fresh from the powder coaters. Rebuilt carbs. All back on and ready to get rebalanced. My garage is a little stuffy at the moment [emoji85] I had some old Vmax forks lying around so I put...

Where did you find the geometry set up info?! I'm building a track bike now for the DTRA in the UK and have no idea of geometry Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Hey everyone! I've been wanting to build a flat tracker for a while now. Then these XL's came up on eBay. I checked all the parts and although I'm not familiar with XL's I thought I've got pretty much everything I need to build at least one bike, maybe even 2. To be honest I won't actually be...

If you know something I don't then please let me know. I have looked and don't believe there are any restrictions to altering the parts. I hope to race DTRA classes - rookie and thunderbike. I've looked at the regs but they're not the clearest! Looking for people that know the rules properly...

I've been looking at front end swaps for an actual flat track race bike. I'm no expert but I'm sure someone will chip in. From what I understand you can either make a new steerer tube or push your old one out if that's possible then adapt it to fit your new yokes or just get a new one made up to...

Be careful if you're going to heat the plastic. I don't know if it works an all plastics, I've heard it doesn't. Don't know for sure though Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

I think that when it comes to welding, especially on things like tanks and body work there is nothing really that critical. A lot of good info in this thread but maybe a little overwhelming. Just buy yourself a TIG and get welding [emoji1303]practice is really the only way! Watch some YouTube...

Awesome work man [emoji1303] Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Hey everyone, I have quite a few parts that I won't need on the tracker build I'm doing and also I have a few bits left from my Vmax. XL parts: 2 sets of wheels, fronts and backs Forks 2 tanks Seat Mudguard Side panels 2 x Rear brake 2 x front brake Various other parts Vmax parts...

I don't know where you are located but there's guys that travel round in vans all over the uk that can fix dents in cars without marking the paint. We have one local to us (anglesey) called the dent man, I've seen them called dent doctor also. He fixed a dent in my wing on my car and I couldn't...