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Well, as you will see in the pictures, this is not your ultralight, finesse build. It is based on a GL1100 and though I am trimming things down, it is NOT going to be light. I have done most of the mods already. I have a set of small front signals to add this weekend and a plate light too...

I just bought the last GL I owned back after 10 years... I am doing it like my 1st GL back in 86... kind of a big cafe cruiser. I love the cafe style, but with all the highway time I spend, the big flat 4 is nice and smooth. So, anyway, here is the current point of the conversion. Still to...

It's not often you get to cut on something that costs more than your bike to make a new part for cheap! I decided I would use an old helmet, if i could find one for el cheapo, as the basis of a mold for a new removeable seat pod on the yx600. Well... a buddy said he had an old helmet I could...

I've been curious lately...

this is the vacuum style unit. mine has failed, and i want to ride! thanks guys!!!

... and thinking it has the perfect curve to it for a rear pod. i'm thinking of getting out the dremel and cutting it up to fit. anyone done that, or used one for a mold? pics?

... if a chain/sprocket set are excessively worn will they give a sense of surging/pulsing when a bike is maintaining a steady speed? I get this big time at any speed, but it is more severe the slower the bike is running in any given gear. my 22 year old yx600 is wearing the original chain...

came with no hardware at all... how do i mount it? it is one of these

I need levers with smaller gap than stock for my yx600 radian. Does anyone make a narrower gap set up or do i need to heat and bend the stock ones?

just curious if there is a more popular way.

i'm new to the site, see thousands of bikes, but don't see any cafes in southern oregon. are we 'the few, the proud, the cafes'? i'm in roseburg, oregon... where are you?

my yx600 is in dire need of some rearsets. do they make anything other than 'universal' rear sets for my lowly little bike?

how are you doing the rear brake pedal for the GP shift conversion? Pics speak volumes! thanks guys ;D

on a set up like this, is the battery sooooooo small that it is still under the rear cowl?

i've seen 4 restored races that used this open center seat.

Norton rotary...

someday, i'm gonna build a clone or 2!

my radian does not have straight framerails under the stock seat. since i have no access to a welder, what would you folks with the experience suggest i try to make one fit? thanks!