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Hi Forum! Its been a long time since I posted on this glorious forum.I have been busy with life and learning a bit of metalshaping.Along the lines of restoring a Honda CB 750 and making my workshop actually work I have been slowly but surely working on this custom Yamaha XS750 triple project...

Hey guys! I´m looking for a complete Kawasaki Z400 headlight in useable condition. Offers and prices please!

Hey guys! So I picked up this Stornello 125 gas tank for my new project but can´t find the gas cap in whole europe. Is there anyone out there that can help finding the gas cap? here are some pictures of the tank! needs shipping to austria. cheers

Hey forum! So after a weeks of waiting time I finally had time to start my new project a Yamaha XS 650 SE,which was a bargain! The bike was put to sleep for 20 years, the pre owner didnt start or move the bike for the full 20 years. Unfortunately he didnt drain the carbs,the floats were...

Hey guys! So my new cafe racer project will be a special project with lots of brass parts.Since my family runs a small brass workshop in Austria I try to learn as much as possible about brass and metal fabrication. The project is a stock XS750 motor with a few minor mods including Keihin CVK...

Hey guys! So i´ve been playing around since I mounted a windstopper on my fat old lady (XS 750) that I want to modify and mount a fiberglass fairing that I bought a few years ago for my Yamaha RD project. Started playing around in Photoshop. How do I mount these fairings properly (vibration...

Hey guys! I´ve rebuild the left handlebarswitch on my Yamaha XS 750 a few days ago and today put everthing together.Now I have a strange problem. When I activate the left or right blinkers, the blinkers are dead but the lighting of the tachs blink... What did I do wrong? Where can I search for...

Hey guys! its winter and I want to clean off light and medium surface rust off of my XS 750 chromed exhaust. Especially the welding seams have a good amount of rust. What would you guys use to clean it? Read a lot about .00 steel wool and WD40 or even Coca-Cola...? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys! I'm repairing a friends KZ400 cafe racer and I struggle with a dead starter button. Fuse is ok (Sparck Moto loom). Yesterday I bridged the starter relais and the starter turns nicely. Where should I start locating the problem? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys! Looks like I got a new project!A good friend of mine asked me to help him with the resto-mod of his CB 750. He has 2 ex-police Cb 750 bikes in his barn and wants to make one fully working nicely refurbished bike out of it. Yesterday we took some time and started checking the bikes...

Hey Guys! I´m going to be in New York city this Oktober. Do you have any hints custom bike, restaurant and nice places wise? Thanks in advance! The humble Austrian.

When do the dope XS750 parts from you arrive ;D? Would be amazing if you could work out parts!

Hey guys! So I ran into this bike, a Suzi GT550 (1976 model)and the guy is selling it for considerable low price (in Austria they are very rare and hard to get hands on). After I sold my RD this would be a nice step up. What you guys say? How is the part situation for this model? What I read...

Hey guys! So on my next build (XS750) I will go down the clean bars route.Since the motogadget solution is too expensive for me (and I see no sense in it), I will use simplified bar switches like these from Blitz motorcycles. I would use them as follows: Left bar Blitz control: Toggle switch...

Hey guys! My XS750 gets a makeover and I want to redo the bar controls, brake controls et cetera. Since I read and heard from a friend that switching the stock brake pump to a 5/8 inch pump will increase the braking power I will try that. My question is now: How do I convert the 5/8 inches into...

Hey guys! Just switching out the old bearings of my steering head to new tapered roller bearings. I ran into two questions: 1.)Is it normal that the bearing shells which are to be installed into the frame neck have different "heights"?If yes which one should come on top? 2.)If I install the...

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know if anyone of you happens to be in Vienna, Austria this weekend, there is a HUGE custombike festival with music, food and all the stuff we love!Great bikes great times! Would love to see some of you there!

Hey guys! I´m currently in the process of stuff I want to restore over winter and ran into a problem. I want to strip and repaint my bar controls of my Yamaha RD. But how do I go about the plastic push buttons and switches that are already slighlty faded? Will polishing paste do the trick...

Hey guys! I´m looking for a complete cylinder head for my XS 750 build! Late model... Needs shipping to Austria. Thanks in advance!

Hey guys! I will repost Mobius answer to my question on a different thread (about blasting) here since I will need some updates from you guys! "I have a bunch of spray guns, but generally find myself using only two of them. Based on that, my suggestion is to go and get yourself a mid priced...