Recent content by Daedalus

and how she sits now...

cured, set, trimmed... its mostly hidden... count really completely hide it due to mounting the battery under there.... keyswitch sticks out the bottom.

been a while since ive been on here, and well, Its been all neglect. Ive had a few other projects so haven't really been working on this much.... one of the ones that kept me busy... me and a friend built and sold this thing anyways there is some progress! had some carbon laying around...

stitched up the seat! Used an old Yoga mat I had lying around for the foam, and some nice thick leather. 8) But my stupid leather sewing machine broke so I ended up stitching it by hand... never again. >:(

Ive been a bit distracted recently (just bought a '68 camaro so my priority is getting that rego'd) so no updates. DesmoBro, if you still need a service manual message me your email address. Moban, sure is, its a gsx250 big plans for it but at the moment I have way too many projects so its a...

Received today, thanks Rod :)

Rod got back to me so ive ordered 2 :)

yeah ill cut it down, its not mounted properly yet, not sure if im going to keep it or get another one tho. the chrome plating is flaking so its going to be annoying trying to strip it.

So I mounted the tank finally. did it proper and used rubber mounts, gave it good clearance from the frame. All thats left to do on the tank is weld on bungs for the petcock, or a plate for the stock petcock. I want to use the stock one, but then there will be fuel left over in the other...

nice work, love the amount of fabrication going into this.

fabricated some spring perches for the solo seat, ran out of gas so only tack welded them on for now.

I dont know if its the same but on my '85 GS250, the muffler is just clamped on, if there is a clamp, try undoing it, and the muffler mounts and seeing if it comes off. be careful tho, mine was quite rusty, I used a shit load of WD40 but when i pulled it off it tore the pipe apart.

does anyone know if the deth killers are fully lined kevlar or partially lined?

i emailed a while a go and didnt get a reply, id also like a couple.

converting to a hardtail is a pretty major thing to do... especially safely, if done wrong it can be potentially fatal. for a first hardtail project you are much better off finding a frame you can get a proper bolt on kit for, or a frame you are able to send off to a proper bike builder, and...