Recent content by toglhot

Well and good, unfortunately it's not just the frame I need to lower over the engine, the bike is assembled and I'm not going to disassemble it to fit the engine in place. Aside from that, my fingers joints are fused and I have no elbow joints left, so, lifting a bike with engine intact off the...

Where's the btwo stroke carbs?

Sewn sisal, sewn cloth, loose leaf and finish off with swansdown mop. Black compound with sisal, white with cloth and green with swansdown. I use an 8" GMF grinder I bought 45 years ago, converted for polishing.

In my younger days I could have grabbed the engine with one hand, held the frame in the other and pulled them apart. Unfortunately, we all grow old, so that's out of the question now.. I really had no choice but to fabricate something that would work for me. Some time in the future when I've...

A few more bits.

A few bits I polished. Either made in my workshop or modified for one reason or another.

This is an engine removal, tilting, lifting, extraction thingie I made. The XS650 motor is a very tight fit in the frame, In their wisdom, the Japanese decided if you need to work on anything but the alternator or clutch the engine should be removed from the frame. But removing the engine from...

I normally cover seats myself, but my sewing machine was broke so I outsourced it to a local upholsterer who charged a ridiculous price. It's ok, but I think I could have done a better job. Seat is painted in two pack black and fitted with rubber strips underneath that sit on the frame railed.

This is a seat I built for the 74 TX650. Made from 1.5mm sheet with a cowl. Front mount is a piece of angle with a 22mm receiver welded in place and bolted to,the frame under the tank mount. The seat is fitted with a single prong mount, covered in rubber tube. There was insufficient room...

After strippingnthe engine again, I removed all the silver,paint, painted everything black, gave the ally another polish, cut the threads off the pressure plate screws, drill though with a 6mm bit and fitted them with Allen heads. The sump filters on these things, tend to blow out over the end...

Next I made up a manometer and synced the carbs. stood back and looked at it, nup didn't like boring in silver. So the engine was back up the bench.

I then made up a bench stand, mounted the lower end in, assemble thecrank and gears, assembled the rings on the pistons and inserted the pistons in the bores then lowered the barrel over the studs and inserted the gudgeons and circlips and finished lowering the barrel. The head was missing a...

The 74 TX650.was in a pretty crook condition when I bought it: Every nut and bolt was rusted, aluminium was badly,oxidised admitted, and it looked lime the only tools the POhad were a hammer and chisel. After getting the engine out of the bike I got it up on the bench and started stripping it...

The original spacers and dust covers were rusted and damaged, I turned up some new stainless spacers and aluminium dust covers and pressed them together. Bearings were replaced with sealed units.

Some wheels I built for the 74 TX650. The bike was fitted with alloy wheels when I brought it home, but the original spoked wheels were also supplied. Spokes were totally rusted out and rims were badly damaged from use of screwdrivers, hammers, chisels, apparently anything the PO could lay his...