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I'm kind of digging the "pit bike cans." So much of what you can do with a T150 has already been done. We've been down those trails before.

Thanks for the kind word. "Bultakenstein" is wearing late '70s/early '80s Suzuki cast wheels. The 19" front is from a GS850, the 17" rear is from a GS450T. Because they're fairly narrow tube-type rims, you can pick them up for almost nothing nowadays. The wheels on the Benelli are two front...

Interesting thread. Here's my bike history from age 17–on, broken down into those I actually had on the road, and the perpetual projects in green. You can see that I lean toward small displacement bikes, two-strokes, and four-stroke singles. Out of my current projects, the Bultaco Pursang and...

I know this is a moldy old thread, but another vote for John Robinson. For me, his work hits the sweet spot between uselessly generalized and unnecessarily arcane and difficult.

That paste-up was the original visualization for the Manki, an LS650 in a Norton Featherbed frame. The guy who built it did a great job of disguising the engine's length with a faux "primary case" enclosure on the left and strategic battery box placement on the right. Unfortunately, that's not...

Modern Japanese engines are so compact, front-to-back, that they usually don't look good in pre-unit Britbike frames. There's so much extra space that they end up swimming around in it like a kid wearing Dad's suit. DR800 in BSA A10 frame:

Keep Paul in your prayers. He was diagnosed with cancer (multiple myeloma) about a month ago.

My best friend in high school had a '76 — Canary Yellow tank and black side covers. I thought that was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever seen. I still do.

I bought parts to create a mostly complete dummy ATC 250R engine. It has verified that swapping one into my '72 Benelli 2C frame is a viable concept. 20-24 mildly tuned HP and a counterbalancer would make a neat two-stroke gentleman's roadster. I love that vertical cylinder; it reminds me of old...

See if your local community college offers continuing ed welding classes. As my welding instructor said, “buying welding equipment makes you a welder in exactly the same way that buying a violin makes you a violinist.”

Here's a penny for scale. It has a 48mm bore, less than 2 inches across.

Since I'll never own an original "1HX" Yamaha FZ250, I figured I could at least get a small piece of one. So I ordered this, and it arrived this morning. I have a collection of other pistons I keep on a shelf in my cubicle at work, and this will be a great addition. I should have put a dime in...

I bought a set of empty crankcases to verify that an air-cooled ATC250R engine is a suitable swap into a Benelli 2C frame. I also picked up a Virago 5-spoke wheel because I've always wanted to do a bike with matching 19" front and rear wheels. The only downside is the lack of a cush drive. I...

Well, they aren't too dissimilar from the tires the OG Japanese scramblers wore back in the day.

Are you going to keep the stock wheels? The reason I ask is that there are very few rear tires to fit that skinny rear rim. It's a WM3 (2.15") width x 16". You will have a hard time finding anything in 110/90-16, which is what came stock on the bike. Don't be tempted to go wider; the OE tire is...

No I can't imagine there were any significant changes. I wouldn't be surprised if there were literally none at all, other than perhaps paint and graphics.

The CM250C was not sold in the USA in 1984; it was a Canada-only bike that year. That's why the '84 is omitted from a lot of model listings.

The weather this morning was nice enough to roll The Bride (as in, "the Bride of Frankenstein") outside to record my progress over the winter. I'm building this to use up all the random spare parts I had collecting dust on my garage shelves. Some of the stuff I've had for over 15 years. The...

I have what you are looking for; the hub, disk, and drive gear. I also have a pair of lower fork tubes with the caliper mounting boss. This photo is from 2–3 years ago, I eventually stripped the spokes and rim off the hub and tossed them. They weren't worth saving. If you want an updated...