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Re: '71 CB250 Seat - Skateboard base solo seat.. not sure...
I definitely like the skateboard seat, skateboards are shred gnar bro. In all seriousness though I think the seat could extend a little farther back?
I love that look, if I didn't have a weak back I'd love to put something like that together for messing around on the street, or even better as a dedicated track bike. If that guy was in CA I bet he'd get $5000 easy, but yeah couple of things that could be fixed
Unless you can find OEM filters for your bike or something you'll probably have to rejet if you want to run right. Pods are way less restrictive so you'll be running lean (if you can run at all) without tweaking some things. Good air filters like K&Ns are much better than the cheap Emgo ones...
I got the vinyl from an upholstery store, the smallest amount they sell is a square yard or something. I had originally wanted to do a brat style seat, had a pan cut out and everything but decided to stick with the cafe seat
Nope, normal shift pattern. The upward V in the linkage lets it shift normally, but I'm going to play around with a few different angles and see which one works the smoothest. Not a fan of GP shifting though
To get your standard grime out you can usually take a cloth and solvent to it, but yeah for harder stuff you'll need to have a clean baseline to start out with, which means the ultrasonic or chem dip. Also x2 on taking everything apart, you will have to pull them off again to do jetting and...
Here's what the shifter looks like right now:
I have to tweak the linkage a little and adjust the angles so clicking is more precise, but otherwise it works! Shift lever clears exhaust, can comfortably get over/under to shift. That metal peg coming out from next to the engine mount bolt...
The rod really is terrible, the bend in it kills a lot of the pulling power but right now I just want to have something for short rides once I can get the shifter on. I'll do it up properly eventually. Yeah I don't really know how to describe it but my feet are comfortable on the pegs ha
Beautiful bike man. Lines look really nice, everything flows great. I like the roll strapped to the frame rail, may have to do something like that myself
Haven't been working on the bike as much as I'd like, but still getting some stuff done.
Since my brake rod was bent/broken from me being an idiot before, I decided to hook it up to the rearset backwards, ignoring the stock assembly thing. It doesn't have much actuation in the lever, but I...
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