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I finally got her to DMV and got a plate! Now I can finish tuning her on the open road. Here are some pics to round out my build.

eyhonda Hehe the tire was backwards before, so since the fork flip now it's forward facing ;) Since you mentioned it, I can't remember why I had assembled the wheel/forks my way the first time... but at least now it is correct. Flugtechnik I don't understand hardening, but the shop...

A fender should be here Tuesday then I'll black it out and mount it up. That should be it for the build aside from tuning! I even made a license place bracket today and borrowed my mirrors off my Ducati so I can pass DMV inspection. Tank is a Binelli/Mohave 260. I see them a lot now but...

Cool thanks, I'll try 2 degrees both ways.

Timing is good, I did tighten up my advancer springs a loop, but when I checked her with the strobe she advanced smoothly and ended up advancing right between the marks. I'm waiting a few days for uni's to get here then I'll know more.

Wow thanks for the info! My plugs seem a little rich, but I haven't done a plug chop really well yet because I can only get to wot for about 4 seconds until I need to cut out and coast into my drive way. I think I'll get some uni filters and change one of my 145 mains back down to 130, then do...

Oh ok well maybe I should put some uni's on it and see if it gets better. I don't have any other air filter.

Thanks eyhonda, I took your advise and flipped my forks over and I like the look better. I'm sure there is a performance gain too by having the weight lower and nearer the center. Thanks!

Hi all I've searched all I could but I don't know what to adjust on my carbs to give them more power at lower throttle position. Under 1/4 throttle I have weak power, but she idles fine and pulls really strong over 1/4ish to WOT. Right now main is 145 idle is 38. I have a short baffled...

Good points. I'll see how much work it will be to flip the forks. I don't have a speedo drive but a magnet/electronic pickup that I'd need to switch. The spacers are all flippable. I'll look into it, thanks.

Oh Ok. All I know now is that the right combo for me is xs650 forks with hub, cb450 lower with stem, and cb 450 top from DCC. My Cl450 unit was narrower by like 10mm, and nowhere could I find a cool triple top its size. I didn't determine any of it, but I like the xs front setup with the...

It was a pain to find out the hard way that cb and cl 450's have a different yokes. The top yoke is from Dime City and it is the standard offset for a cb450, which is the same offset for my Yamaha XS650 front end. Maybe the offset just looks larger because the tank is so skinny! I like the...

OK, I've been working all summer and here are progress pics. I had the hardest time fitting a cb style exhaust on my cl. I ended up having to replace all the foot controls and center stand bolt with the cb style to allow room for an exhaust down there. My exhaust is pretty straight through...

Ok great, I'll run with it! I used a bike chain tool like this guy did (mine was 15 bucks and tool about 10 minutes to modify with elementary tools):

How do these cam chain rivets look? The lower one has a slight tear, but doesn't have anything that could separate at high rpm, is the top one mushroomed out enough? I'm looking for two thumbs up... Thanks!

Oh Ok sounds good. I've never removed it from the cam before, so it must be in there right, but it slides back inside the cam. I pulled it out as far as I could for the picture, so you are right, it is sticking out too far in the photo. I could never identify it in the parts diagram...

Hey guys, So it's been awhile since I took her apart, what the heck is in my inlet cam? It didn't want to come out, so I just left it in. It looks like the gear drive of the tach on the exhaust side, but this is on the inlet side. Also, it's loose in there. Should it just float around...

Finally I got my rocker arms back from being reground!!!

More on the seat saga.... I spent a couple days playing seamstress. Fabric is an outdoor pleather, foam is the snap together grids you can find for your garage floor. Sewing is my handiwork. Thin and comfortable - so far. Maybe a bit of fine tuning still. My staple gun wouldn't pierce the...