Re: 1972 Yamaha R5 350 "A Clockwork Orange"
Wow, Its only been a week and I'm kicked to the bottom of the 3rd page! Man, a lot of great work going on right now.
Alright boys and girls she's on her feet. I took the bars off another bike I have and I really like the look. I got the tires mounted and "tacked" it together so I could roll it out for some pics. It is by no means assembled at this point.
Seeing it at this point has helped me solidify my color scheme. I am going to paint the oil tank, side cover and headlight and ears gloss black the tank will be orange going with the original theme. I'm liking the black and silver thing that is going on and I think by continuing it a little further I will get a real vintage brit bike feel on this which given the distinctly Jap lines to this bike should be kind of cool.
I do have one concern, well I have more than one but lets take it one at a time;
The hoop is looking great but I had a flat bracket welded across the frame over the rear tire to provide some more stability and give me a place to mount the seat. But I'm worried about clearance with the rear tire. I bounced on the suspension with all my 220lb.s and it doesn't hit but still it gets to within an inch or so. Chris, how did you deal with this?
The seat is going to sit about an inch above the bracket on a couple of rubber discs so I could have another plate welded that comes up an inch or so and over. Any thoughts from you metal gurus out there?
Here's some pics. they are crappy i-phone pics I'll get some better ones up soon.
And I started the body work. I wanted smooth side covers and the R5 has these raised emblem panels but I discovered that they come off and leave an indentation. I filled the deep spots with filler then glassed over that and skimmed the whole thing with more filler. Just waiting for it to dry then I can sand that smooth. I think they are going to come out real purty.