Recent content by moso

We did decide to go with a cafe seat and in doing so were going to have to cut the frame. For me its not a big deal, we decided long ago to remove all the extra frame tabs and remove the factory mud guard. Im sure there are people out there that are cringing while they read that but the truth...

To be honest its currently hanging around the shop. like from the walls and rafters! I have a whole section of shelving that is full of boxes of new, used, and somewhat newishly used parts. As well as the pile of towel wrapped polished aluminum parts, thanks to Roy. I work in the service...

Everything was pretty corroded inside, all the brass parts were covered in dried gasoline from 1984. The morning after disassembling them I went and took them out of the carb cleaner, they were pitted all around the numbers and the longer jets were stuck inside the bodies. It was only after...

Well the rebuild kits showed up the other day and they seem correct. The pilot size was 70 and the main was 105, both correct in the kit. the slow jet is a 35 and I am still unsure as to weather or not it fits. Its design is different than the stock jet, I have yet to try to install them because...

Im rebuilding the carbs on a SL350 k0 and have sourced some of the parts but I still have a few questions before its done. I have bought diaphragms from a company in Ohio to replace the torn ones I have. I also ordered a set of Keyster KH1223 rebuild kits. Im not totally convinced they supply...

We have spent the last few days striping down the bike, visiting junkyards, and buying parts! So far everything is looking very good. The motor shows great compression, over150psi and withing 3psi of each other. The frame is in great shape, as well as the swing arm. We sourced a mostly complete...

Hello DTT! my name is Michael and this is my 1970 SL350 build thread! I have been wanting to build a custom bike sense I got my hands on a salvage 01 Ninja 250. I restored the Ninja to road condition and am currently using it as my daily driver. The project was a blast and I got to learn a...