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Bloody hell, that looks fantastic, everything is so well done.

Thanks Luugo. The carbs are 32mm, made up by mikunioz specifically for the 450.

I fitted up the exhaust pipe today, complete with "baffle" which is bolted in from underneath as well as the holding screws at the back. That way, if the screws come out, we don't lose the whole thing on the road, waiting to get run over by a truck. I used pot belly black, which takes a little...

Thanks Phillip, much appreciated.

I mounted up the rear brake hose clamps, which I got from a YZ250, and then got out the powdercoater again and did the battery box and inner rear guard. It works a lot better now with the new switch in place, although it didn't cover the chinese wheel marks on the tyre side of the guard haha. I...

Holy crap Justin, that's the buy of the century. Wish I lived over there, I'd be on that so quickly.

Good idea on the Teflon paste pj, I just use brake grease on the bleeders and neversieze on the s/s cover screws.

Got my powder coater out yesterday and gave the chain guard a shot of mirror black but unfortunately the hi frequency switch kept failing (which I didn't realise until the end) and I ended up putting on a lot more powder than I had originally planned, which gave it an orange peel effect. I will...

I finally got back home from overseas this morning so this afternoon I bled both brakes. I used a mityvac brake bleeder that I bought a few years ago when I was working in Ohio. What a blessing those things are, it only took about ten minutes to do the whole lot. There is no spillage or mess to...

Nice job Scott, very well done.

Carbie jetting is intellectual property??? Hmm, never knew that. Thanks for the tip.

"drink all of it", hmm, as long as it's not a 44 gallon drum of beer it sounds OK to me Irk ;D Edit: Sorry, 55 gallons for my American friends.

Very true pj, I have a heap of f/f points and would love to go back to Mid Ohio, but this year I had to work. Maybe next year...

Got my chain guard mounted up today, it fits pretty well. I will powdercoat it satin black as it will be hard to keep polished if I buff it. Unfortunately next Tuesday I have to go to Vietnam for three weeks, back home for three days and then to Indonesia for four weeks so will miss the...

Wow, that SL70 is a good score, so original. Bikes like that are getting hard to find now.

Expensive, really? These are braided S/S brake lines, S/S fittings and banjo bolts, ADR approved and guaranteed for life. I checked the Spieglar site in the US and they are $82 for the front and $73 for the rear. $150 Australian is around $110 American so it sounds even better now. :D :D

Got my new brake lines fitted up. They were made by helperformance and are really well done, $150 delivered for the two with additional grommets seemed like a good deal to me. I made up a little bracket for the front one out of some stainless steel welding wire. The speedo sensor cable can be...

Hey Phillip, I just got brake lines made for my bike from au.helperformance.com, they are a great site and it only took three days until I had them in my hand, would definitely recommend them.

Thanks Brodie, not too much more to do now, although I do remember saying that a year ago as well ;D ;D

With you on that one Beach, my racebike has (supposedly) R6 forks in it that are 42mm diameter yet my tracker project has R6 forks that are 44mm diameter. You're bike is coming up really well, shame you don't live in Oz as I'd be happy to look after your welding and machining issues if you...