Pattheswede
First Timer in Cafe Racer Build
Have been working on my Yamaha Xj 600 1984 for a while now. Most work have been learning, as an absolutely beginner in sheet metal work ... (might use strange expressions ... im from sweden, and don't wright that much in English).
Lack of knowledge and tools makes progress go slowly. Anyway, desided to make my own parts in sheet metal, as gastank, seat and cuts. Later also added lamp and hugger. Most timeconsuming has been to be sattisfied with the finnish and style.
The frame has also been cleaned out of unnecesarry "stuff" and the backframe is totaly remaked.
I started out with just a few handtools and an old "stickweld" not made for thin metal
Along the way a few new things been bought, as tigwelder, shrinker and a featherhammer to smoothen out the metal.
Here is a review in pictures starting last winter ...
Lack of knowledge and tools makes progress go slowly. Anyway, desided to make my own parts in sheet metal, as gastank, seat and cuts. Later also added lamp and hugger. Most timeconsuming has been to be sattisfied with the finnish and style.
The frame has also been cleaned out of unnecesarry "stuff" and the backframe is totaly remaked.
I started out with just a few handtools and an old "stickweld" not made for thin metal
Along the way a few new things been bought, as tigwelder, shrinker and a featherhammer to smoothen out the metal.
Here is a review in pictures starting last winter ...
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hepp, a new world opened up in close range 8)
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