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All done, took it on a little run today and was very impressed with its acceleration considering its a 1979 motorcycle

Looking good, did you have it cut yourself?

Top notch work there :)

Jeepers, those triple clamps look like you had them chromed!  8)

Get the guys at laserfab in JHB to cut and bend you some stainless steel to make this All they need are the dimensions and hey presto 8)

Holy cow that paint is awesome 8) Who did it for you and if you dont mind me asking how many mandelas did they charge you My seat pan was made of 5mm PVC which I got from Maizeys (https://www.maizey.co.za) then stuck closed cell and high density foam on it which I got from Myfo But it all...

I got my cone filters from Startline in Edenvale, If I remember correctly they were about R50 each?

Good call, once you change the filters and exhaust you have to install bigger jets in the carbs That's going to mean a whole lot of trial and error with different jet sizes Builds looking good, keep it up :thumleft:

Oh my, did he pour acid on it to? How is he planning on preserving it, clear coat? :sip:

Good luck with your build, thats an awesome bike lift :o

Couldn't find the right size oil seal for the final drive shaft so the guys at BMG Randburg suggested I visit Sealco in Kempton Park They made a nylon sleeve to the OD I needed and press fitted a seal with the correct ID that I needed while I waited. Very handy to know they can do these type of...

Hey Cal, are you going be to keeping the stock air box or using aftermarket pod filters?

You got PM  :thumleft:

SUB  :sip:

WOW, looking awesome!

Post a couple of pics of the cafe conversion  ;)

Minor update Fitted new bigger main jets in the carbs to accommodate the new air filters and then when starting the bike I found that one of the carbs was spluttering at quarter throttle ??? Went and got a timing light from Addendorffs and set my timing dynamically instead of the static method...

Hey Bru-Tom, I finally figured it out!  :lol8: Turns out that when I put the shaft with rubber bush back the bush got wrecked (item 14 in pic) and stopped the calliper from moving I removed the rubber bush and put everything back together and it worked. Now all I have to do is order a new bush...

Hi Bru-Tom, thanks for your assistance I never removed the piston as it was working correctly, I only dismantled for the purpose of respraying then reassembled The assembly is doing exactly what the animation you posted is doing but the brake disc is not making contact with the pad on the...

Are you going to get rid of the tachometer and have the speedometer only?