Moderator drewpy Posted November 22, 2010 Moderator Posted November 22, 2010 Goodmorning, I've used thread lock (blue loctite) so the bolt will stay there. I losened the allen bolts at the bottem (they were not that tight) so now I have the fork lowers apart. I'll try the heat trick good, i hope the rest goes as easily
Hornix Posted November 28, 2010 Author Posted November 28, 2010 yesterday I finished the fork renovation. The old rusty stansions are replaced by a set of nos's. New oilseals, forkoil etc. Maybe in the future I'll replace the springs by some progressive ones. Has anyone experiece with them? The forkboots are SR500 types from Kedo.com Although I was very carefull I scrathed my headlamp housing. I was curious how the (new) headlight of my SR500 would look, so I put it in place to see. It will never leave there In my opinion it looks realy good and it gives a lot more Lux I'm not too worried about the extra power the bulb asks, because I have a LED taillight and this new headlamp hasn't got a small 5 Watt bulb in it. And here's a small impression of the current wire-wheel situation. The hubs look as new after a treadment with glasspearls, the rear hub has new bearings, front bearings were OK. The rims are aloy highshoulder ("hoogschouder" we call them in Holland). If you can't see the spokes your monitorsettings are wrong
OllieB Posted November 28, 2010 Posted November 28, 2010 yesterday I finished the fork renovation. The old rusty stansions are replaced by a set of nos's. New oilseals, forkoil etc. Maybe in the future I'll replace the springs by some progressive ones. Has anyone experiece with them? The forkboots are SR500 types from Kedo.com Although I was very carefull I scrathed my headlamp housing. I was curious how the (new) headlight of my SR500 would look, so I put it in place to see. It will never leave there In my opinion it looks realy good and it gives a lot more Lux I'm not too worried about the extra power the bulb asks, because I have a LED taillight and this new headlamp hasn't got a small 5 Watt bulb in it. And here's a small impression of the current wire-wheel situation. The hubs look as new after a treadment with glasspearls, the rear hub has new bearings, front bearings were OK. The rims are aloy highshoulder ("hoogschouder" we call them in Holland). If you can't see the spokes your monitorsettings are wrong I think the red spoked you show look really good!! BTW, great job so far.
Moderator drewpy Posted November 28, 2010 Moderator Posted November 28, 2010 Looking good! FYI the spoke set from a '78 rd250/400 D/E are the same part numbers, so might be cheaper/easier to get. rear; 1J3-25304-01 front; 351-25104-00
Hornix Posted November 28, 2010 Author Posted November 28, 2010 Looking good! FYI the spoke set from a '78 rd250/400 D/E are the same part numbers, so might be cheaper/easier to get. rear; 1J3-25304-01 front; 351-25104-00 Thanx! the company that is going to do the wheels make there own spokes. They use a special semi stainless steel metal. So the spokes will not rust and there's less risk of breaking compared to fully stainless steel.
Moderator drewpy Posted November 28, 2010 Moderator Posted November 28, 2010 Thanx! the company that is going to do the wheels make there own spokes. They use a special semi stainless steel metal. So the spokes will not rust and there's less risk of breaking compared to fully stainless steel. that will be a different grade stainless. the more chrome content the harder/brittle/non rusting it will be!
Hornix Posted December 16, 2010 Author Posted December 16, 2010 Picked up my wheels today. The "spokes-man" did an amazing job. Rims are polished This weekend I'll have the tyres swapped. And then.....wait for the sun
Moderator drewpy Posted December 16, 2010 Moderator Posted December 16, 2010 wow, you waste no time. putting my tracker project to shame now
Hornix Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 Finished (alltough caferacers are never finished ) the wire-wheel conversion today. I'm thrilled with the result. Before drinking my victory-beer I polished a xs400 special points cover to a mirror finish. It was a good day for the Grasshopper and Me
Moderator drewpy Posted January 8, 2011 Moderator Posted January 8, 2011 wow, fantastic Hornix. your raising the stakes on this bike and I'm gonna have to match that on me tracker Can we have a vid when the weather breaks, of the bike in action?
Hornix Posted January 8, 2011 Author Posted January 8, 2011 wow, fantastic Hornix. your raising the stakes on this bike and I'm gonna have to match that on me tracker Can we have a vid when the weather breaks, of the bike in action? Thanx Drewpy. And this summer I'll make a vid of the bike&me in action. Lots of speed and noise, the XS runs like the wind, the rider with his Bell helmet, old black leather jacket and googles, lookin nasty with flies in his teeth. I'll give Spielberg a call
Moderator Airhead Posted January 8, 2011 Moderator Posted January 8, 2011 Homix you did the old XS proud, I love that bike you created. a real head turner
barkwindjammer Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 You've built something quite special there Hornix, will we see you at Squires ?
Moderator Airhead Posted January 8, 2011 Moderator Posted January 8, 2011 You really created something different
Moderator drewpy Posted January 8, 2011 Moderator Posted January 8, 2011 You really created something different :lol: nice one Paul
barkwindjammer Posted January 8, 2011 Posted January 8, 2011 Definately worthy of the coveted 'Sir' pre-fix Sir Hornix of the Netherlands
Hornix Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 You really created something different Wahaha LOL. That's great man, really fun vid!! Sorry for the slow response I made a youtube-walkabout-vid, here it is: And I also have a question: What is the correct set-up of the drive chain and sprockets? I noticed that I have a 37 teeth in the back, but I think 39 would be standard? I read somewhere that the final drive changed through the years but I can't find it anymore yesterday I took the Grasshopper for a 100km spin. It was a blast. It is so much more fun to ride this great twin instead of my previous big fat strong nakeds
DUCHNTR Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Hey Hornix, Love the cafe! You have done really well with it. I was looking at the dutch site too and couldnt understand the words but loved the pictures! I especially love the seat, where did you get it? Your bike at the start is crazy similar to my xs400. Same paint except mine has the sissy bar, extended handlebars and a shorty exhaust. I hope to change all of that soon.
Hornix Posted February 3, 2011 Author Posted February 3, 2011 Thanx for the compliments The seat is a Ducati Imola type, modified with the Dremel. underneath the seat I made a small kind of frame to rest the set on. Here you can find the seat: http://www.kickstartershop.de/product_info.php?info=p3199_Imola-SITZBANK-Seat-DUCATI-750SS-900SS-u-a--Cafe-Racer.html
Hornix Posted February 5, 2011 Author Posted February 5, 2011 Don't let the RD guys get 'm http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-RD250-RD400-spoked-type-wheels-front-back-USED-/160541318352?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2561021cd0
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