Finished a 400, now to start on a 350. Got some of it done before I stored it a few years ago.
looks good, the little touches i can see already are nice. whats going on w the fork dust caps?
just stuck front end together for mock up, will still need caps and such. Will need your advice on who to send crank to for rebuild.
Many crank rebuilders around.
Economy Cycle
Ed Toomey
Bill Bune
Thanks for that, I see these guys do them. My old kart engine builder no longer does this stuff, so I have no experience with any of these guys. Thats why I was just asking to see who is good and runs there work like a business, as I have dealt with some (not 2 stroke guys) who were not terribly reliable. I will be contacting a couple of them soon to see who does what, thanks again.
there is a lot of hard work put into those wheels and hubs.
Thank you. The wheels and hubs were a learning experience. I super cleaned everything, and took parts to a local chrome shop. They are a very old shop that does real chrome. While there I learned (according to them) no shop will touch rechroming wheels due to liability, so they agreed to strip, and I powdercoated them after a good inspection. Also, they said most lower legs from all makes are of such poor quality due to porosity they rarely chrome them. the hubs were so nice, they chromed them, and I fitted them with Buchanans ss spokes. Next things to do will be getting a crank done, and start to put back together, but I do it as a fun hobby and never get in any hurry. (have 4 more to do sitting in the garage if I live long enough)
Is the gauge bracket painted silver, or did you polish it? I like the contrast.
Thanks, I have powdercoated at home for around 20 years. The cups are a flat black, and the bracket is silver. I just do different parts and if I like them they stay, if not I will strip and recoat or buy one off evilbay and redo it. The frame was a pain, as my home made oven will just fit an rd frame. The powder companies actually make a powder called frame black, and it is perfect. I did that frame, and my Daytona frame, truly a pain.
great details that's what makes some bikes one of a kind.
Most everything on my Daytona is powdercoated, it is just so durable and lasts so well. time consuming, but down the road it pays off I think.
A bit more progress on the 75. Might be ready in spring, I got sidetracked saving a different 75 350 (that I will put in sale section shortly). 75 on lift is current project, other one is the one I will list here first.
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Worked when I posted, I will try again.
Quote from: mixedbikes on March 26, 2023, 02:52:06 PMFinished a 400, now to start on a 350. Got some of it done before I stored it a few years ago.
I like the foam you have there. Where can I get that from? Also, any detail steps on how you wrap it. The seat looks great in the last photo.
Foam was just ebay purchase, do not remember who from. Cover was a recent ebay purchase which was one of the reasonable ones listed. It was way way to "short" to wrap around stock foam, so I cut foam down probably 2-3 inches and attached with stock hardware.
Slightly more progress.
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Looks great. I like the Black rims and was thinking to go that way on at least 1 rim set coming up. I have 3-4 sets of spoked wheels and all are rusty and a brand-new set of spokes. My local media blast and Powdercoat guy says he can blast off the rusty/peeling chrome and powder them for me. I also have several sets of OEM header pipes in bad shape and was thinking to have them blasted clean and paint over with VH-1 or similar hi-temp paint. What did you do to yours to get that look?
The local chrome shop stripped the wheels, and they are chassis black powdercoat. The headers are cerakote high heat silver, supposed to be good to 1800 degrees. That kind of cerakote is air dry, even though I have the powdercoat oven did not use it for the cerakote, we will see how it holds up. I will be doing the exhaust the same to see how i like it. Thank you for the kind words.