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sort of. i never liked the del-mar either but at least it was tastefully done... but this takes it to a new level.

loong story short, bike shop owner fancied himself as a 'richard rawlings' type, about half way into this, he lost the wrench he was underpaying, and finished it himself and the owner of the bike has deep pockets, so he dug way in deep. I know, for a fact, the front end alone was over 2k.   

it was a 100% complete bike in decent shape. original paint, etc.

few years ago i had a bunch of daytona stuff for sale, which i got from the owner of THAT bike, so i know 1st hand, it was def not a bike that should have been cut up IMHO. I have my specials that basically started as bins of parts, I get it.   

thanks! you can ride it again in a week.

and have it reduce performance on the brakes? no. fuck no. dude saw a paycheck and the owner of the bike drank all his kool-aid.

there wer e lot of nice bikes at that show, for sure. I'll post them up later.

yes, the expanded metal will stretch, hence why i did what i did to mine. I considered marine plywood (theres another one int eh building i did that to) and its held up well for 5 years.

you should stain it some really nice rich mahogany color, maybe do some inlay work.   

Now, im not a fan of daytonas, at all, but ffs look at what they did to this one.

Yes, it started as a 79. yes, it was complete, and fairly decent.

Yes, i know the owner AND it was built by a 'pro shop' local. motor internals are stock. Yes, when i found out the front end was getting swappe dout to a drum I tried talking them out of it. I also know there's over 12k spent on this.



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ffs.

i mean, maybe. i'll be honest, its all a bad idea but i also get the gist of why you are doing it. silver solder would be worth trying.

the only reason i don't say tack weld it, is it will pull the bearing one way or the other when it cools.

I cant believe i'm suggesting this, but you -could- set the bearing on the shaft and heat up the bearing and crank end and braze it, let it leech in. it sounds like the crank end is toast already, so really nothing to lose. i guess.  Now i feel dirty.   

i can say that it will hold up to oil. ive used it on the lathe gearbox at work. but... on a crank bearing.. 

they make shaft/sleeve loctite, green, but not sure how that would hold up. worth a shot.  its #640

How much weight will this add to the trailer? as much as i would like a wood floor, the weight for me is prohibitive ( i have a much smaller trailer as well, i do need a bigger one eventually). I just added better wheel chocks than i had on mine before. also moved the fenders out a few inches as mines not a deck-over-wheel, but it tows really nice. i can actually squeeze 2 on here, small one in middle to back.

damn right          to proper kaiser rolls in sc. been down here 44 yrs. its about. fucking. time.           

that is awesome.  I love seeing them 'in the wild' and its rare af. especially a 125.