The Last Project -Finished

[m in sc]

  wow.

[Mgmark]

My painter pal gave me an RD350 side stand to use for the bike. It fits perfect, tucks in well, doesn't get in the way of the shifter, and is the right length. All I had to do was move the spring perch around to the front.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Excellent 

[Mgmark]

There are still a lot of small jobs. The rear gas tank strap bracket will be next.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Absolutely Bad-Ass

[Mgmark]

The side stand mount is finished.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Looks perfect.

[kpke]

This thing is unbelievably fantastic. 

[Mgmark]

Today I tried fitting the gas tank with the petcock and ran into trouble. I didn't have the tank here when I first installed the foam air filters so I wasn't aware there isn't room for the petcock and the #2 air filter in the same space. Or the fuel lines from the tank for that matter. So I had to shorten the air filter about 3/4" in length to make a pocket for the petcock, and rotate the petcock towards the inside so the fuel lines exit towards the middle of the bike. Then re-route fuel lines to clear the shock and don't lay on the exhaust pipe. This was an hour and a half spent for something I thought was finished.

[m in sc]

yup. thats what eats time every time is that detail stuff. looks good though. 

[Mgmark]

I spent all day today doing little stuff like routing wiring, zip tying stuff out of the way and hanging the fairing. It's getting close to time to start it. I still need to get some vinyl for a seat cover.

[Mgmark]

It turns out the stock Yamaha rubber tank straps don't reach anywhere near the tank. I can probably make a rear bracket to where it will reach, but the front is way too short to stretch that far. Any ideas out there?

[dgorms]

Mark, how wide is that tank strap? I may have something suitable from one of my parts bikes.

[Mgmark]

It's a hair over 2" wide, and 2-3/4" long

[oxford]

The front looks like it will make it.  I tried looking at some google pics and I see some of those straps stretched pretty far on the 750s. 

Where did the rear originally attach to on those bikes, frame or bracket in the seat?  I have a factory tz350 tank on my RD and put the mounting tab in the frame but the mount on the tank is a lot lower than your tank from the looks of the picture.