Exhaust, Frame and Rear Blinkers

Cut off the back brace so the seat lays flat. Looks like I need to drill a couple holes in the frame to screw the seat into place. I’ll need to shave the back of the seat down a bit so it lays flush with the frame. I’ll need to put a cross brace on the back so the frame doesn’t flex.

Also started the exhaust. Put black fiberglass wrapping on the header pipe to keep things cool when the little horses start jumpin’. Changed the 24in muffler to a 17in reverse cone which I still need to figure out how to mount to the frame. Plus it needs to be welded together. Got to figure out who can do that and how I’m going to get the bike there. Which reminds me . . . the electrical system . . . shit.

 

Needed a bigger hole for the new Daytona blinkers from Lloyd Vintage, so I made a couple.

 

Rear blinkers are on now. I need to find a replacement cap for the frame, new fenders, brake light and a way to mount the licence plate. So much work to do.

Speedo is now mounted

The 130mm allen head bolt came in, along with the brass washers so I was finally able to put the speedo on. The only trick being, the bolt was only threaded for 20mm. This meant I needed to go to Sears and pick up a die/cast set to thread the reaming 110mm. Cha ching.

Which then meant I needed to buy a vice grip to hold the bolt so I could thread it. Cha ching.

But the end result was a flush mount to the tripple clamp, just the way it needed to be.

Clip-Ons

The original bars on this bike curved back and pretty much hit my knees when I turned sharp corners, so they had to go. I first mounted some Renthal low bars for a motorcross feel, since that’s what I’m use to. But after a few months of riding I got to thinking I needed to convert this bike into a cafe racer. And since it’s a 250 I needed to shed a lot of weight in order to get some horse power back.

I first ordered some 35mm clip ons from Dime City Cycles for my 32mm forks thinking I could retro fit them. Once I started to install them I quickly figured out it would not be safe. So back to the internet I went to find some 32mm clip-ons. Luckily I found an ebay seller dustinpoole who has these sweet looking clip-ons. And of course I had to order some vintage grips and smaller hand levers to go along with bars.