Poo Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Starting to look good. One thing that does start to look out of place when drops bars are put on is the headlight and instruments. After I lowered the bars on my Guzzi, I had to lower the light and instruments. easy job to do on my bike. I machined up some collars and used longer bolts. Someone with more photoshop skills than me should shop the bits lower. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 just take off the top triple, angle getting off the bar mounts, file, sand, paint, job done Edit: ^ should read angle grind. stupid swype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Nah give them the tripple to the metal-work teacher and get him to mill them off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yep agree- get them milled off. Get the whole top given a skim so it's dead flat and sexy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Heh, I am the metalwork teacher...I haven't had an excuse to mill anything in a while, done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Starting to look good. One thing that does start to look out of place when drops bars are put on is the headlight and instruments. After I lowered the bars on my Guzzi, I had to lower the light and instruments. I'm not sure if this photo is clear bu instruments/ light have been lowered 50 mm or so. Will request opinions once reassembled! Yep agree- get them milled off. Get the whole top given a skim so it's dead flat and sexy Not quite enough meat to skim the entire top to the same level unfortunately, see what you lot think of this, probably a 5 mm step in the middle would be doable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Pictureless update. As I pulled into my driveway last week the bike died and since then no amount of coaxing/ether have elicited a cough of life. Delved into workshop manual (because I can!) and ignition coil is shot, new one on the way. Currently painted satin black which revealed a fuel leak in the tank...guessing there's a knead-it type product I can use for a weeping leak? Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hey man, Where did you get you indicators from? What is the diameter of the lenses. They look sweet. Like minature OEM ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Where did you get you indicators from?What is the diameter of the lenses. They look sweet. Like minature OEM ones! http://www.ebay.com/itm/181004140324 US$9.99 for 4, shipped! The only issue was that they aren't actually 23 Watt (They're 10 and there's no such thing as a 23 watt bulb that will fit inside them, electronic flasher sorted it) Lenses are around 30 mm diameter. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Sweet man, thats a score!. Are they plastic or metal? (i cant get ebay at work...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Sweet man, thats a score!. Are they plastic or metal? (i cant get ebay at work...) They're plastic unfortunately, if you wanted aluminium in a very similar style the original Honda GB400 ones are perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Cool man, Thanks for your help. How does the 200 twin go? Does it have some dort? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Cool man, Thanks for your help. How does the 200 twin go? Does it have some dort? Not as well as I think it ought to, it's all done at 112km/h (by GPS), considering the 250 was supposed to be good for 99.8 mph I think some ponies have escaped. With the new coil I'm hoping that a few may return home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 The exhaust is probably gummed up to buggery, set it on fire and take the head off and clean that and you should get them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 The exhaust is probably gummed up to buggery, set it on fire and take the head off and clean that and you should get them back. pretty much this i remember my 2 smoker exhaust weighed heaps before i got it burnt out freed up some well needed ponies my mate has a suzuki x7 that makes something like 60hp using modified rg250 cans and has some extensive head work and is like 300 and something cc goes like a cut cat and its tiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 60hp, That would be terrifying...the X7s are supposed to go very well. I can't imagine what the T500 must be like! I've been reading up on how to burn out the deposits, the mufflers weigh ~ 6 kg each at the moment so there must be a huge amount of shite up there. Is there any definitive sites with advice on how's best to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 the X7 250s were popular in club production in the early 80's, relatively close to the RD250's... until the RD250LC came along and rendered the X7 almost redundant. ISTR mates back in the day running meths through the exhausts (shaking, prodding, extraction of lumps of carbon with wire), and then hanging on the clothesline in the sun to dry out. re-installing and finding untimely mono's following re-discovery of 15-20 hp. YMMV; proceed with caution. loving your GT200 project, its great to see old 2-stroke twins on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakesae101 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 yea it is a bit hair raising to ride he has rebuilt the whole thing runs discs on the front ect now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRK Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 you can wack pipes on bbq. guy I know used to do that with his mx pipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willdat? Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Wife wasn't super keen on me whacking them on the bbq so after spending half the day running meths (and then petrol when I ran out!) through them. I went over to work and jumped on the LPG torch, very very good fun, especially in combination with the compressor (foot long blue flames out the opposite end!). I've now got a clear 20 mm hole straight through the middle. Certainly can't hurt performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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