1983 xj550 monoshock cafe

Hello fellow xj people. I am new to this site, but it looks very helpful and inspiring from what i have seen so far. I scooped up a beat up 83 xj550 maxim two years ago for 400 bucks. Ive been working on creating a cafe racer for the last year or so..

 

pics or it didnt happen mate.

just kidding, welcome!



but get on with the pics

 

Agreed, pictures of that monoshock would be great to see!

 

I always thought this guy did an amazing job with his xj550 cafe



There's a video up somewhere too

 

Im trying to upload some pics of the bike.. How do I get them posted??

 

1.) Upload pic to photobucket or where ever you choose

2.)Copy image location address

3.)hit the Post Reply button

4.)hit the Image Button

5.)Paste image address location

6.) Hit OK

 

No air filtration at all?!?!?!

 

I think I got it figured out now, Thanks
Heres what I got so far..
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NICE!!! I Really like it so far!!

What tires are those??

 

nice going, can we have a closer look of the monoshock?

 

I bought a pair of Shinko tires off ebay.. There pretty cheap in price, but I did read some good things about them.

 

Heres what i rigged up for the top mount for the shock

 

Heres the bottom portion. 1/4 inch steel plate was used for the mount, welded it right to the swing arm.

 

wasnt sure if i needed to, but i welded some rod on top of the swingarm to stiffen it up.

 

looking solid. i think it needs a bit of stiffening. have you thought about bracing the swingarm and if so what made you decide against it?

 

Cool work so far. Did you lower the front forks? Do you have a pic of the brakeside rear set? I really dig where this is going.

 

Thanks for eveyones support!

Venlis: I was considering on supporting the mount a bit more with some steel rod, I think those welds will hold up meanwhile. I did also look into bracing the mount directly to the swing arm like the famous blue cafe haha, but I ran into some clearance issues with the chain.. I had some 1/4 steel plate laying around so i decided to go off and try something new.. why not

 

CJMaxim: thanks, I did lower the fronts about an inch, I'll probably mess around with the height a little more once i get it going.
I'll post some more pictures soon!

 

angle of the swinging arm now looks quite steep, will you have to make any mods to the chain guide, to prevent the chain rubbing on the top of the swinging arm.
stu :?