thanx a bunch for all the positive comments. iv been mad busy the last week and have been away from the computer. glad to see some comments. the...
figured id put this up for shits and giggles. its my wiring harness, like i even needed to say that. still cant remember where half the stuff...
here is a better shot of that tank i was previously speaking of. its moving along. not sure how it will be recieved. oh well though. i rescued the...
here are some update pics of the battery box i made. it houses all the electrics, well actually the regulator is under it. its in roughest form;...
so i am plugging away on my hardtail build and have found the suspected gremlin that put this beast to rest- stripped air fuel screws. i had no...
excellent, now thats what im talking about! great idea and execution. definately looks good enough to buy. thanx for sharing. :D
hello and thanx. first off, i built this on a simple jig. it allows me to take stuff off and put it back on without remeasuring eveything. you can...
jeez rick, your the man. i can feel your knowledge flexing from here. 8O sebwiers, you got the right idea; stock rubbers into custom airbox. the...
i lay more confused than i thought. i know this is a tread lightly suject and certainly dont want to go down that road. i tried hard to get same...
hello. drag guys, and gals, have been running lowered hardtail-converted rearends since they put dual rear shocks on bikes. new era screaming...
here is a pic of the rear brake forward control and the brake drum arm. the controls are modified stockers from seca 650. i cut off the brake...
hello, man that bikes a trip. not my style at all but i do like some features, notably the front headlights. back to your question. im not really...
yeah man, great changes! bike looks much more pulled together and smoothed out- more along the lines of a well thought out plan and a finished...
i definately lean towards the black is boss scheme, though i am tossing around few dif ideas for paint. im also thinking there is going to be...
thanx. yeah tank thing is def a risk. i have a picture of what the finished product looks like in my head, haha, the trick is to bring that to...
here is an earlier pic of the frame, tank and seat layout. i will be building a daul springer seat that is low profile- drag style. this pic is...
mos def on the custom airbox pics! not to add any fuel to the fire but i too have been down the pod road. tried everything from velocity stacks,...
yeah working on that. I'm not very techy and I tend to really get lost in garage process, but I do have plans to post more. oh and got even...
hello. great question. I am planning on building a custom airbox for my xj550 project. I plan to use same rubber boots, similar inside volume box...
thanx. yeah plenty of learning opportunities; built awesome looking battery box, spent mad time getn it right. well all but part about chain passn...
at the fear of sounding stupid. what would i need a chain conversion for? front and rear sprocket match up. not exactly sure what size they are or...
hello all. progress is slow but steady. figured what the heck, try the flip side of the forums out. well here it goes. one of several test fits....
bought tank from this dude. great description, exactly as stated, fast shipping. damn good dealings. :o
Hello. I am building up a rat bike from the spare engine and frame I have sitting around and am having the worst luck finding a rear brake drum....
Got frame, engine, carbs, wiring harness, instruments cluster, seat, and few othr misc. Cleaning out garage and get rid of cheap.
I am getting rid of the access parts I got layn around my parents house. All parts are from an '82 550 maxim with relatively low miles. I looked...
Went to Robert for my tci refresh after recieving much praise about his work. I could not be happier; damn thing looks brand new in and out, and...
Yeah and I believe it, but thats where the problem lies; I can't find that info anywhere. I know I'm challeneged, but damn.
Hey guys, just wanted to clear this up so you not wasting your time. The problem was a block in the left side of the fuel feed line (about .5"...
Hey Rick, its the one at the rear of the carbs, with air boots removed, at the top, right above the main bore to the carb. It seems as though when...
OK, GOT IT! Guys, this problem has been twistin my mind; there is no reason the damn thing should not be working. I took off the carbs and float...
Hey I found something out that is definately of question. I went out to start the bike and like ussual itstarted right up. Now, the 1st carb...
Thanks guys. I mean, I bent it downwards if imagining that the carbs were on the bike and in running form. Yeah I'll get on the clear tube method...
Wow that sounds confusing. The skinny, if it helps: How does the float work in conjunction with the brass pin thing with the rubber point on it?...
Damn! That would suck to have your brakes lock up at some unforseen moment. Thanks for the heads up; they didn't look like it was happening, but...
Yeah, well, actually it did not fix the problem. Damn thing. I mean, it did work for a little longer and after sitting for a while and starting...
Yeah, so...I will answer this one on my own. Yes, having the mixture screw turned too far out will create a problem in which the float level...
Hey guys. Yeah, so I took the carbs off again and checked all that stuff. I measured the float tabs to the nearest 64th, so they are close, and,...
Cool, thanks for all the input; I'll be sure to take all into consideration. The cylindrical filter is in place on the petcock. The tank had...
Sweet! I knew I could count on this site. Yeah, thats what I figured. That sit will be quite useful MiCarl, thank you much. I used the clear...
Well, I did find a little info regarding bending the tabs of the float mechanism so as to change the level of floats. Is this how its done, and...
Well, the other day I noticed that my number 1 cylinder was not working; easy to tell since pipe was cold. So I went about checking the mains;...
Thats funny. Oh snap! I did'nt see and odviously did'nt think to look there. Robert I'll be getting you that pm soon here, thanks for info on how...
Ooops, I'll try and fix that. Why would that be difficult? To my knowledge it is an '81 Seca 650. So says vin and side cover. Yeah, and that...
Ok, I think I got that sig thing taken care of, I hope.
Hey I'm real sorry about not having my info in my sig, but I have no idea where to go to do such things. Not to mention I have no clue what one...
Thanks everyone. Yeah, I did check the #s and they were not identical; the first # was same but others not. I will get the exact #s when I get...
OH YEAH GOT HER RUNNING. I want to thank those of you that helped me, especially SQLGuy! Thanx a lot SQLGuy. I put on new ngk caps, and found...
Got the bike all rewired. Headlight doesn't work till bike is running, correct? Right now I'm in the process of getting some of those ngk 5k ohm...
Still with me huh, thanks and please keep it up; I will figure this out. Yeah, like I said, this person was a master wirer. Now that I know what...