I finally finished it! :)

[devon-tony]

just took it for a quick ride round car park, carbs are well out, this is going to be my biggest concern

but hoping that with a little luck I might at least get it rideable.

otherwise its off to the auction house in the sky LOL

oh and I am still under my £500 budget :) although the MOT at £27 will take me over :(

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i262/tony-devon/finished5.jpg

[DaiPunk]

I quite like that!

[hacky]

that turned out really nice m8...
although id have painted the wheels and tank satin black with some pinstriping..
only cos thats what i like...lol:thumbsu::thumbsu:

trike next?

:thumbu:

[devon-tony]

yeah the orignial plan for this was satin black with red and white pin striping, however I got that tank for free, was going in the skip, its got a dent on the front left hand corner, bulldog bash sticker over it now LOL

butI couldnt bring myself to sand that tank down, and I cant pin stripe, so it ended up like this

yes trike is next, still trying to get some big fat rear wheels, cant do anything until I have them

have the shape and design of the frame all worked out, got the engine, and all the rear diff etc etc

soon as I have the wheels I can start on the layout and start working out sizes for wishbones etc

[Grav]

The price of an MOT taking you over budget is nowt worth worrying about, Tony. You have shown what can be done on fuck all budget and a bit of effort in the thought dept. Well done. :thumbu:

[devon-tony]

cheers, took long enough to do though LOL

tempted to just sell this, should hopefully get about £1000-1200 for it with mot etc

then at least I can go buy the bits to build the trike, but wife reckons I wont enjoy it if I do it that way LOL

[John Hopkins]

I like it...and to be honest I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like it.

Very Minimalist.

John

[mick2]

good stuff tony. hope you get the carbs done right.

[kajir]

very nice job tony .....lookin kewl:)

[roysters]

nice,,,, thats nice..good work and it shows you don't have to spend £15k to get a good looking ride..:thumbsu:

[Beano]

I would get it set up and enjoy it for a while.....summer....then work on a trike over the winter months...?.....very nice job on your budget ! :D

[devon-tony]

the problem is getting it setup, about 250 mile round trip to the nearest place that I know of for rolling road setup, but most annoyingly it appears that the carbs on this engine, dont use conventional jets, the mounting boss is huge

no way I can move the bike that distance or afford to pay to have it setup

today I discovered that the damn thing isnt charging, looks like the rec/reg is dead, gets very hot but no charge to the battery

will be a month or so at a guess before I get to take it for MOT now.

scouring ebay to try and find a cheapy bargain one.

[hacky]

i got a spare 550 one if thats any good?

:thumbsu::thumbsu:

[devon-tony]

mate, if I could borrow it even, that would be a huge help

I have checked the output of the generator, and thats fine, so have to be the rec/reg

[mick2]

is it the 600 teapot motor you got in there tony? seem to remember eddie from cbuk having carb probs on his chop

[hacky]

its your m8..
pm me your address an ill pop it in the post...
:thumbsu::thumbsu:

[Nik]

Good work! :cool:

[devon-tony]

thanks Nik, coming from someone that sees as many bikes as you, I am really happy :)

been right through all the charging circuit and its deffo the rec/reg all connections are good, but voltage to the battery wont go above 12.3 even when revved hard, rec reg gets very hot very quickly

checked the alternator and I got 20-70+V AC across all 3 combinations of connections

still really hoping to get it MOT'd this Friday.

I really want to get up to the predators bash on this, will be my first time out for a very long while.

[Nik]

thanks Nik, coming from someone that sees as many bikes as you, I am really happy :)

been right through all the charging circuit and its deffo the rec/reg all connections are good, but voltage to the battery wont go above 12.3 even when revved hard, rec reg gets very hot very quickly

checked the alternator and I got 20-70+V AC across all 3 combinations of connections

still really hoping to get it MOT'd this Friday.

I really want to get up to the predators bash on this, will be my first time out for a very long while.

You're welcome, mate, it is ... :)

Fingers crossed!

[devon-tony]

woo hoo MOT and Tax :)

minor mod to the gear lever linkage that I got wrong

and need new grips, these look great but hurt the hands like hell, and with gloves on the throttle keeps sliding shut, unless you got a death grip on it

[devon-tony]

well it didnt last long

off to ebay soon

probably going to lose money on this bloody bike :(

cdi unit died today, only 2 pots running

apparantly the engine that I used they only imported 500 to the UK in '84 so no chance of getting a replacement

will be listing it this week if anyone wants spares??

probably send the tax back get something for that at least

:(

really not a happy bunny

[dubmeister]

Shit man i wish i had a few quid spare to buy this '
defo cdi thats gone ? and not a coil away ?
What is the model the cdi was fitted to ?

[devon-tony]

its a gsxr400 made for 1 year only

deffo the cdi. swapped the coil wiring, and swapped the wiring for the sender units etc, all good

got the cdi out and it was hot, smelt like a capacitor or transistor has gone.

looks like you can buy a replacement from a place in australia £114

the 400 was used because it was cheap and there, but really needs a gsx550 or something similar, the 750 is too big for this frame, will fit but looks wrong

the 400 just revs a lot and I cant stand that, especially with the near on open pipes

[dubmeister]

Theres a gsxr400 sitting in my local scrappys if you got the number off the cdi i can check it out

[devon-tony]

thanks sadly I have no idea what the number is, the one I have is an aftermarket one

the bike would be about 84 or 85

think the only way that I can be close to getting the right one would be if the engine has only 2 carbs, they run dual twin carbs, one diapghram with 2 slides in each

this would narrow it to 2 models and if it wasnt mega bucks then I would consider the gamble.

[dubmeister]

Been to the scrappy and the cdi unit has gone off the gsxr :( it was an old steel framed one too so must have been fairly early one .
What sort of money are you after for the bike as is ? pm me the price please
Ta Ian

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I thought I recognised it when I saw it at a friends funeral on Wednesday. :)