Welded up the rigid hard tail on my cousin kurt's 81' xs. Swapped the old ball bearings out of the neck and upgraded to high performance timken tapered bearings. Assembled the frontend and slapped the wheels on thru some 7/8 in. Z-bars on it just to move it around and slid the spotty tank on. He is switchin the 19" front our with a 21" aluminum ribbed rim from a 70's RD 400.
My bro brought over his side case and wanted me to trim her down alil. He wanted to eliminate the "made in Japan" since it was re done here in lovely Ohio! It also gives her a sleeker look even though u can't tell unless u kno but I guess that's the point.
My buddy Chris swung by yesterday to give me an idea of what he wants for fender struts and to fit his rear fender. So we chopped half the fender off and got it were we wanted it. I started to roll some 3/8 round bar for the struts we will be back at it today. I have to spin some countersunk bungs on my lathe to mount the struts to the frame and to the fender.
My wife and I were invited by an old friend from school to Fort Myers for the 10th annual 12 mile Peace river canoe trip in Arcadia,Fl. We are always lookin for an excuse to get away to warmer climates being from Ohio! It was the first time for us so we flew in for the weekend with just a backpak and had everything ready for us tents, food, and all the party favors! Here are some cool pics of us with our twenty canoe deep group all good people and the scenery. Thanks to all of yall for the southern hospitality, especially Rob and Tiff.
Just got my second wave of t-shirt's $18 for men's $20 for women's.One new color for both mens and women's v-necks. Men's colors: black w/white brass knuckles, charcoal w/white weldor logo, "new" olive drab w/black weldor logo. Women's colors: "new" black w/white brass knuckles, pink w/black weldor logo.
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My buddy Donny dropped this fender blank of with an idea of what he wanted and I ran with it. Gridded the fender by inch to give me a good guidline. Made a few radius guides and taped it off with 1/4 painters tape for a nice fluid line. Cut the design out with a 4 1/2 in. Cutoff wheel and cleaned her up with a file then smoothed it out with a die grinder.
Did some fab work for the boyz over at Rubber City Vintage Cycles. They gave me there 75 xs frame and I found a drop seat kit from visual impact. Chopped the old tail section and shock mounts added Honda rebel shocks. Went together pretty good with a few cuts on the tube notcher. Prepped all the tubing slug welded the solid slug then went to work rig welding the tubeing together. Installed the swingarm and relocated the shock mounts. Another happy customer!
Started back up on my 76 xs. Cut and ground the old beautifully welded stock gussets out. Then made a template I need a Damn plasma cutter! The old porta band and file work just fine it just takes 10 times longer! Fitted the new gussets tacked them then ran a few final welds. Turned out great if I do say so myself.
