Rolled a 5 foot piece of 3/8" in my 3 wheel roller. Counter sunk some bungs for 3/8" Allen heads bolts, I also Tig welded 1/4" thick 3/8" coarse thread bungs on the inside of the fender, so no need to hold back on a nut with the tire on! So far so good.
Whipped these up for my buddy Chris. They are 1" .120 wall dom bent just past 90 degrees and the center piece is 2 pieces slugged then welded together and cleaned up. Turned out sweet
Took the stock rear section of Kurt's xs and chopped the stock brake pedal pivot out. Shaped it how I wanted. Cut some 1"x1/8" flat stock to box it in, tacked the pieces in then finish welded it with the Tig. Slapped it on the frame were the pedal looked like it would work and so the mount wouldn't interfere with the motor being put in and taken out. Mig welded it to the frame just have to extend the stock linkage and buff the weld down alil. That is in part two of linkage extension.
This 81' is on its way to being fine piece of machinery. These are some of the things we knocked out today. Put the proper spacers in to accommodate the rear hardtail and stock wheel. Cut a seat mount gusset, set the motor in (which every motor mount slid in like butter), mocked the mid controls, line the rear tire up and cut the chain length. Also cut the biltwell seat hinge to work on a flat surface. Lastly I cut the monster craftsman chain tensioner in half and extended it an inch to avoid any spring back problems down the road.
Just started messing with one of my extra has tanks. I drilled the old petcock out and scribed a piece of 16 ga. Steel to fill it in. Found my center and made some marks with sharpie. Took out the cutting wheel and got to choppin. Now I need to make the new tunnel and cut a new filler hole and weld a new cap on.
Took on this xs project my buddy Dennis dropped her off, I did an xs 650 for his friend pauly. It's gonna be a full build choppin the rear section welding on a new tail. Fabbin some one off mini apes and exhaust pipes. Relocating motor mounts and mid control brackets.
