I love it when a plan comes together….

By sheer luck it turns out that the DR400 and KX250 steering stems have exactly the same bearings, so it will make the fork swap a lot easier. The DR stem is on the left. If anyone wants to do a fork swap then I came across this useful document located at:

http://www.ohiocaferacers.com/OCRStemSizes.pdf

Mounted rear tyre, seat & tank.

Thanks to inertia@PSB for donating the rear tyre (yes it is street legal) and after digging through all of my boxes of parts, I found the missing tank rubber today and mounted up the fuel tank. The lower image is exactly how the bike looks now, the upper images I have actually photoshopped the seat so it is thinner and improves the lines. My final tank ‘sticker’ does not work so well now. Its kind of lost in the whole thing, so the larger ‘sticker’ seems to work better. Back to the drawing board then....

More Vintage Sticker Goodness

Here is the latest concept for vintage 'woodie' tank stickers.

This has also been inspired by the Suzuki TM sticker pictured.

Chrome Front Guard Mounting

The devil is in the detail. The devil is the time it takes to acheive it!

It looks like this!

This is what the bike looks like right now. The front end as it is now is only temporary, only the front guard will remain.

Chrome Mudguards

As this is a vintage style bike chrome mudguards are definitely the way to go. The rear guard from an XS Yamaha fits like it was made for it. I trimmed down an old plastic guard for the inner half, painted it matt black and bolted it all up. The front guard is from a CX Honda, and the mounting bracket is a mock-up for a trial fitment. See above for the results.

Wiring - Job Done

I am still waiting for the rectifier to arrive, but all the wiring is completed. A big thanks to David and Cameron for doing all the soldering and cut and shut that was required. I managed to find an older style round headlight (6 volt) and mounting brackets that would do the job.