Staying busy

So I got around to figuring out my whole rearset situation this week. I've seen a lot of rearset setups that are way too flimsy or just an eye sore. In order to have any rear braking power out of my drum brake at all it had to be stiff and I also needed something that sat tight up against the frame but at the same time spaced the rearset out about 15mm. I made a paper pattern that I was happy with, started with a plate (I believe 3/16) and drilled all my holes and cut them out.

Here they are tacked, Im pretty happy with how they turned out. I wish I had the shift side but the ebay seller mis shipped the brake side instead(sigh). One more thing off the check list. I've got them tacked on for now, when the bike comes all apart again for painting the frame i'll fully weld these in.

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Wiring Fun

Well I spent the whole weekend running wires and im happy to say my wiring is almost done. For these old Kawasaki triples the charging system is weak and unreliable. Suggested to me by a member of a Kawasaki forum I frequent, replacing the voltage regulator with an older ford style and buying a rectifier off basically a dump truck alternator, you can achieve a solid charge and wont blow your cdi boxes. So a trip to a local salvage yard and a parts store that specializes in automotive dc and I had everything I need. Im shooting for start up within a week or so, just a few more parts to make it happen.

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Gold Mine

I find myself here quite often, freezing my ass off just wandering looking for what would easily pass as garbage to anyone else. When you do finally find that random little rubber grommet or whatever you've been looking for its usually worth its weight in gold. Anyway heres Boise Vintage Cycle a resource that a lot of us in boise take for granted.

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I promise this page still exists!

So wow, its been a long time since we have posted an update. Though the follow up here on the site has been slow, time spent in the shop has been paying off. We are currently working hard on two project, my Kawasaki h1 and Dustens rd 400. Our goal is to have them on the road in the next two months for a local vintage bike show. The kawi is coming along nicely while an unexpected set back arose from the previous mechanic on the rd failing to fully install the sirclip in the piston...ouch. Anyway here are a few pictures