Recent content by motoTrooper

Fantastic madhat fabrication, cheers for seeing it through!

Yup, just towed it to the DMV and patiently talked to them about it until they understood the deal.

I was able to title and register my Lancia Scorpion (basket case) with a bill of sale, so no problem

I think your front wheel and tire will be wider than your rear from the get go.

Hey everyone, just posted a video about the build with some running/riding shots. Hope it inspires others to complete their projects, it's worth it.

At this point perhaps switch the leads from the coils? It's a 180 twin and when I first put mine together I had them wrong, switched the leads and VROOM!

You lucky duck! Wow, people actually know what to do with grease nipples on your side of the pond.

Buy the whole donor bike. Failing that, all the parts should fit fine. Have you attempted to remove the swingarm from your bike yet? The condition in the photos suggest it's (probably) stuck on the pivot bolt. Carry on with the windmill jousting (like I'm one to talk).

My battery has been fairly low for a while, just holds a "surface" charge but the kickstarter has reliably started her up every time. Runs like a 70's scalded cat. If you're needing to do forensic startups hook up a car battery.

I have the same aspiration. Carry on!

Are there track times for vintage machines or are you going to have to tolerate the modern weapons attempting to suck you into their wake?

Here's what I did to make mine work, it is post #56 on my thread: http://www.xs400.com/threads/riven-motors-cafe-build.13403/page-3

You DO have quite a selection of tanks, looks very nice there.

I've been watching some Allen Millyard videos and he showed how he takes fouled plugs and puts them in his barbecue to burn off the carbon build up. Smart fellow.

The blue tank looks good too, at this point your cycle looks like an industrial sculpture of a chicken...