18" rear wheel with drum brakes

Hi all,

have been busy in my garage, although I'm never allowed to spend as much time in there as I'd like, the missus says I have to do something called working and that I have to pay the 'mortgage' whatever that is???

Cleaned up the Aprilia caliper and ordered silicon grease and some pads. I was lucky as seals and pistons are all ok. Cleaned master cylinder and found brake line! Just got to turn up the disc spacer and reassemble and I'll have a working brake! Yipee!

Continued seat unit construction and started filling dents and prepping tank.

Fitted Marzoochi shocks but found one of the top mounts broken so using this as an excuse to save up for some new units! :)

Fitted FZR rear brake caliper and mount, just need to get torque arm and weld on a lug to swing arm. Then I can mount a brake lever and the master cylinder I have and then I'll have rear brakes too! :)

Finally getting somewhere!

Hope everyone is getting on well with their XS400s?
 

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Well, one side is shiny, I still have to do the other! ;)

Its amazing, 33 years from manufacturer and the edge of the the spokes is still sharp enough to cut my blooming finger open! I love this lil bike!

From dirty to shiny in 10mins, still a good finish to the paint after all this time! I wish my modern bike wheels were this well done!
 

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Fitted this bad boy avon new supreme tyre last night!

I don't know how old it is but I can't find any info on them online so probably from the dark ages?

Look great but probably won't corner very well! lol

before and afters!
 

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