Recent content by ippytattoo

Moved in to our house in late September. I saw a few bikes that caught my attention but not much in the way of xs’s. Probably going to have to expand my search area a bit. Would love to find a project to build. I really do enjoy the building.

First things first. Gotta find a house. Right now me and the mrs are staying with our daughter in north Hampton. Nice area but a little spendy for us lol

Just relocated to “north Houston” (actually Spring) a couple weeks ago. Had to sell my bike to pay for the move but will be searching for something in the relatively near future.

Very good ideas indeed! I have been looking for a remote idle screw for a bit, albeit not very diligently. Thanks for the kawi part number.

There used to be quite a few of those in use by other forum members with varying rates of success. I think Hughs Handbuilt also sold that style for a while. I use a different type hydraulic clutch and truly love it. Been running the same Aprilia slave cylinder for about 8 or 9 years without...

I know I saw a post recently that was discussing alternative neutral switches but can't for the life of me find it. I seem to remember one of the alternatives was from a kawi and had a bullet connector on it. I don't remember what year/model though. Anyone else remember seeing this? Any info...

Cvk34's from an EX500 use a push pull setup. That is what is on my bike. They are from a 2004 EX500 so not new by any means. Especially since I have had them for almost 10yrs

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. I will try to remember myself as well but these days my memory isn't what it used to be and my sense of time isn't all that great either lol

I know that when someone gets my bike after I die they will be cursing me for sure. The wiring on my bike has gone through several iterations. When I got the basket case it had no harness at all. The current, and longest running, is an ex500 harness with a few mods. I have a ex500 wiring diagram...

Oh yeah, still rocking the cvk34 carbs from an ex500 on the girl. I think that's about the only thing I haven't changed in the last few years.

Had a chance to do a little break in (2 heat cycles and a retorque) and go for a fairly short ride (29 miles) yesterday with the new combo. Overall it was a good ride. Motor seems to have plenty of power, I could almost keep up with my buddy on his 2005 yzf r6 and pull away from another buddy on...

Try loosening the 2 nuts on the bottom of the left fork a little before you tighten the castle nut. If those nuts are tightened before the castle nut you could be pinching the hub between the forks

It has very good brakes!!! Lol

Beautiful work there toglhot. I love the perseverance