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I've been thinking of painting my gloss black helmet.I've seen warnings on helmets not to paint them as it weakens them.Is there good paints you can use?Does it depend on helmet material?Mine appears to be some type of plastic.Hopefully someone out there has looked into this.
Keeping the frame looking original while improving its stiffness is my goal.Most improvements will be hidden by the tank,sidecovers,seat etc.Some will be more in the open like the front motor mount but should not be too obvious.
I'm planning to stiffen up my 72 so I'll be following this thread closely.I've compared the frame drawings of both the early and later bikes and plan to add gussets to as closely as possible duplicate the later frames.
Its certainly a good looking bike.With that fuel tank you would be looking for a gas station very half hour.This bike shows that sport bike designers can be as willing as chopper guys to give up functionality in the name of looks.
Thats great news.When I strip my engine down I'll be sending you the crank and cam.It will probably be sometime next year as I have another project on the go.
Can you rephase the earlier cranks/cams?Iwould like to rephase my 72 XS2.Apparently you can use a later crank and cam tensioners[probably moe parts required].Is there a reason the early cranks can't be used or is it a matter of not much demand to develop the mod?
I think the grey bike has the right lines.Its more of a bobber than a chopper and not too low so handling should be good.I'm sure some would prefer a lower bike with more rake and longer forks but I think this bike is just about perfect.I know you are working on one style right now but I think...
I'm not a Chopper guy,to me if an XS is in good shape it should be restored or mildly modded to more of a Brit bike look.If its rough I've always thought I'd like make a Cafe racer.The red soft tail above and even more the grey one in the link have actually got me day dreaming about wanting...
I've been trying to decide whether to use those XS1/XS2 Repo mufflers or go to the Commando style.I can see you like the sound.Do they look like they might be restrictive?I've heard the later mufflers are quite restrictive.If there is not much if any advantage to using the Commando style I might...