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OH! And as far as sanding the edges of the fins to create contrasting looks, be VERY SURE that the paint/coating/everwhat is totally 100% completely cured and dried to a total hardness BEFORE sanding on the fins. Seriously, wait like a solid week. Why? The most fuddup thing happens if you...

Personally I don't prefer powder coating on too many things. I work with powder coated stuff for a living, and when it begins looking bad it is a certified sumbitch to patch up. Scratches cannot simply be "repaired". The entire part must be scorched with a propane torch (not an oxy-acet...

(WARNING: Oh my dog, you got me started. My apologies up front for the meandering mumblings. I won't blame anyone for skipping this post. On with my reply ......) Thanks. :) Where? Most of that bunch were at Tucson Motocross Park (aka "TMP"). I was 14 years old racing in the 250cc...

Still wrestling with health crap. The money sitch isn't what we had originally planned on. I may end up going stock XS650 frame with some R6 parts of sorts (perhaps the forks/front end/brakes). Anyhow, it's been twelve gazillion degrees out lately, far too hot to goof around out in the shop...

(Thanks Two Many and RD - We hope to know more after this coming Thursday .... fingers crossed). My wife was rifling though our storeroom the other day, she came home with a few things I thought had been lost long ago. My first racing season's trophies. They're old, broken, and deserve far...

Thanks. I hide my sawzall (it's actualy a DeWalt, the "Sawzall" is a Milwaukee trade name. In any case I hide mine to prevent the Squid Badge of Courage from being misapplied to me. Haahaa! :) PROGRESS: Project currently on hold due to health issues and the accompanying financial issues...

Additionally, (re:1 vs 2 disks) while a person may be able to "lock the front wheel with one disk" and a mighty mighty pull, the notion of being able or not being able to "lock up" the front wheel with a single disk is not even anywhere near the point. Two disk setups provide a better response...

I've been goofing around with front end component weights and such. For instance a stock Yamaha 2001 R6 caliper weighs 2 pounds 3.6 ounces, and the stock rotor fromt the same bike weighs in right at 3 pounds +. So just removing the caliper and rotor pulls five pounds from the front end, all of...

Ok, I officially ~give~ .... :) You win! Wow, your tooling collection represents many years of machining and obtaining that which you've needed over time. Those eight toolholders are amazingly cool. Do I see one holding some sortof Exacto blade in it? Yea, see, it takes decades of...

Got the Phase II wedge setup in with five tool holders. :) - 201 - Standard 1/2" toolholder. Holds anything from about 1/16th up to 1/2 inch. Turning and facing. :) - 202 - Same as 201 PLUS can also hold round tools up to 1/2 inch. It has a notched lower jaw for securing round tools...

SHOP DETAILS: Getting the shop in better order. Before and after pics. I took the ~afters~ last night. Just about ready to move the lathe and mill into the cleaned up shop on to that table with the red legs. I felt compelled to take that picture, I don't think that room will EVER look like...

Sorta kinda. Sportbike up front, flat tracker in the middle, and speedway bike in back. Heheh.

R6 FRONT WHEEL (ET AL) SHOWED UP: Located an R6 wheel/tire on eBay, the seller ends up being in my city. Picked it up yesterday. **** 2001 R6 front wheel, with bearings. **** Pirelli 120/70 Diablo tire, about 60% worn out (date code unknown for now, I need to look up how Pirelli dated their...

Um, some of these morons perhaps? These are all new bikes at modern racing venues, not some 50 year old bikes in 50 year old pictures. Point is these ~morons~ support an entire industry of going fast on rigid frames. Today. Your narrative is countering itself, so you're saying...

Well, I know for certain that Cheney Engineering offers some all aluminum engine mounts, and included in the offerings are the upper head mounts. They install those mounts in both their rigid frames and suspended frames. I've recently read that on some bikes these engine stays are quite...

R6 FRONT END AND CALIPERS ARRIVED: :bike: Wow, this is some neat stuffs. The R6 front end was an amazingly fun adventure when it arrived. It was packed up like treasure or precious jewelry. And the seller actually respected the customer enough to clean the front end (like, really really...

NOTE: I am in no way connected or affiliated with CognitoMoto, either personally or professionally. Bonzai !! :bike: Very cool item I found in my travels. This place called CognitoMoto offers up conversion hubs that permit the use of several inverted front ends on our bikes (see link at the...

I'm kinda behind on this series. I have everything I've missed on DVR, but I've yet to see it. I've not really felt up to it lately. I did see the GP race in Spain though. Friggin Rossi! Go dude go! My wife and I endearingly call him "monkeyboy" due to the way he looks like .. well .. a...

Oh, and by the way, if that's a comment directed at my crazy directionless behavior on this project... uh, that's not the meds, bra .... that's just ~me~. :) There ain't no fixin' my kinda "broken". :) :)

Uh, no you don't. That shit's horrid. Hell I don't even want to be on it. I'm glad I'm totally off of it by now. I had the most recent stent removed yesterday (that ten hour round trip thing to Tucson VA) so the worst of this last bout is finally over, a nine month long funtime magic beauty...