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I did the same mode but haven't ridden my bike yet. Did you not like the suspension feel?

I just painted my cases today. I cleaned them really good, sanded everywhere with I red scotchbrite pad, cleaned them with brake cleaner and compressed air, and then sprayed 6 coats of PJ1 case paint. Looks awesome. Not sure how durable it will be yet.

Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Still bending tubing for my single down tube street tracker.

I did use 2 exhaust gaskets put together before. Makes it thicker. Sounds stupid, but I did get me by for awhile.

That's a great looking build. Very well done.

Wow. Thats simple. Looks like it works well. Im going to try it on an old set of carbs or cylinder. Keep it simple i guess works best sometimes. Been busy at work, but have found sometime to keep buliding my bike. The frame is almost ready to be powdercoated. Next rebuild my engine.

yeah i saw that stuff. I hope mine fairs better than that.

Yeah his bikes rock. Way out of my league to build that kind of stuff.

I clamped some square tubing down the sides of the frame to the steering neck. I made the front lower mount first to help center it. I ground out the top of the down tube to fit the steering neck. Then welded it, while all the pieces were held tight.

Yeah its alot shorter. Also set the rake at 34 degrees instead of 36. It used to be an 1984 Heritage special frame.

http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?t=725 Have a look. I think it will turn out great. Give it a try.

I'm builing the frame myself. It's a big undertaking. Had a machine shop build the steering neck for me, and a friend lent me his pipe bender so I could make the new frame members. Slowly coming together. Renovated our basement so I haven't worked on it much in the past month.

Do they corrode and discolor quickly after blasting and polishing?

Thanks. I'm building a single down tube street tracker. Big build. Trying to think ahead of things like coatings and paint. My frame is almost done, and ready to get powdercoated. I'm going to start rebuilding the engine soon, so I need to think about how I want to clean the parts and...

After you soda blasted the cases, did you coat them with anything, or just leave them with a blasted finish ?