diy

Anyone ever tried a DIY gravity fed soda blasting set up like the video below on our engine top end? Attached are a few pictures of my disassembled engine. Years of neglect and oil leaks from the PO have left the exterior pretty nasty. I'm wondering if this would be a useful cleaning setup and...

Just a follow up on my previous post about using Ducati muffler hanger rubber bushings when building your own rearset peg plates. Here is a short rundown of what I am working on, for one side. So you need twice this amount. 10 mm aluminum plate, 6082T6, I believe 2 pcs aluminum spacers, 30 mm...

So today I went outside to (in this order) set timing on my points ignition, then sync the carbs, and then set my mixture screws. I decided to do all this because I went up a size on my pilots and 2 sizes on my main jets for the Uni filters and open headers that I'm running. I had already did...

Gentlemen, I am intending to ceramic coat the pistons for racing two stroke. I have used professional coaters before and been satisfied with the results. However the cost of doing 4 pistons top and sides is an eye watering NZ $231. I have found this source for DIY ceramic coating material do...

Hi there. Recently picked up my first bike. 1979 xs650. Found it for sale over a year ago, came across it again a few weeks ago at a local shop, couldn't pass it up again. Swapped mirrors, redid the seat mounting bolt, and made a speedo relocation bracket. It's pretty rough since I lacked...

Hey Guys-I've almost got my 83 properly chopped and I'm in the process of making up some "good" metal tabs to replace the temp ones I cut with my angle grinder. I would love to get a good metal shear to handle 3/16 plate. Anybody know of a way to convert a hydraulic press into a metal shear...

First time trying to change a motorcycle tire. I bought these damn tire spoons from Harbor Freight, and so far all I've done is struggled for 2 hours and poped one of the tubes. Any chance there's somebody out the in the Portland area that could help me with this? I know, I know, just take it...

I've finished glass beading and sand blasting all/most of my parts. Everything on this bike came painted rattle can black, the paint was chipping and overall looked really terrible. I after several days of pain and discomfort I built my own sand blasting setup and got all the parts cleaned up...