I did some work on the tank. I used the Stock XS gas cap so I had to cut the mount out of the old tank and weld it in to the new one. I also filled in space where the tank badges were mounted. Progress has been slow lately but I'm getting there.
The swingarm is from a 82 Yamaha XT550 and the shock is off a Buell XB9.
Can you tell me a bit about the XT550 swingarm?. I was thinking about what to do to mine, and I decided I would like to do a mono shock street tracker using my spare VStar650 rear shock. While searching swingarms on ebay, I thought that the XT550 looked like the best match for what I am envisioning. Then I did a search of the forum, and lo and behold, you are building one. Great minds think alike. Anyway, If you can tell me how wide the arm is between the axle plates, how wide it is at the pivot, what mods you had to make to get it to fit, how long it is from pivot to axle, Will an XS 650 wheel, and brake fit, or will I need to use XT parts? I am planning on using a 19" front mag on the rear, but I would like to use the normal rear disc brake setup.
How about chain alignment? How long is your Buell shock eye to eye? The VStar shock I have is 10 3/4" and it looks like a nice fit between the curve on the backbone, and where it would mount in front of the tire.
Thanks for any info you can provide.
I'm in northern Va
Cool work you have some skills there man!
I'm late to the show but saw that first pic and had to ask; have you checked for a bent neck? Those fork tubes were tweaked pretty good (bad)
That seat and exhaust are awesome. I'll be interested to see how this handles. I have a back burner "project" with similar front geometry.
The headlight is a 5 3/4 inch Drag Specialties. I made a small mount that attaches to the bottom triple clamp. Here are a couple more pics of it.Got any more headlight pics? Size? It looks nice and tight to the forks. How is it mounted?
.Dam; the finish line just got further away again.