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500 K cafe racer conversion - build thread
Ewan 500 K1:
some random photos
matthewmosse:
I'd get a few miles in and see if things need to be altered, a diffrent steering stem / tripple tree arrangement could then be looked at or longer forks. In the 70's there were extenders that screwed into the top of the forks to make them longer but I think that would be pants as a long term solution, might be worth trying if a cheap set were to be found to see if they helped if the geometry proved problematical. I'd try it as is as often forseen problems fail to materialise - I have had all manner of advise about the way my 500/4 sidecar wouldn't handle at all well, but I like the thing as it is and havn't even re attatched the steering damper when it broke a mounting.
Ewan 500 K1:
--- Quote from: matthewmosse on August 30, 2013, 09:47:11 PM ---I'd get a few miles in and see if things need to be altered, a diffrent steering stem / tripple tree arrangement could then be looked at or longer forks. In the 70's there were extenders that screwed into the top of the forks to make them longer but I think that would be pants as a long term solution, might be worth trying if a cheap set were to be found to see if they helped if the geometry proved problematical. I'd try it as is as often forseen problems fail to materialise - I have had all manner of advise about the way my 500/4 sidecar wouldn't handle at all well, but I like the thing as it is and havn't even re attatched the steering damper when it broke a mounting.
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cheers for that , really heartening ... unlike the state to which I'm being pulled apart across the pond ;). I quite fancy doing all the measurements for working out rake & trail stuff anyway... as a learning experience if nowt else . One day of holidays left to play before its back to grindstone for a while
Ewan 500 K1:
so .. the speedo cable rubs against the new disc. High tech fencing wire speedo wire restraint fabiricated and installed
Bryanj:
I wish you would stop remining me of all the problems i had mate
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