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500 K cafe racer conversion - build thread
Ewan 500 K1:
new headlamp spaghetti and idiot lights
Ewan 500 K1:
Halfords Screen Trim used for tank trim (later .. Halfords are a rip off, you can get the same stuff for half the price off ebay)
Ewan 500 K1:
bit of a funny one when refining the dual discs set up today. The caliper arm for the additional disc on the right hand (speedo drive Side) was perfectly aligned with the disc without any need to mess around contrary to al expectation (photo one) (laterz... no thats wrong, See my seperate post at http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php?topic=5571.msg27566#msg27566 for the pain and agony of setting up my dual discs )but the original set up on the left hand side was misaligned (second photo) and had to be brought into line by putting some washers in between the caliper arm an the fork.... although thinking about it now maybe the mudgaurd mounting bracket is supposed to go between the caliper arm and the fork leg. Just now I've got the caliper arm directy onto the foork with the mudguard bracket on top of the caliper arm.
Ewan 500 K1:
so , thats it for now. Stuck the tank and seat back on and sat with a bottle of beer and a fag an just looked at it for a while....
Still to do ... finish the electrics, get a hold of longer rear shocks, buy some rearests, powder coat the frame and sort out the rear light / number plate set up
Ewan 500 K1:
New custom wiring loom all finished. Amazingly everything worked first time except the starter button which needed grounding to the frame. .. and the crappy mini indicators that I got from HALFORDS, which blew the fuse and screwed the relay. Old indicators still working fine , so there must be a fault in the halfords ones, they have some bad reviews. Frame all stripped again ready to go and get powder coated. New fork seals arrived. Cant get new rear shocks from Hagon till end of September and Tarozzi are on holiday till Sept , so rearsets are on hold too. So near to finishing now ;)
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