The Mosquito!

The tank, while mounted firmly, still had a little side-to-side wobble. I wasn't happy with that, so Dad came up with this solution. This makes the tank much more secure and still gives just a little.

"You mean the arm the linkage bolts to? Why do you say that? What happens when it's too short? The bike's not running yet, but it seems to operate the brake just fine."


Yes, the arm the linkage bolts to. You won't have enough leverage to apply the pressure you'll need to stop. At 6" it feels like your standard brake, but like mine, 4" you have to struggle some what to stop. The length you've got, will be a serious problem. You can wait till you get it on the road and see what I mean, but be careful.

Will do. The arm on the back of the linkage is still the stock length. I can lock the brake up very easily as it sits, but that's not at speed, of course.

We needed a dash to mount the key, so we cut up some scrap metal, bent it to shape and sprayed it with wrinkle paint.
We used some existing threaded holes on the triple tree to mount it.

...And...bodywork has begun. I'm going to paint this one myself. I've had some pretty decent results using spray bombs and Maxx2K 2-part clear coat in a can.

its coming along great. cant wait to hear it run

gengomerpyle wrote: its coming along great. cant wait to hear it run

Me either! We're going Thursday to have the exhaust fabbed up. It's gonna be cool! You won't believe what we're using to make the megaphone!

Finished the bodywork and painted the tank and seat. This is a spry-bomb job, done with Dupli-Color and SprayMax 2K clear coat.

For the exhaust, we used the stock head pipe and this stinger...from a VW Beetle! We cut of the three bolt flange and made a hanger bracket.

Then had our local muffler shop weld up some pipe. For a baffle, he cut a piece out of the innards of a Corvette side pipe! Fit's perfect.

Painted it with 2000 degree exhaust paint and installed it tonight.

Very nice pics and tutorial on the build. Also it's great that you can spend time with ur pops in the garage!