The Mosquito!

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20 Jan 2011 04:49 #423769 by 9am53
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This is cool, little bikes are neat!
'84 GPz900r
'71 CB350


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20 Jan 2011 09:50 #423823 by harm
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Looking great so far!

So....I picked up another tank to work with. It's not all the way forward on the frame in this pic (yet more customizing to be done), but it looks like it will work.
Any guesses as to what it's from?


Maybe a Suzuki TS enduro??
Tom
Holland, MI

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20 Jan 2011 10:50 #423845 by scott s
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Yep, TS125. It's really narrow at the front, but it uses a rubber mount in the middle and a strap at the bike just like the KZ. We'll have to modify the frame right at the neck brace to make it work, but we already have something in mind.
It looks like it will be nice and straight across the bottom to match the bottom edge of the cafe' seat pan, too.

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20 Jan 2011 11:54 #423867 by 531blackbanshee
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makin good progress!
keep us posted,

leon
skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!

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kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/294594-frame-bracing?limitstart=0

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04 Feb 2011 14:26 #428484 by scott s
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The seat finally arrived so Dad and I did a little mock up today. Mostly just brain storming and figuring out what we have to do; what to cut, what to keep, what to bend, etc.
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04 Feb 2011 14:51 #428485 by Stu Pidasole
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comming along nicely.

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04 Feb 2011 14:53 #428487 by 9am53
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I love the dirt stained front tire...:)

Is that a cb750 in the background?
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'71 CB350


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04 Feb 2011 15:30 #428491 by scott s
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9am53 wrote:


Is that a cb750 in the background?[/quote]

1971 CB500/4. To the right is my girl's '85 FJ600 and in the last pic, behind the heater...to the left of the mower...you can barely see my '75 XS650.
Oh, and under the car cover is my '63 rag top Beetle. 2,276cc, Berg 5 speed....crazy fast.

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04 Feb 2011 16:49 #428516 by Grinder
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realy like the toy you r building. and your others too... looking foward to seeing it completed

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24 Feb 2011 11:54 #433137 by scott s
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Been working on the frame. My Dad braced and cut the frame in preparation for straight rails to suit the cafe' seat.
We also removed the "nubs" for the tank mounts and welded in these plates. I forgot to take pics, but we trimmed these rubber stoppers and mounted them to the frame in order to make new tank mounts that fit the TS tank.
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24 Feb 2011 11:58 #433139 by scott s
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I found this tip on another forum. Use reinforcement labels to wrap around the spokes (you have to cut a slit in them). This makes it super easy to tape the wheel for paint.
I wasn't worried about overspray on the tires. They're junk and I have new tires on the way.
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24 Feb 2011 12:54 #433144 by Topper
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I've got a front wheel with spokes that look like that. This looks like a quick fix without having to re-spoke the wheel.

What did you spray with and what kind of prep did you do on the rusty spokes?
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