Yahweh tribute bike

[wally]

If I can call it that...

Seeing as the other 450S sold a month or so ago, the funds are now there to start on this one. Nothing new, as I am sure it has done before, but it will be brat-style bike.

Here are some rough Photoshop renders I did, so that I can have a clear image and direction of what I want to achieve and not just start cutting and find myself in trouble half-way in:

The tank will be a metallicy blue, black frame, charcoal grey wheels.

I have collected parts since the beginning of the year, though most of the stock parts are there. Cam chain tensioner rebuild parts are on order and they are training to see if engine gaskets are available locally.

All bearings will be replace, brakes rebuild, stator checked, valves checked and adjusted. It needs new tires, wiring sorted, new exhaust made (the one I got with the bike is a Yamaha exhaust), new sprockets and chains, to name a few.

I will post some progress pics so far - I started work on it on Saturday and aim to have it done by December, so that I can enjoy some summer riding.

 

[wally]

Now for the pics!

Took the forks off, fitted gaiters and headlight brackets:

And noticed this surprise:

What are this issues around ANDF for the brakes - anything to be aware of when rebuilding the brakes?

Home-made suspended lift :

Detabbed:

 

[wally]

Smoothed the tabs and rolled it outside for some sunshine shots:

Picked up some CB650 clocks for a steal, but not sure if they are too big?

I need to find somebody to bend up a loop for the back section - which is easier said than done...

 

[redstedman]

What do you mean by yahweh? The only yahweh I can think of would be an english translation of ancient hebrew of "jah" or "jehovah"

 

[wally]

Exactly what it means.

Yahweh means "The Lord" - as used for the first time in the Old Testament.
Basically a bike to say thank you for all the blessings in my life.

Forgot to mention that the tank will have Yahweh gold leafed onto the sides.

 

[Good Times]

Love it! Do it up right.

YHVH - Yaweh

Baruch Hashem - Bless The Lord

You could incorporate all kinds of things into the bike. I have a friend with a Deuce that "calligraphied" Psalm 23 on his primary drive belt in silver paint. Looks awesome. Wonder if you could ghost some Hebrew into the paint.

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[wally]

I was torn between Yahweh or El Shaddai.

But Yahweh it is!

 

[trevor]

Is that a four motorcycle garage?? Wow!

 

[wally]

Yip, but don't tell her! The cars are permanently outside - it is actually a double garage!

We live in a complex with 8 units.

 

[Zbradley1215]

great looking bike as it is, it will look great when its finished. i like your idea for the seat, i would love to see what you do with that since its similar to the path i plan on taking with mine

 

[Guest]

Nice to see you getting stuck in finally Wally! Can't wait

What's that thing on the left fork leg? Never seen one before...

 

[wally]

Thanx Bradley! The idea is to run two plates: one for the seat pan and one to go at the bottom end of the seat rail. The bottom plate will act as a tray to hold wires, etc.

Not sure how I am going to fasten the seat yet, but will let you know as soon as I do!


Pete, that is for the anti nose dive system. Was hoping somebody could give me some pointers for that...


Getting seat hoop this week. Hope to have frame mods done by next weekend.

 

[jward1989]

QUOTE:
"Not sure how I am going to fasten the seat yet, but will let you know as soon as I do!"


any way you can salvage the original seat lock? If you wanna run 2 pans see if you can run one slightly sub-level to the frame for the electrics and then the other would sit on the frame giving you a small gap for you electrics. maybe you can use the original seat and just cut it down? just some thoughts... i am wanting to pick up another bike and do a brat style project for the ol' lady and these were some ideas i have been toying with.

 

[Steve]

What are this issues around ANDF for the brakes - anything to be aware of when rebuilding the brakes?

Not acquainted with this term. What is it?

.

 

[wally]

That is exactly the plan jward.

I have an original lock, but the original seat pan rusted through.


Steve, it has an Anti Nose Dive Fork system (ANDF) - I think!

 

[wally]

Didn't get much done over the weekend. Still waiting on a colleague from work who has some pipe bending equipment to bend the hoop for me.

I did track down a good master cylinder from the guy I bought the tank from earlier.

Mocked up the handle bars roughly (still waiting for bar end mirrors to arrive, along with mini speedo and tach).
Also trimmed down the front fender.

Steve, here is close-up of the ANDF sticker - you can still make out the word Suzuki ever so slightly at the bottom:

I remember a friend had a RGV Gamma 50cc when I was in school and it had the same sticker on the forks.

Anybody else had some dealings with these?

Thanx!

 

[JimmyR]

Yeah I reckon the clocks are too big unfortunately. I want one of these:

http://www.britishracer.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=122&products_id=1128

It's tiny!

BTW I would look at what CRD have done with their CB750 fuel tank paint jobs. They very cunningly disguise the shape of the tank with a pinstripe and black paint at the bottom. Could work for your tank:

 

[wally]

Yip, you are correct. I tried every which way, but they just looked odd.

I did order some mini gauges from ebay (with free shipping!)
My kind of online shopping. It just takes forever to get here...
Even if import tax is double what I paid for them, it will still be cheaper than buying them locally - by a long shot!

Parts (new or second hand) are really difficult to get hold of.
Managed to find a decent tach cable and right hand controller switch for not too much money, but nobody has a speedo cable - whether new or second hand...

That gauge looks pretty cool! Most of the parts become astronomically expensive with our silly exchange rate, so I have to make use of what I can get locally as much as possible.

 

[Good Times]

That gauge is steampunk. Pretty cool.

 

[wally]

I had a contact at work help me bend up a section for the tail, as nobody seemed to be able to help me.

He builds customs bicycles and the odd motorbike as well - really nice guy!

Anyway. after a really long struggle to figure out the angles, it is in and welded in. Not the best welding, but in nonetheless!

Need to make up a battery mount, "french" the tail light into the frame, figure out where to mount the indicators and make seat pans.

That should be most of the frame work done.