"Ambitious but Rubbish" The Phrase often used by the old top gear latterly The grand tour presenters, Clarkson Hammond & May, in their Failed comedy builds on their shows.
Speaking of comedy builds ...In just five days it will be exactly one year since i collected an abandoned cafe racer project 1993 Yamaha XJ900F which came with a vast quantity of spares some new but mostly old and of unknown quality. After a complete tear down and initial assembly including frame repaint rewire engine clutch and carbs given a strip and fettle. On Thursday the 22nd of April last year the XJ900F passed its MOT and That XJ900F was finished, and subsequently sold for a good price in the summer with some of the new spares.
However i had an unregistered frame and two allegedly good running spare engines and three sets of carbs and lots of other junk.
The planned build and its goals.
I want to build a working road registered bike it needs to be comfortable have decent range it might be faired or naked i have not decided yet, but it must be built where possible from what i have already laid around here left from the xj900f spares and a few other parts off numerous street fighter builds and various other accumulated junk.
I want to keep refinishing and any frame fabrication to an absolute minimum and i want to try to keep the entire build down to no more than £250, the tiny budget as already been severely eaten into, in order to get a registration i purchased a 1995 Yamaha XJ900s frame and Yokes off EBAY for £30 and to keep things simple and give me the fuel range i want i purchased a green fuel tank off xj900s for £15 which had around £10 worth of petrol still in it when i collected it.
So i am calling my outlay to date £40. so that leaves me just £210 left if i make it on budget.
The final cost may not include lyres battery and oils and other service items like oil filter and brake pads, i want it to be safe obviously.
Not 100% on a Style as such yet, but more Scrambler in style would suit my needs in this bike i think.
Something like this in style
Or a more minimalist approach .
The engine on inspection is clean looks fine not sure i want to get into a full top end rebuild and not even sure its at all necessary, just clean up the paistons and head re ring as its down bores are fine i have yet another spare engine left if i need it or any spares anytime.
Speaking of comedy builds ...In just five days it will be exactly one year since i collected an abandoned cafe racer project 1993 Yamaha XJ900F which came with a vast quantity of spares some new but mostly old and of unknown quality. After a complete tear down and initial assembly including frame repaint rewire engine clutch and carbs given a strip and fettle. On Thursday the 22nd of April last year the XJ900F passed its MOT and That XJ900F was finished, and subsequently sold for a good price in the summer with some of the new spares.
However i had an unregistered frame and two allegedly good running spare engines and three sets of carbs and lots of other junk.
The planned build and its goals.
I want to build a working road registered bike it needs to be comfortable have decent range it might be faired or naked i have not decided yet, but it must be built where possible from what i have already laid around here left from the xj900f spares and a few other parts off numerous street fighter builds and various other accumulated junk.
I want to keep refinishing and any frame fabrication to an absolute minimum and i want to try to keep the entire build down to no more than £250, the tiny budget as already been severely eaten into, in order to get a registration i purchased a 1995 Yamaha XJ900s frame and Yokes off EBAY for £30 and to keep things simple and give me the fuel range i want i purchased a green fuel tank off xj900s for £15 which had around £10 worth of petrol still in it when i collected it.
So i am calling my outlay to date £40. so that leaves me just £210 left if i make it on budget.
The final cost may not include lyres battery and oils and other service items like oil filter and brake pads, i want it to be safe obviously.
Not 100% on a Style as such yet, but more Scrambler in style would suit my needs in this bike i think.
Something like this in style
Or a more minimalist approach .
The engine on inspection is clean looks fine not sure i want to get into a full top end rebuild and not even sure its at all necessary, just clean up the paistons and head re ring as its down bores are fine i have yet another spare engine left if i need it or any spares anytime.
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What can i say.
