Show off your garage skils

[cooneyr]

Maintaining or building bits for your bike is all part of the fun of owning a bike. Show off what you have done. Changing the oil doesn't count but feel free to skite about how fast you can change a tyre.

My latest creation, a carrier bolted to the chassis of our Vitara to carry the dirt bike. Took the bike from Christchurch to Nelson and back a few weeks back and it worked perfectly. Not quickly removable but already got ideas for version 2.
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I drew up and got laser cut out of alloy some bits for the KTM 950 Adventure. The piece on the back of the seat bolts to the triple clamp to hold extra lights.
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Cheers R

[Padmei]

I was pretty impressed with your carrier when I saw it. Does the Vitara handle it ok? I thought it might make the steering a bit lite when the bike was loaded.

I'm pretty impressed with the backyard engineering skills of a lot of kiwis. I just read Phreaky Phils thread on adv rider about his rear disk conversion on his GS -pretty serious thinking & measuring going on there.

Unfortunately I don't think my efforts would provide good readng- unless youliked a chuckle.

[Taz]

I quickly knocked up a rack for my 525 in an afternoon before the last MMMM ride. Benn meaning to remove it for a year to tidy it up a bit but hey it's doing the job fine.

[Taz]

Oh and I changed the base gasket on this tractor.

[Taz]

And did a minor job on my ducati........ :) I should really have taken pics of the wiring loom before I pulled it out as it took me forever to work out how it went back in as it weaves in and out of the trellis frame on both sides.

[clint640]

I took an unsuspecting mild mannered KL250 & mutated it into a hard core long range adventure touring weapon. Pannier rails, carrier & custom tank mount all made by me, as well as several other minor mods.

Now I've got to do it all again on a WR250R :blink: The compensation package is worth it though :love:

Clint

[Taz]

Training the apprentices. It's great having twin boys who just love to help.

[Transalper]

.....My latest creation, a carrier bolted to the chassis of our Vitara to carry the dirt bike. Took the bike from Christchurch to Nelson and back a few weeks back and it worked perfectly. Not quickly removable but already got ideas for version 2.....Heard about this but hadn't seen it. looks good, like the extra lights.
Not really knowing much about strengths or weaknessssss in engineering myself, the one thing that you may need to look in to is the obscured number plate.
The police on a bad day may not like that enough for it to cost you.
Some of the cycling forums mention this issue when carting bikes about on racks on backs of cars. The XR looks like it blocks the plate a whole lit more than a couple of cycles.

[tri boy]

I can squash empty beer cans in the vice:yes:

[JATZ]

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/ztaj/DSCF4333.jpg

Just pissin about one day, there's a vid of it actually running around here somewhere

CooneyR..... we have some hunks of rhs welded to the drawbar of the safari, I've often looked at them and thought it would be easy enough to make a frame and just slide it into the rhs and hold it on with pins.
I could take a pic of them if you like, and they stop a bit of damage when dropping off banks and rocks

[Padmei]

And did a minor job on my ducati........ :) I should really have taken pics of the wiring loom before I pulled it out as it took me forever to work out how it went back in as it weaves in and out of the trellis frame on both sides.

Man you have a lot of bikes- I'm jealous.
What is the sieve looking thing on the Ducati? Air cleaner?

Watch those apprentices - lil India (5) was helping Gonzo get better by sticking tools on it here & there. When I finished working on the bike I gave her a lift down the driveway. Something was rattling so I stopped to see what it was - couldn't see anything so went to get on & ride off & the handlebars wouldn't turn - a tyre lever was wedged between the frame & fork legs. Lucky I stoppped & checked when I did.

[Corse1]

Made my own pit stand for the Triumph and yes it was a little short to start with and needs some paint ..and a couple of pics of valve check on Ducati as I do my own maintenance........

Next is to make up my own rear racks for both bikes :yes:

[Padmei]

Was working for an old fella DIY engineer yesterday who showed me his work hoist/ platform made from an old hospital bed. Cost him $20 & raises it up & down easily - pretty solid & can handlea great deal of weight too. If I had room in my shed for one it would be a great bike hoist.

[Buddha#81]

I turned a perfectly good adventure bike into a weapon that can run with some pretty serious motards and can embarrass plenty of sports bikes in the twisties...........don't worry boys, 20 min and its back as a scummy old adventure bike!

[cooneyr]

I was pretty impressed with your carrier when I saw it. Does the Vitara handle it ok? I thought it might make the steering a bit lite when the bike was loaded.

I'm pretty impressed with the backyard engineering skills of a lot of kiwis. I just read Phreaky Phils thread on adv rider about his rear disk conversion on his GS -pretty serious thinking & measuring going on there.

Unfortunately I don't think my efforts would provide good readng- unless youliked a chuckle.

Vitara handles fine with it on. Better than if my Ma and Pa are in the back seat :shutup: Kept the bike as far forward as possible to minimise this effect. I reckon you should show off your bike paining skills:Punk:


Training the apprentices. It's great having twin boys who just love to help.

Awesome - can't wait for my son to be old enough. Good work on the engine work too.


.....Now I've got to do it all again on a WR250R :blink: The compensation package is worth it though :love:

Sounds like fun :yes: I think it is a laugh when people go on about "building" a bike when all they do is bolt on bits they've bought. Some of the stuff is pretty complicated but they didn't make it themselves. Nordies GSX400ADV and Topo's rally gear for the DRZ400 are what its all about.


.....one thing that you may need to look in to is the obscured number plate....

Yer I noticed that but wifey said she would pay the fines if we got one. I should just make a plate to hang of the bike.


Just pissin about one day, there's a vid of it actually running around here somewhere

CooneyR..... we have some hunks of rhs welded to the drawbar of the safari, I've often looked at them and thought it would be easy enough to make a frame and just slide it into the rhs and hold it on with pins.
I could take a pic of them if you like, and they stop a bit of damage when dropping off banks and rocks

Those lights are awesome. I wonder how long they would last though - probably longer than the bike. My plans for V2 of the carrier involve some RHS or tube to use exactly like you describe. I just used the steel I had in the shed the first time. Toy budget has decrease a little bit recently and all the steel merchants round here no longer open on a Saturday - bastards.


Made my own pit stand for the Triumph and yes it was a little short to start with and needs some paint ..and a couple of pics of valve check on Ducati as I do my own maintenance........

Next is to make up my own rear racks for both bikes :yes:

That pit stand is tidy! Good job.


Was working for an old fella DIY engineer yesterday who showed me his work hoist/ platform made from an old hospital bed. Cost him $20 & raises it up & down easily - pretty solid & can handlea great deal of weight too. If I had room in my shed for one it would be a great bike hoist.

Great idea. Pity the garage is too small.

Cheers R

[Taz]

Man you have a lot of bikes- I'm jealous.
What is the sieve looking thing on the Ducati? Air cleaner?.

Only have three bikes. Sold the Ducati shortly after putting it back together with the newly painted frame and wheels. Just couldn't get into riding a sportsbike again (too limiting) and needed the money to finance the KTM. The harley was one of 2 brought in from the states for on selling by my Bro inlaw. So now only got the KTM, BMW and Moto Guzzi.
The sieve looking thing (silver)at the front of the motor is the oil cooler. That what you talking about?

[Padmei]

The sieve looking thing (silver)at the front of the motor is the oil cooler. That what you talking about?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=210727&d=1276719744

RHS bottom with a tube coming out - must be airbox

[Taz]

No airbox and carbs not on in that photo. That is the carbon clutch cover that was standard along with other carbon goodies on the 900ss Final Editions (last of the carbed models) of which only 800 were made. The tube at bottom is the rear brake master cylinder reservoir waiting to be remounted to the freshly painted frame, the tube above it is the engine breather.
Here's my current bikes.

[Dodgyiti]

Ya see Anthrax? It's not just a bike now, it's an airloom...and dad will always be there to keep it on the road, making yourself useful beyond your fatherly expiration date (approx 13 years after child's birth)

[Padmei]

Nice fleet of bikes there Anthrax.
Anyway sorry about the hijack - back to those great garage skills.

[warewolf]

I think it is a laugh when people go on about "building" a bike when all they do is bolt on bits they've bought. Some of the stuff is pretty complicated but they didn't make it themselves.Yebbut if you bought a bike to add your handful of self-made bits to, you're in the same boat - you didn't "build" the bike. You merely fabbed up some non-critical components and bolted them on...

Now someone like Brian "Diesel" Rusty who built his own frame to house a stationary diesel engine... that's getting closer to building your own bike. Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel :D :Punk:

[bart]

My 2 year old helper is great. Doing some work on my bike the other day, (yes....it does get maintained occasionally), turn my back for 2 minutes, and half the socket set is missing. He'd somehow managed to stuff about 8 of the small sockets in the hollow back axel. Had to laugh. He thought he was helping. :innocent:

As for fabricating stuff for the bike, my DR is perfect, so why mess with perfection. :shutup:

I'm more of a strip stuff off the bike, than a bolt more weight on, kind of guy. :yes:

[NordieBoy]

Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel :D :Punk:

CR?

Wash your mouth out!

[Padmei]

I'm gonna sneak a KLR part on there & not even tell you...

You won't even know

Mwahahahahaha

[JATZ]

I'm gonna sneak a KLR part on there & not even tell you...

You won't even know

Mwahahahahaha

He'll know when it keeps falling over and it's too heavy to lift back up :shutup:

[Night Falcon]

Cool thread...you've all seen my garage handy work....but here it is again. I once turned a CR 125twin shocker into a single shocker, put a YZ 400 donk into a YZ250 frame, rebuilt my XL 350 engine that broke a cam chain guide...not an illustious shed carreeer but it kept me out of the house.

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[cooneyr]

Yebbut if you bought a bike to add your handful of self-made bits to, you're in the same boat - you didn't "build" the bike. You merely fabbed up some non-critical components and bolted them on...

Now someone like Brian "Diesel" Rusty who built his own frame to house a stationary diesel engine... that's getting closer to building your own bike. Or the GSXF400CRKXXRDR mongrel :D :Punk:

Yer alright there is skills and then there is skillz

[NordieBoy]

He'll know when it keeps falling over and it's too heavy to lift back up :shutup:

Nothing at all to do with the 4-cyl donk that weighs a ton. It's the KLR clutch lever that's making it do that...

[offrd]

I changed my headlight bulb

[offrd]

And my clutch slave cylinder (shock me on a KTM)

[cooneyr]

I changed my headlight bulb

I'm really impressed with how easy it was to drop the headlight forward and get access to all the wiring etc. Really well though out design.

[hayd3n]

I'm really impressed with how easy it was to drop the headlight forward and get access to all the wiring etc. Really well though out design.

tui ad??????????????????

[cooneyr]

tui ad??????????????????

Na mate. Try and old XTZ750 instead. The KTM is a peice of piss in comparison. And no I've not had to pull it forward cause the KTM bits are broken but cause some numpty put the bulb in upside down, I've pulled the headlight to put protective film on it and cause I wanted to look at the factory mounts for the rally kit/gps. :bleh: