Making Of

At first you need a bike, of course. Should have a good engine with low milage if possible. Not bad if it has parts which you can use. Here: the 17” rear wheel. Started to strip down the bike and tested the new fork from a Suzuki GSF1250.

Stripping down the bike and testing the first rear shock. Too short …

Trying out a Suzuki GN250 fuel tank. Nope, that doesn’t really work…

Trying out a Honda CG125 fuel tank. Looks perfect! Building tank mounts.

Ordered a custom made Wilbers rear shock. Nice part. 2 cm shorter than original.

At the same time the new front wheel arrived. Like the rear wheel it’s with a Behr rim. Assembled with a KTM950 LC8 hub (has mountings for two brake discs). Finally mounting Pirelli MT60 RS tyres.

Building the exhaust. Classic after market cafe racer can and a hand made header. Covering with heat wrap.

Changing the position of the oil cooler – with a new holder and pipes from a Suzuki XF650.

Mounting headlights, indicators and speedometer. Indicators are not the final ones. Choosed a Koso D64 DL-03S multifunction meter.

Preparing seat. Using the front part of stock seat base. Cover will be made by an expert later.

Organizing the cables…

Making the mount for the speed sensor.

Bike ist working. Mounting a MSR can for law compliance. First test rides.

Making the side covers, using VIVAK©. It’s transparent and hard like acrylic and soft as bubble gum over 140°C, so you can form it easily.

And now: disassembling bike, sandblasting frame (sorry, no pictures), have it painted and reassembling everything afterwards.

After the test drives the exhaust header tape was broken in the top of the header due to overheating. So i decided to have a new header made and polish it.

Paintwork ist done, bike is reassembled. Finished!