Topic: 750 cafe/dunstall/rickman.

[mitchie]

Ethanol free gas and a liner are a must.  I have used Hirsch sealer in my fiberglass tank.  It works good and can be recoated without having to remove the old liner.  I had tried KBS but it failed very quickly.  Any plans for the old Dunstall seat?

Scott

P.S.   Your avatar bike looks fn' beautiful.

[seanbarney41]

Ethanol free gas and a liner are a must.  I have used Hirsch sealer in my fiberglass tank.  It works good and can be recoated without having to remove the old liner.  I had tried KBS but it failed very quickly.  Any plans for the old Dunstall seat?

Scott

You are referring to Bill Hirsch products?...and I have not heard of KBS.  Thanks for the response guys.  I have had a tough time finding anyone reputable who has had success sealing old fiberglass tanks.  Unfortunately, ethanol free is hard to get here in Michigan and I really like to be able to wander freely on my bikes.

[Rookster]

Thanks Mitchie.  I'm digging yours too.

Yes Bill Hirsch.  I wanted something that i could coat again if needed.  The kbs was a pain to get out of the tank.  If this one fails I can rinse it with ethanol and screws then coat again.  I made sure to really dry the tank before coating.  Fiberglass can hold moisture.  I hung my leaf blower up in the garage and taped the outlet into the filler hole and let it run for about 12 hours.  It has held up for 3 summers so far.  I make it a point to only use ethanol free gas though.

Scott

[mitchie]

So I got my front brakes on and had a bracket made by a very skilled friend of mine so that I could run dual discs on my early front forks.  I also got a nice delivery from caswell and gustaffson....  So the work continues.

[mitchie]

So I finished my lower fairing bracket and threw the tank seat and windscree on to get and idea how it will all look.   I;m pretty happy.

[seanbarney41]

Very good    I would like to see pics of how your fairing bracket works with the tank off, if it's not too much trouble.

[mitchie]

Very good    I would like to see pics of how your fairing bracket works with the tank off, if it's not too much trouble.

Will do... Its very simple.

[turboguzzi]

bike is coming nice, the rickman tank seat combo always look good.... but your lotus seven looks even better!
wouldnt mind some pics of it...
what year /  motor is it? genuine lotus or replica?
TG

[mitchie]

It's actually my friends car...  Having a big garage usually ends up with you storing your friends stuff.. lol.
Its a kit from the early 80's made here in Canada called a fejer.  It has a Toyota running gear.  It's a cool little car.

[01Thomas]

I was going to say weld the steering stops back on, but if you don't want to do that you could drill, tap and screw some, say, 6mm bolts into the lower yoke?

The fairing is a rickman pop that I have cut up a lot.  The front fender that will go on it is a rickman.  I'm battling with the steering stop that has been cut off the mount at some point.  I'm trying to figure out an alternative to welding them back on.

[mitchie]

I was going to say weld the steering stops back on, but if you don't want to do that you could drill, tap and screw some, say, 6mm bolts into the lower yoke?

The fairing is a rickman pop that I have cut up a lot.  The front fender that will go on it is a rickman.  I'm battling with the steering stop that has been cut off the mount at some point.  I'm trying to figure out an alternative to welding them back on.

I ended up getting them welding them back on... I'm glad I did.  I thought about the bolt idea as well .

[DustyRags]

Man, that fender looks sweeeeeeeeet! 

[mitchie]

Man, that fender looks sweeeeeeeeet! 

Yah... I've never seen another like it in chrome steel.

[Bankerdanny]

When I was in high school I became really good friends with a kid whose family owned a local manufacturing business. The father was a real gearhead (he ended up designing and building his own car in the early '80's, the Trihawk). He had  Ferrari 512 and a Porsche 930, and an original Lotus 7. They are teeny tiny cars. Even when I was a 6-3 155lb teen I could barely squeeze my narrow butt into the seat. Today there is no way I would fit inside a stock 7.