The carb is back in, and the bike cranked up fine and ran well. I had one issue, but I think I figured it out. It wouldn't crank and I could tell it wasn't getting gas. After checking the tank level and petcock, I figured it had something to do with the line that used to run from the engine to the air box. Now that I removed the air box, I figured it couldn't get a suction. I put my finger over the line and it cranked up. I assume I need to plug this. Lmk if there's a better method.

I've started on fabbing seat mounts and rearset brackets. The seat mounts should be fairly simple. I have them almost ready to install, and kind of copied ohiomoto's.

The rearset brackets are going to be tougher, and moving the controls, probably harder. Below is the template I made for the first step of the bracket. I have some tube steel, that I'll cut to about 2" long and will attach to the bracket. Then the mounting plate that the rearset will attach to. I'm thinking threaded rod connecting each side together for additional support like the ryca mount.

The wife is out of town this week so it's just me trying to keep the kids alive right now. Not much progress this week.

I don't know much about metalwork, so bear with me...

Does welding this up as shown (without foam template of course) present any issues?

Is there an easy way to join the outside (top in picture) mounting plate so it can be adjusted/swiveled to get the placement of the rearset where I want it, once on the bike? Hopefully that makes sense.

gtenginerd wrote on 01/30/21 at 08:12:59:


You could use two different diameters of pipe.....one the bike side and one on the peg side.  The pegs could slide inside the tube and you could rotate it where you want it.....and use either a pin or set screw to lock it in place.

Thanks Dave and Gary.

I like the idea of a swivel, but after looking into it more, I'm going weld them back and parallel to the ground. Headed to a friend's that's pretty good at welding. I'll update here once complete.

To afix the rearset mounts to one another, I was thinking threaded rod with nuts on both sides, so they're easier to install and remove if needed. Thoughts?

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Not too bad at all. In fact great.

gtenginerd wrote on 02/05/21 at 05:26:53:

Those welds look pretty good, actually! What kind of welder are you using? It looks like a bit more heat might have helped with penetration, but I’m sure they’ll hold in this application. Did you use slugs at the tubing intersections?  I can’t tell from the photo.

Are you designing this to be a bolt-on seat frame, or will you be welding this assembly to the bike’s frame.  If I was an inexperienced welder, my recommendation would be to design this as a bolt-on assembly.