DR800 cafe racer

[Mart]

John,
I do have a loom which I think is or a dr800 and it seems that most of the connectors are in place. I'm sure it will all come together when I set about it.

[manxie]

Just spotted this on ebay, not mine, nothing to do with me but I feel it`s a very nice bit of kit, and worth sharing.....maybe an idea or two for your own DR ?



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-dr-800-flat-tracker-/222025946530?hash=item33b1c715a2:g:YO8AAOSwUuFWw2xT



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[Mart]

Interesting. It looks to be well executed. The styling is not like my plan at all. Love the fork yokes, not so keen on the front wheel or the front tank mounting. If I had £1,500 to spare I would be tempted to have a punt, but my spare cash is going on a wheeling machine, http://www.justinbaker.co.uk/ , and gas welding set. I hope that I will then be able to make a new tank and tinware. I did a wheeling course, http://www.mphmotorpanels.com/ , last week and think I have got the basics so now all I need to do is practice. The course was great fun and very informative although standing in front of a wheeling machine all day is tough on an old fogey.

[Mart]

A long time with not much happening. I have at last managed to tack weld two halves of a rejected panel without either blowing holes in it or it falling apart.

I had to buy two stage regulators for both the Oxy and the Acetylene this make the gas pressure to the torch much steadier at low [2.5 psi] pressure. Next I need to fill in the gaps and then I can cut it in two again and repeat the process again, and keep doing that until I get it right. Luckily I seem to have plenty of scap panels to practise on. I am now considering a new set of wheels for the wheeling machine as I don't think the ones it came with are very good. I probably need a better quality machine as well but they ain't cheap. Anybody got a good one they don't want?
I now have two spare single stage regulators which I don't need so they will be going on Ebay soon.