It’s a stock cafe racer. You really feel the difficulty of getting original parts.
We swapped the muffler for a Daishin unit. Looking at it now, that’s quite an innovative aluminum muffler—it’s surprisingly lightweight, which is impressive, but the exhaust pipe section doesn’t seem to melt at all.
The customer asked us to remove a broken M6 bolt. Trying to drill in a spot like this by eye alone is the worst approach.
Thinking we might use it again next time, we made a neat little attachment that lets us drill perfectly straight.
It came off easily without any resistance—not as dramatic as I’d hoped, but it worked out well.
We replaced the wheel bearings front and rear.
It’s good to know the distance collar length—it gives you peace of mind.
The drum brake operation changes quite a bit depending on how this one part moves, so it’s definitely a spot we want to clean and lubricate when we disassemble it.
The wheel damper has parts available, so we’re in good shape there.
The customer wanted us to install a speedometer, and we gave it our best shot from the root, but it didn’t work out, so we went with a splice instead.
We’ll combine the carburetors—one for parts and one for use.
This is the carburetor that was installed. It feels a bit powdery.
The fuel level can’t be adjusted—or rather, the design seems to say ‘don’t touch it.’
For now the carburetor is good. But we can’t find any original intake manifold, F sprocket, or anything else…
