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Thanks for checking out my bike! I felt sorta bad messing with the bike... I really liked riding the XJ as it was, but I just had to make some changes...
The seat rail was dropped about 4" and reinforced with tubes connecting the shock mounts to the seat rail. The bike is pretty loud... The pipes are custom made from mandrel bent 1.5" OD mild steel. The design was more of a flaw than anything... It wasn't supposed to have 4' primary tubes, but due to material constraints, I continued the primaries all the way to the end pipes.
Can you elaborate on the methods you used, or anything you have heard, on the welding of frame tubes? On my model H, I have a break behind the seat bolt flange. I have welded the break once and even scabbed some reinforcement on it, but it broke again behind the weld. Does it help to heat the area near the weld to prevent thermal stress/strain as it cools??
Originally posted by zhagg The seat rail was dropped about 4" and reinforced with tubes connecting the shock mounts to the seat rail.
Skids (Sid Hansen)
Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.
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