Yamaha L2C-A 1967 - Going back together

[SuusCustoms]

IT RUNS! Finally had a chance to fire it up and go for a ride up the drive today, the 125's got plenty of go, idles nicely without choke,cut-out switch now works after a loose wire was found. I've got about 2 bolts and 1 bracket to fit tomorrow then it's complete and ready for a strip down and final paint and prep, very excited!

[TerraRoot]

can't wait to see a vid of it running down the road, another suggestion, maybe some sort of leather hip flask and spark plug holder like on a bugatti?

[SuusCustoms]

Leather hip flask and spark plug holder? do you have a photo? Sounds interesting. Might get some footage over the weekend of the weather allows

[TerraRoot]

not the best shot, it seems im thinkin of something other then a bugatti, but you see the pockets on the right behind the steering wheel, it's for maps and thing, but i do have a shot some where with similar setup, filled with spark plugs.

[SuusCustoms]

Proof that it rides! took another quick trip up the drive today

click an image to go to video evidence ;D

[SuusCustoms]

Some shots of it all together (minus taillight)









Cleaned up the wheels



and aged the front guard:

[TerraRoot]

It's got great lines, love cant of the engine, you could just imagine it on a long straight road in the desert going for miles. Mind you sorry but i have to say id hate to ride it at all, I know it would twist my pelvis. If you are going to take it any distance you should mount that tank on the frame not the forks(still up front tho), the sloshing around will hurt the accuracy and you'll just end up in the ditch.
But on the other hand for something that you could put outside your moko shop it's fantastic!

[SuusCustoms]

Thanks TerraRoot, at the end of the day the seat angle and tank can be lived with, it'll never be a long distance bike in it's current format, hopefully just a couple of laps on the salt. still some work to do but pretty happy for the second bike we've ever built

[SuusCustoms]

I'm not entirely happy with the taillight but fitted up:



stripped for final prepping (2 hours from rideable to this - bikes are SO much easier than cars!):

[wrighty]

Soooooooooooo looking forward to seeing this in paint... ;D

[TerraRoot]

found this the other day, ammo pouch, really second hand, prefect apart from the drinks not fitting.
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what colour are you painting it?

[SuusCustoms]

Finished 'touching up' the frame paint and started re-assembly



Gave the rear 'springs' a clean up (before and after)


And started 'ageing' the motor

[SuusCustoms]

Well in the last few days I've 'aged' the motor a bit and fitted it back up:


I also rewelded the tank brace (the previous welding was horrible as I was using cheap wire that was completely hopeless), sprayed the freshly welded parts then used steel wool to blend the fresh paint into the original black of the tank.

Also decided to start adding some racing numbers. Cut out a stencil for our new business name, SUUS, and for a racing number (chose the bike's build year, 1967) from paper, held them up to the tank as well as possible:



I wasn't too bothered by the overspray as I was planning to age the new decoration to fit with the rest of the bike. Amazingly the $3 automotive cream spray paint dried super quick, and after an hour or so I was able to get at it with some steel wool:



I'm very pleased with the result once fitted to the bike:

[SuusCustoms]

just found another bike with a fueltank on the handlebars, looks like nothing's new ;D

[SuusCustoms]

Going back together further,


Hacking up the opshop jacket again which donated some of it's sleeve to the seat to trim the scotch compartment:




Got the wheels back on and fired her up again still need so sort a bunch of minor details.





These leather gloves have saved me right the way through the build, but they may have finally reached their limit