Recent content by toglhot

Wasting my time posting here apparently, no interest.

The indicators I bought don't have a long enough threaded section to go through the guard bracket, so I made these extension brackets to mount the indicators on. The V shaped cut out at the rear of the brackets fits around the frame tab protrusion, thus stopping the brackets from moving.

I made this drill sharpening jig several years ago. I used a piece of 25mm square bar, linished it, milled a V for the drill, cut a 2mm slot down the centre for 110mm, drilled a stepped hole through: 5mm for 30mm and then 11.5 mm for the remaining 110mm. I had to extend an old 11.5mm drill and...

Finished off the front wiring and spaghetti bucket. Still looks a little untidy, but neater than most I think. I even mounted the lens on a couple of wire safety straps to stop it pulling on the harness. I had, to buy these double female bullet connectors from China, couldn't find anyone in OZ...

I've designed and put together a couple of much simplified harness' one for lights, the other for ignition, minus stuff I don't require, neutral light and so on. But still the spaghetti bucket lived up to it's name. I dislike untidy with a vengeance so made a bracket that sits inside the...

The TX came with an extra set of spoked wheels, they were pretty bad shape, spokes were rusted, rims were badly scored by tyre levers and oxidised and pitted, same with the hubs. I mounted the rear hub on the lathe, turned down the casting bridges between fins, straightened the fins and trued...

Single points conversion. I've converted the twin points system to a single points system. To do this I manufactured a single points backing plate with a lube bushing. Drilled the points bucket at top to route the cable to the coil under the tank. I bought a dual outlet coil, made a bracket for...

Here's a couple of risers I made. Couldn't find any I liked so I machined these up from a lump of 25mm aluminium.

This is a small belt grinder I made some time ago. Originally it had two belts, but the motor didn't have enough power to turn them, so I converted it to a single belt. I chose this size belt because there is a very wide variety of grits available. The table is adjustable and there is a platen...

Here's a ball turner I made a few years ago. It can be used either from the front or the rear for better visibility and mounts in the tool post. Cuts balls up to around 60mm. I had no real use for it, just a project to keep me busy. I've used it a few times, last was for this panel hammer I made...

The alternators on the XS650 are a well known weak spot as they they don't generate enough power, Zip at idle. Frequent stop start riding usually resulting in a flat battery. The alternator has an electro magnet spinning inside a stator. Brushes are mounted on the stator cover which supply power...

I never bothered to start the TX when I got it home, I put a compression gauge on it, the compression was down to around 65 in one, 80 in the other, so I never bothered trying to start it. Instead, I pulled the motor and stripped it down, this is what I found: the auto advance unit was a...

I bought this 74 TX650 a few years ago as a long term project, just something to keep me occupied and keep me moving. I have chronic, untreatable RA so my body hasn't fared too well so far: fused fingers, toe joint replacement surgery, hip replacement surgery, ulna nerve transposition and so...