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Wyckedflesh


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 10:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That looks alot like my Uncle's Shovester conversion in a Featherbed frame. Course he just had shorty pipes on his.
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Vr1203


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 11:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I found this surfing a while ago, but cannot find anything more about the bike.Big twin cafe racer Egli

http://uk.msnusers.com/EssexHarleyphiles/theegliharleypt.msnw
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Peter


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 01:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Egli?
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Dino


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Egli?"

No...just Ugly.

Where the hell did they get that front fender?! From a Honda 305 Dream? Yeech!
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Rek


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Ahh, but it is unique!
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Gentleman_jon


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 06:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Newblaster,
Thanks for the ACE Cafe link:
I especially appreciated the Velocette Thruxton photo. It was the last new bike I bought before my Buell:-)
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Outrider


Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 09:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Gentleman John...While on the Ace Cafe Site, check out the old posts. You will find Blake and a few other BWB'ers from the really old days. Is a lot of fun to compare personalities, then and now.
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Vr1203


Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

QUOTE.. " "Egli?"

No...just Ugly."

Yea it needs some detail work, but think of the possibilities! You know 124"+ motors ,hold on tight! I think it was a one off project.
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Dino


Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 12:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"but think of the possibilities!"

I'll try thinkin', but not til they sh*t can that front fender!
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Tom_b


Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 02:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Vr1203, I think it is way cool. But I gotta agree with Dino, that front fender looks like crap. I'd run without before using that fender.
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Swampy


Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anyone notice the rearsets on the bike?
Dual discs up front?
EVO motor? Must not be all that old.
Must have been all they had to work with.
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Oconnor


Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 12:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well the search maybe over tomorrow. Xmas present to myself, a 78 sr500 that has already been cafe racerized... well started anyways.
Can't wait. See it tomorrow and hopefully its good to go.
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Oldguy
Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 06:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sounds like we need to start an SR500 thread. I've got an '80 in the garage, waiting for some quality time. I know there are a few others around here. Speak up if you've got one.

Glenn
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Ray_maines


Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Charles: The SR 500 sounds like a wonderful starting point for a cafe racer project. Post some pictures.
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Oconnor


Posted on Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 02:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I definitely will. I am picking it up monday and hopefully will be somewhere near someone with a digital camera. Bought the girlfriend a watch instead of a digi camera for xmas.
Definitly need to start a sr500 thread though cause I am going to have a ton of questions. Can't wait.
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Oconnor


Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 11:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well no camera sorry guys. Picked it up and brought it home. went to fire it up, and nada. damn. Well he said the electrics were still in need of redoing. and a couple other things. So I took apart the head lamp and got under the seat and it's a mess of unplugged and messed up plugged together wires. Anyone have any ideas of an electrical system that replaces the stock one. I figure I am going to have to rerun every wire anyways, so might as well upgrade to the 21st century. Also am probably going to need to replace the turn signal light switch housing, couse the buttons are broken etc. Was there ever a kill switch on the sr500?
Anyways, winter project started.
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Firemanjim


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oconnor,look at this auction for wiring--and they did have a kill switch on right switch housing.I had an SR-500 back in the day also.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35581&item=451 4302260&rd=1
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Firemanjim


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here are the switches.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35581&item=451 3942576&rd=1
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Team


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)





Mid to Late eighties SRX600 Yamaha would make and excellent cafe racer.
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Team


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They were Loved by the magazines back then but did very poorly sales wise, everybody wanted a Top Gun Ninja,GSXR, Magna or Vmax.
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Glitch


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

everybody wanted a Top Gun Ninja,GSXR, Magna or Vmax.
Things don't change much do they...
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Tucsonxb9s


Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6718&item=4515 259544&rd=1

I know this isn't a cafe racer but while doing a little search on ebay for old RD's I spotted this. Pretty damn cool if ya ask me.
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Tom_b


Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 08:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That is pretty cool! It should be for $125,000
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Oconnor


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 12:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

roadthing and others with projects:
What are you guys using for electronics? My wire harness is full of crimps and recrimps and old stiff wires. So since there are only about 25 wires I was going to just make my own harness. But then I was thinking about replacing the ignition with something better. Does that BOYER-BRANSDEN kit work any good. I am looking for something that will fit my sr500 and replace everything between the battery and the spark plug.
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Ray_maines


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Do you suppose a Yamaha dealer could fix you up with a new harness? Would it even be a good thing if he could?
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Oconnor


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a feeling that to replace the hard parts as well ( the wiring going into them as well is shot, and so are most of the connectors, brittle plastic) its going to cost me quite a bit of money, so for 350 bucks I could get something aftermarket. but would only go that route if it replaced all the old crap.
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Road_thing


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 08:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oconnor: On the Brit bikes, I make up my own harness 'cause the wiring is so simple (no turn signals, e-start, relays, etc.) and cover the whole thing with shrink tubing. Nortons, Triumphs, BSA's all wire the same way (Positive Earth).

The Boyer unit works great, but requires that you run a battery. If you stick with points, you can deep-six the battery and run a capacitor. I've done 'em both ways. For a bike that doesn't see much use, the capacitor is a great set-up because you don't have to worry about the battery discharging.

I don't know how much of this will apply to your SR500. If it has an alternator or generator with a permanent magnet, the capacitor trick will probably work. I ran an old Kawasaki A7 off generator output alone, but that was a few years back...

rt
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Firemanjim


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oconnor,that wiring harness on eBay is still only 9.99 and ends in 20 hours.How can you go wrong??
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Oconnor


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 02:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I checked the prices to replace some of the ignition parts and it ran up quite a bill. I figure if i do end up going that route I can build a harness out of molex and new wires. That would be the easy and cheap part.
Thanks for keeping your eyes out.
Are you guys planning any rides in the bay area soon. I can't spend all my time in the garage wrenching.
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Bomber


Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

electrical parts for SRs are getting scarce as hen's teeth (sadly) -- luckily, except for the ignition and charging, there's nothing magical involved, so you could gen up your own loom (even the stators, a notoriously fickle part, failing at odd times for no know reason) can be reqound by the appropriate shop
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Oldguy
Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

One source for SR500 parts is Thumper Stuff. Phone is 360-563-0376 or go to www.thumperstuff.com. They sell the Boyer ignition unit if your CDI box is fried. Make your own wiring harness using quality connectors, solder joints and heat shrink and you'll have a more reliable and neater installation.

I have a factory service manual. If you need any info, drop me an e-mail.

Glenn
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Firemanjim


Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 12:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Talking to myself??Those parts were a steal.For about 70.00 you would have had wiring switches,tac,speedo,lights---
Good thing I was sitting at work and bored.Usually only my kid ignores me like that.
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Vr1203


Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 02:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Good luck on the single, here's real nice cafe racer ,kind of!super XR TTSundance
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