got the R90 out in the sun

[Krpntr]

Looks good from here. I suspect it will look good going down the road too. The lower top may allow a tank bag that does not interfere with the kill switch. Don't lose heart, spring is here, soon the warm weather will follow and bugs will die.

[lmo1131]

Sashweet 898.

You going to do a BSA Victor-esque kinda detail on the tank, or buff out the whole thing?

[8ninety8]

Actually I've found old faded rondels, little scruffy, may have to paint'em where they're damaged, (repair and recycle) should match the less than perfect look. Back of the tank will drop a little 'cause the front edges have to be coaxed out, the knee socket area kicked in, thus losing a metal at the top. Didn't know if this was still of interest as it didn't wish to turn into an homage, rather a puttering thread. Wish I had that Beesa, what a Beauty.

[toooldtocare]

Wish I had that Beesa, what a Beauty.

Not to hijack this thread, but a friend of mine rode one of those in the 60s. You could tell his tire tracks from mine in the soft sand of Northern Michigan. My tracks were smooth with trials universal tires, his tire tracks were scuffed, then smooth, then scuffed again. Each scuff was on a power stroke. I once tried to start his bike with tennis shoes. It kicked back so hard I could hardly walk. That said, I too would love to have one.

Now, back to the R90.

Wayne

[8ninety8]

I actually get weak in the knees just dreaming about kicking a brit bike over, and then pushing my buddy down the driveway. But that single scrambler, with an aluminum tank no less, really gets my mind ticking.

[bikerfish1100]

a 441 Victor was almost the first bike i ever owned. The Victor's "finicky" starting put me on a TR6C instead.

[lmo1131]

I worked at the Three Guys Marine & Motor Sales Company in Columbus, Indiana the summers of 1968 and 1969; I was 17. 3 Guys sold Glaspar and Steury boats, Mercury outboards and Honda and BSA motorcycles. Besides installing trailer hitches, and sweeping the parking lot, it was my job to uncrate the bikes and set them up.

It was like working in a Candy Shop.. ...

The biggest bike Honda built at the time was the CB450... aka, The Black Bomber (try to buy one of these today...)



Thunderbolt


Lightning 650


Royal Star.

[8ninety8]

Tanks done last month, took a month to figure how to drop down resolution so pic would upload, finally at the lousiest setting, 640 X 480 it finally worked, but picture looks like taken by 1990 film camera. Plain crumby picture as compared to what formerly uploaded just fine. Looks like there's fuzzy stuff hanging in the air. Not complaining, just sayin, this is not progress, where's my F2?

[20774]

898 -

Not sure why you had problems with the upload. Your picture is quite small...the forum software lets you have a picture up to 156Kb big (yours is 36Kb) and 800 lines wide (yours is 600) and 1000 lines high (yours is 500). One thing that would help is the quality of the picture. The software that I use (Irfanview) let's me control the lines and the quality independently. So you could select that you want an 800x600 picture and then keep working with the quality so that the final size is in the neighborhood of 150-160Kb. The picture would have been better all the way around.

I did some experimenting with uploads and it will take a wide range of pictures...here's my experiment:

http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/showthre...l=1#post879726

I really don't find there to be any real issues with the picture upload capability.

[lmo1131]

Photobucket.com.... is what you need (or something similar).

[8ninety8]

I'm just using the size capabilities of my camera, so things are a little fuzzy, whatever, here's a look at the side. It holds 23 litres, tested at 20psi, no leaks. Shapely, different, could never pound that shape again. It's doubled up in many places so it's only slightly less in weight than the original. Left the fastener weld plugs, the welds, some pounding dents and only polished the leading bulges of the main belly. It's been fun and a real education on making a hollow useful shape. Gonna tank it up as soon as the rest is back together. I got some better pics, but don't know how to fool around with them. Always uploaded huge photos and everything was copathestic. Since the changes don't know how to screw around with computor or whatever. Also welded in two baffles supporting the top and the backside. The filler is a standard harley type twist bayonet.

[lmo1131]

898... what a great project! It turned out perfectly.

I'll walk you through the image posting protocol if you like. Much easier than what you just fabricated.

[20774]

Always uploaded huge photos and everything was copathestic. Since the changes don't know how to screw around with computor or whatever.

I think we got used to that "feature"! Actually, I think that might have been something of a bug which was not corrected with the forum upgrade to the latest vBulletin. Lew or I can help out...as he suggested, it easy and you won't even have finished that first beer and you'll be an expert at sizing pictures!!

[gch71]

Hats off to you sir for tackling the sheet metal....lots of thinking ahead when working with the stuff. Looks great. 898, that sounds like one of the old Mohawk (OV-1) tail numbers....any way great job sir!