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Wyckedflesh
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 10:51 am: | 
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That looks alot like my Uncle's Shovester conversion in a Featherbed frame. Course he just had shorty pipes on his. |
Vr1203
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 11:35 am: |
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I found this surfing a while ago, but cannot find anything more about the bike.
http://uk.msnusers.com/EssexHarleyphiles/theegliharleypt.msnw |
Peter
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 01:33 pm: |
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Egli? |
Dino
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:21 pm: |
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"Egli?"
No...just Ugly.
Where the hell did they get that front fender?! From a Honda 305 Dream? Yeech! |
Rek
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 05:57 pm: |
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Ahh, but it is unique!  |
Gentleman_jon
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 06:03 pm: |
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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:-) |
Outrider
| | Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2004 - 09:12 pm: |
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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.  |
Vr1203
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 11:03 am: |
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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. |
Dino
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 12:39 pm: |
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"but think of the possibilities!"
I'll try thinkin', but not til they sh*t can that front fender! |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004 - 02:29 pm: |
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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. |
Swampy
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 12:41 am: |
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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. |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 12:50 am: |
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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. |
Oldguy
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 06:12 pm: |
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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 |
Ray_maines
| | Posted on Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 11:41 pm: |
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Charles: The SR 500 sounds like a wonderful starting point for a cafe racer project. Post some pictures. |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 02:04 pm: |
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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. |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 11:32 pm: |
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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. |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:21 am: |
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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 |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:25 am: |
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Here are the switches.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35581&item=451 3942576&rd=1 |
Team
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 10:57 am: |
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Mid to Late eighties SRX600 Yamaha would make and excellent cafe racer. |
Team
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 11:01 am: |
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They were Loved by the magazines back then but did very poorly sales wise, everybody wanted a Top Gun Ninja,GSXR, Magna or Vmax. |
Glitch
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 01:45 pm: |
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everybody wanted a Top Gun Ninja,GSXR, Magna or Vmax.
Things don't change much do they... |
Tucsonxb9s
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 03:55 pm: |
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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. |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 08:45 am: |
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That is pretty cool! It should be for $125,000 |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 12:50 am: |
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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. |
Ray_maines
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:11 am: |
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Do you suppose a Yamaha dealer could fix you up with a new harness? Would it even be a good thing if he could? |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:19 am: |
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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. |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 08:55 am: |
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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 |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 01:38 pm: |
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Oconnor,that wiring harness on eBay is still only 9.99 and ends in 20 hours.How can you go wrong?? |
Oconnor
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 02:15 pm: |
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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. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 04:15 pm: |
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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 |
Oldguy
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:06 am: |
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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 |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 12:55 pm: |
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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. |
Vr1203
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 02:38 am: |
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Good luck on the single, here's real nice cafe racer ,kind of!   |
