newbie to this site

[guest1154]

Hi.Ime new to this site.I used to own a honda hornet 600...hence the name lol. I had it for 6 years and it was a good reliable fast bike.I sold it a few months ago,mainly because ime building a bobber/custom bike.Ok i know what your thinking...ive joined the wrong club.The project that ime making also uses a yam diversion 600 engine as well.
Any way...back to the main reason why ive joined.Ive recently bought another engine for my next project.Ive bought a suzuki dr 650 engine,which is a nice tidy lump.Now lets get things straight.I need to finish the diversion engined bobber/custom first before i even look at the next one.
I dont know which way to go with the next one.Do i build a another minimalist bobber,or,try and make a cool cafe racer.

[el vencejo]

I decided to make my Honda 650 single into a bike just suited to me and where I ride... so its a Bitsa.... bits of cafe racer, street tracker, supermoto, hill climber.

It maybe a F*Ugly thing when its finished, but it´ll be my baby... tho of disputed parentage

Singles are for town and B and C road fun (some people like to get dirty too.... perverts )
Just do what seems right to you

[guest1154]

Ive been looking at some frames on ebay.I was thinking that maybe an RG or Tz frame would be good to squeeze the engine into.Theres some pics on here in the gallery of a couple of super-monos built for the track,but i would like to have mine strictly road based.I would like to know if there is a certain frame which is ideally set up to accept the dr engine without to much cutting and carving.   

[themoudie]

Firstly, welcome to the .............! You'll make up your own mind Hornet6 

Will it fit in a 'Goose' skeleton?   

There are already pictures on the site of one being shoe horned into a Katana 250 skeleton. 

Kat250/DR650 link to reply to thread

Enjoy it and please yourself! We'll either gloat, barrack or cajole. 

All the best, Bill.

[squirrelciv]

Firstly, welcome matey.
Next for my 2 pennies worth, I'd go cafe. sounds like you'll have a bobber, so might as well have something different. Also, I reckon thumpers suit cafe racers. Nice and slim, easy to flick about and enough grunt to tug you through the twisties. OK sports bikes go quicker, but lack the soul. And you never know, a good thumper cafe racer could see off one or two Sunday power rangers in the right hands. 

[Steve Lake]

Deff cafe, and the dr lump will fit a TZR 250 chassis well, and make for a very light, good power to weight ratio bike, capable of pi55ing off plastic missiles anywhere as long as it's not straight for more than 50 yds ...
good luck with it....lets see some pics of progress

[guest1154]

Hi again.Thanks for the warm welcome and the info.Ive seen the kat with the dr 750 lump in it.It looks good.By the way, my trade is a fabricator welder,mainly in stainless steel.Which has come in handy as i own a tig welder and various tools to mess about in the garage.
 I made my own jig,and built the bobber frame myself,so ime still thinking along the lines of a modern style cafe racer,but maybe have a go at building that frame as well. Ive even made my own seat-pan and brackets to support the rear mudguard.Ive made my own exhaust headers as well cuz the thing is so low the pipes won,t go underneath it.Instead they wrap around the sides of the cylinder head.
I also make a few little brackets that i sell on ebay for ducatis.They are just little stainless rear spindle plates.The original items are mild steel plated crap,and tend to twist n deform under pressure.Once they are weathered they look shite,where as my stainless ones are slightly thicker and dont dis-colour under the weather.  

[guest1154]

Thanks for the info on the tzr frame....thats wetting my appetite.Will be looking for a frame on ebay later on me thinks.Like i said earlier,i need to finish this bobber first,which could take some time. 

[guest27]

I have a TZR 2MA frame hanging in the workshop

R

[guest1154]

does the 2ma use up-side down forks?

[JOOLZ]

Sounds like an interesting project cant wait to see the pics, and you will be supprised what you can fit in a tzr chassis (have a look through the posts) 

[guest27]

2MA is the original TZR and had standard forks, though a bare frame can have any you like added if you can get them to fit.

The TZR looks beaut with a Triumph twin lump, mind I have only stood the two together, the Rotax lump going in the other one has stalled due to lack of funds - as has everything.

R