XBR Street Tracker - Moto63 style

[Moto63]

Evening chaps, first off thanks once again to Matt for pic posting 👍... well I got my yokes on Wednesday so full of excitement and couldn't wait to get front end built up, I then got the call from the "painter" that my tank was also ready. Excitement for more than this mere mortal could take 😁. However my excitement soon turned to shock when I laid my eyes on the tank. Absolutely appalling job. Terrible finish, not painted as I'd asked, in short just dreadful. Defo have to be re sprayed 😡😡.
As you can see tho it's finally taking shape. Roll on spring 👍.. cheers, Michael

[Moto63]

Evening chaps, yes, yes it’s still on going. However due to the fact I’ve agreed to take it down to Stafford in July I thought I’d bettter sort out the dreadful paint job on the tank. So earlier today I took it down to a recommended paint shop. Fingers crossed it comes back as I’ve asked for it this time. Hopefully get to do a couple more bits n pieces on it before Stafford but unfortunately still mega busy on our house build so it defo won’t be finished by then... 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers, Michael

[Ian]

🤔🤞

[mthee]

Keeping the same colour, as before?

[Moto63]

Yes Matt, I’m going with a matte red tank with a matte black stripe down the centre with one pin stripe down either side of the black stripe. Then just a simple matte black seat unit. Looking forward to getting it back, hopefully it’ll done to a decent standard this time🤞... cheers, Michael

[mthee]

Nice! I'm glad the rotten paint job didn't put you off those colours. What were the defects btw?

[Moto63]

. What were the defects btw?

Well because I’d deseamed the tank I didn’t want to grind to much of the weld down as I might have compromised the weld/strength and possibly caused it to leak. Plus when I’d tig’d in the flush fitting filler cap the plate i tig’d it into was slightly dished so that again the weld around the edge of the plate to the tank could be ground down slightly, so again not to compromise the weld to much. So I asked the original bloke to just pop a tiny bit of filler around the edge of the tank and to pop a bit in around the filler cap welded in plate. He did neither. You could still see where I’d welded both the filler cap plate in and some of the deseaming weld. I’d done a fairly neat job so it wasn’t massively apparent but you could see it more in certain places than in others. I’ll forward you a couple of photos from when I’d welded it all up and you probably understand what I mean. Plus the general finish was worse than I could have done using rattle cans. 🤦

[mthee]

Fresh off the stand at Stafford and looking lively!

[Moto63]

Many thanks Matt for posting up the photos of my tracker, the bike is still a work in progress.....IT’S NOT FINISHED 😉😁. Still some work to do on the exhaust system to make it a tad neater. Plenty of wiring oh and I then have to figure out a way to actually make the worlds first “gravity defying mudguard” 😉....I like a challenge
Cheers, Michael

[mthee]

Look what's just popped up, it's only Michael's flush filler cap...😁

[Moto63]

WELL.... after a good few years of delays due to varying reasons. My accident mainly, then embarking on our house build. I can finally start to get a couple of hours here n there on my tracker. First off is getting the exhaust welded up and a mounting bracket fabricated and welded on. I’m hoping to get this done ready for the Stafford show in a few weeks time🤞
Cheers. Michael

[Itsme]

About bloody time! Seriously, glad you are in a position to continue with this build and good luck getting things moving again.

Ian

[Moto63]

About bloody time!

Ian

Yes. I couldn’t agree more Ian, I’ve been itching to get back on with the build Ian, trust me 🤦
Sadly I won’t be able to post any photos up as my “photo posting” buddy Mathee seems to have deserted the forum and I’m pretty clueless when it comes to techno oligy
Cheers, Michael

[Moto63]

Well. I finally got a bracket made and the exhaust all welded up, so that’s one job sorted and done ready for the Stafford show at least. Hopefully going to try and get the brackets cut and made for the (levitating) front mudguard this week if I can get the time 🤞

[Moto63]

Well... the levitating front mudguard no longer Levite’s. In the Knick of time I managed to bend and weld up 4 mudguard stays for it to nicely attach itself too. Just need a lick of black spray paint (which I don’t think I’ll get time to do before the show) then that’ll be another job ticked off the list.
Cheers, Michael