cleaning up the drum hub

1979 Suzuki SP370 DR370 Old pics and video

 Two images of my 1980 Suzuki SP370. The first picture is me trying to hold on back in 2006.I did some off-roading with it but it broke down often.It had a good engine.
The second picture was after putting in a Husky upside down front fork. It got a pretty high clearance. The whole weekend I spent riding on the beach in some strange weather: Ice cold,very strong winds and sunshine in between very dark clouds.It was organized by the Dutch XT/SR500 club. The most beautiful ride so far...

project#4: the ceramic exhaust

For a while I have kept myself busy trying to make a ceramic muffler/exhausts. Technically I should be possible for it can stand the heat. Esthetically it could be mind-blowing, just throwing on the pottery wheel any shape you like.The only challenge is to find a solution for the vibration when you driving, but my guess is it is possible.
My first idea was to make it a cast porcelain exhaust.The bright white in contrast with the black soot.

 So far I've made a casting mould and casted a few,but the shrinkage of 16% and the total height of almost 60cm didn't give any usable result.
The next step is to press mould a few with a low shrinkage clay. I have to try and keep the walls thin and strong.

project#3: 1978 SR500

My SR500 in a non-rideable sorry state. It still has the XT tank and seat, but planning to bring it back into a better condition soon.
Mods planned: get it running well, then do a 19" front on the rear wheel conversion, a scrambler exhaust, double discs on the front. Not decided on the handlebars yet. 
Do like the idea of very very swiss cheesed aluminum sidepanels and spoiler on the front bottom...

project#1: 1981 Suzuki DR370

Project#1:1981 Suzuki DR370 restoration.
The DR370 wasn't officially released in the Netherlands, but I got the headlight and taillight from the US;. The skid plate comes from a 1981 DR400, but looks exactly like the DR370 skid plate. It also has a DR400 rear and front wheel and footpegs. Shocks will be 390mm RM400.