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...
I bought a simple 10x8 10 inch steel rim to find out how much clearance I've got between the engine. It's time to decide what tyre to use. A quad tyre will definitely have the looks, but handling will be worse. A scooter tyre like a 130/70-10 will end up being 220/50-10 I guess and will reduce top end speed.
The hub I bought was a pre-sale offer, so I'm still anxiously waiting...
A few quick shots after cleaning up the scoot. Unfortunately too occupied with serious business to post.
I did order a nice 10x8-10 inch rim and the ATR hub will soon be shipped from LA. Fatty time!
Last Sunday we took a nice small road trip from 's-Hertogenbosch to Amsterdam, about 90 km to the Rusty Goldswap+Meet organised by Bubblevisor.
Me on the Spacy/Elite accompanied by an 1978 Elektra Glide and a 2005 Hayabusa; both sides of the cc spectrum.
Took a ferry to cross the Waal river and followed the Vecht river. All trees were in bloom, it was Liberation Day and perfect weather. We were to busy enjoying the ride and weather to make pictures. just managed to get a few...
progress on the single seat. A few coats of polyester and sanding dry and wet. Tomorrow a high gloss black coating and time for some graphics.This weekend is the Rusty Gold Swapmeet in Amsterdam. After that I'll finish it to make a nice mould of it for production.
The orange thing on the back is a flagpole...
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.
It's time for a more sporty look for the Elite.I'm making a stretched single seat on the pan of the original seat.The shape will be made of glassfibre enforced epoxy which can be glued upon the pan.The back will be a highgloss black, the upholstery a black leather with rivets, 60-ies caferacer style.
