1981 430XC Street Legal Motard Conversion Project - Schimmelaw

Where did you get your chain adjuster nuts at?

Those are really clean looking and no dirt on the threads, nice

Local moto shop. Parts Unlimited I think. Think rim lock tower nut. In blue, red, gold, black and silver. No locking provision. Borrowed part from another scoot. Will see if it last as chain tensioner nut.

Thanks HT and Coffee, what ever you guys did - it worked.

Second go round for seat foam.

Photo 1: What got cut off to begin rebuild. Shaved the sides to removed the chunked out parts. Top got cut to have a flat surface to glue up some replacement foam.
Photo 2 and 3: Replacement foam glued up.
Photo 4: Filled in gap on the front of seat w/ the radius ground out.
Photo 5: Bottom side cleaned up, nickled mounting strap and rubber trimed edge.

Covered and mounted up.
Home made desert seat. Got rid of the round sides, got rid of the "dip" in the middle of the seat, got a flat top, got firmer foam, got rid of the lip in the front of the seat and fixed the gap between the seat and tank.
Its done.

That's gonna be one sweet Motard when completed.

All the stuff you've done so far is very cool, but this seat work might be the best overall improvement. Nice work there.

rear inner fender, is it new?
If so where did you buy it?

Thanks, boys.

Rear inner fender? Seat base or fender? Fender is a modified yz and stock seat base tirelessly cleaned.

If I a had a do over - coulda/shoulda painted the underside of stock seat foam before reglue. Thats where a majority if the discloration comes from. Yes, the plastic seat base is stained but the foam exacerbates the discloration/staining problem.

Some foam work "in progress".
Photo 1: Rear was lowered another 1/2" in back and rounded over a little more to match stock.
Photo 2: There an example of getting "heavy" w/ the grinding/sanding. Ouch
Photo 3: Filled in front. Tapered, not round sides.
Photo 4: Final trimming

$10.00 for the foam. $5.00 drill mounted 5" grinding/sanding pad. Reused seat cover. Tools and supplies I had around the house.

This keeps getting better all the time! Great work!

Clutch cover resto (prior post) and installation. Was garred upped, faded/cloudy paint, dirty, greasy and rusting w/ mismatched hardware.
Photos 1 thru 3: Chemically stripped in the garage over a wkend. The bare aluminum is so stained and ugly its staying just like it is. No paint. No powder. No ano. No nothing. Bare it is. Nickled kickstart knuckle w/ ssteel attachment bolt. Anod kicker and fill cap. Moose shifter w/ ssteel mounting hardware. Anod allens for fun and I had them to use.
Photo 4: Doubled up on the rubber kickback pad. Keeps this nonstock kicker off the fins and offers a little more "cush" at the static position. (The rubber bumper were found at a local hardware store - times 2) Drilled the cover and used an NPT nipple for venting the crankcase.

HT,
Thanks. Inner fender will be used. Currently, trying to bring a little "white" life back to it.
Rick

Just a pic of.........

....and its brother.....mounted up.