83 CR500, here begineth the lesson

At last

did you weld the extra lug on??
was it easy to come by a lump of magnesium???
oh and looking good BTW! but better with the wheels on..

Well, as you ask. Ally block comes perfectly profiled.
Spot through.

Drill.

tap m4

Clamp, fit loctited screws.

Drill with guide.

Tap m6

Clean up and job done.

yes ok. pretty sensible option at this stage of the rebuild...
nicely presented.
Will you be racing this or hooning on the streets?

Thats what I call a good Friday. Lots of bits and pieces left though, its off to see the exhaust man to get the pipe to fit next week.
It was only when the 610-TE gear lever arrived in Cagiva/MV Augusta packaging I realised it now has an Italian side.

Looks killer with the street tires!

Tyres should be good for the English country lanes, problems with the chain running on the rear tyre but managed to get 4mm off the front sprocket with no drama and made a spacer out of an old sprocket to go out 4mm. Just enough I think....

Love your work. Following this build.

Hi wb ive been following your rebuild since the start and the bike looks awesome keep coming with the pics and vids

Looks bad! Good job!

Thanks for the comments. Lesson for the day, never ever leave a welder without adult supervision. I now have to hack the brake pull tab off my flash converted KTM lever and get one welded on in the right place !

I hate it when they can not follow simple diagrams

coming along nicely ol mate... what are your muffler plans? home made one or got an aftermarket lined up?

Got the one supplied with the pipe, looks good. My welders are ripping it out of the pipe, a proform from the US. Needs a good cut and shut to clear the tank, will post up the pics. Making up spacers and boring stuff to finsh off stuff now, modifying an R6 front mudguard (bear with me). Top priority now as the KTM let go big time yesterday !!

I watch this 2 stroke blog and if you scroll down you will find 'Husky porn' i.e. my motor . He don't have enough left kickers on there but there is some great stuff turns up.

http://2strokebiker.blogspot.co.uk/

some amazing scooters on that blog...

Well off topic but heres something I'm doing while I wait for the exhaust man to get freed up.
92 GSXR400/2009 fuel injected KTM 690 enduro R.
Ja, ich habbe BANZAI !

Have you firmed up the rebound on the rear?
when i tried my 510 on the dirt track the back end ITCs wallowed so much the back end passed the the front...
I built a set of shocks just for dirt track with a big spacer inside to shorten them and big thick rebound shims!squats well now. my forks are the short WR type pushed all the up in the triple clamps too..

Brake lever fitted up. Hope to push on now although still waiting for exhaust man. Distracted by other projects a bit, rain doesn't help, monsoon in England right now !