What did you do to your Yamaha today?

While waiting on some new jets from Chacal, I upgraded the cluster lights to LED’s. Nice and bright now

 

Are these just direct replacement bulbs?

 

Are the LED lights just install and that's it or are there other modifications necessary?

 

For the Atari cluster, they're drop in. For bikes with a single turn signal indicator, you may need a mod because of the way that lamp is connected between the two sides.

 

Done with the groove.

 

Good home made adapter plate. What kind of O ring is on it to resist oil and engine heat?

 

It's the one that came out of the stock oil filter cover.

 

Of course I should have realised that.

 

Made up a pair of side covers, formed out of alumium, tig welded, with locating tabs welded in. The airbox is an xj 600 I'm trying, I just didn't like the look of the chinese pods, and they kept falling off. Since the carbs are xj600 I thought I would try the airbox. I think it looks better than the 650 one, and it's bigger too, and unbelievably, you can fit it without a load of hassle.

 

Side covers look great. Any pictures of the back of one? How did you shape them?

 

I'll take a pic tomorrow. I was hoping to form them by beating, but sadly I don't have the skills. So the face is a 2.5mm (i think) piece of scrap, the sides and bottom piece were from some ally I bought to make the tailpiece..
not sure how to finish them, paint or polish and laquer?

 

Great job be interesting seeing the pictures. There is a guy on You Tube called Pete Williams you can have a look at his work and he explains how he shapes the parts he makes. Here he is

 

I bought T5 wedge LEDs from EBay. They fit the stock light bases.

 

Great need to get them for my bike.

 

There was a guy not far from me who did this, I think he died a few years ago and his Daughter or Grandaughter took over the business - still oxyacetylene welding, making one off special tanks.
Anyway - couple of pics of the insides of mine, poor tigging I know, but I don't do enough of it.

 

I have not welded anything a skill l need to acquire. Panels look great and there is the bonus of the mounting lugs and pegs not breaking. l need to get some scrap material and a welding machine and try it. I wouldn't bother about the welds look ok to me you have done a great job.

 

Welding for steel is easy and cheap to get into. Wire feed flux core machines do a decent job with an entry point of a couple to a few hundred dollars US. Welding other materials, like aluminum and stainless steel, is more complicated and expensive. TIG welding requires more expensive equipment and more training and practice. I think you're looking at probably $900 minimum for the welder, plus supplies (argon bottle, etc).

Nice work on those panels.

 

Hmm, no, not for stainless, 2 to 3 hundred will get you a dc inverter tig to weld steel and stainless. It wont do ally thou, you need ac for that.

 

Link? With solenoid, gauges, and hoses? The bottle alone, for the smallest one, is probably going to run you $125.

Incidentally, you don't need AC for aluminum. You can do it with a spool gun and argon shielding in MIG. Still expensive, though, but maybe a bit easier than TIG.

 

I need to go on a welding course.