My XJ 550 glass cafe

Tax season keeps me pretty busy...
I was hoping to get back to it this weekend.
I'll post the instant I have more, there have been some interesting developments.

 

Gunk,
I am amazed at your work. I wish I had the patience, skill, tools and work area to do what you are doing.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a "glass cafe"?

 

Just a cafe racer made from fiberglass.
I guess it is a bit cryptic.
I have a confession, my hobby is really about trying my hand at anything and everything. I spend a lot of time with really amazing people involved in industrial research, and I learn very quickly.
Tools come with time. Best advice there is BUY GOOD TOOLS it took me about 50 years to learn that one. If you need a small compressor, buy a good small compressor. That way it will never let you down and any work you do with that machine will be a joy, and the work will be easy.
I spent about 25 years raising my kids and supporting my family, during which time I practiced patience and skill on plastic airplane models. I must have built well over 50 of those things. I guess it was good practice for building other things.
My old Dad, (my wife's father really) he hired me right out of high school when I quit going, and he taught me a few things about doing things myself. Built some houses with him. We fixed all our own cars, he had this big old Chilton book of auto repairs, and we would stay up till midnight reading about how to change a timing gear, or a camshaft, and we would start in before daylight the next day, outside in the middle of winter, tearing these hulks down and getting them back together to go to work on Monday.

And my garage is SUPER tiny. I can barely swing a cat in there. I just spent the last three nights cleaning it up because the city takes all our junk two days a year and the first day is Monday, (or Tuesday, whatever)
You know, there is no labels on any of my tool drawers, or cabinets, or the dozen plastic bins on the shelves above my bench, but I know exactly where everything is. I have little system I guess.

Thanks for the ego massage, much appreciated.

Gunk

 

Things are looking good on this project, I'm in the middle of cleaning up, repainting and rebuilding my 550 right now as well. I should probably start a thread one of these days!

Any updates? Curious to see how the seat mold came out.

 

im not muc into the cafe stle, but i gotta give it to you, this bike is turning out very nice, good job

 

Would love a update of the cafe racer if possible