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Got the bars done, well I might narrow them by 80mm OA, but thats easy... Went to see Briz on Friday to get the tube bent, then back home to chop them up and weld together. Lots of fiddling to make sure the bars were exactly the same, measuring, checking and rechecking. In the end it took all day to...

Mocked up some bars today, just to test out the idea. Need to get some proper tube bent up, but we have about 1 tonne (literally) of this white 1.25" tube laying about, so thought it was worth a test. The final bars will be 1.25" seamless... Going to lose about another 3" off the end ...

Thanks Chris :) Kev - thanks! Costs are really what you want to spend. A one off hard tail frame would be around £800 or so, with softail and dyna etc being £1200 upwards. After that, if you were using a donor bike, then you could keep the costs down reasonably, especially if you were to use somet...

Thanks guys :) Another update from today The fuel tank has finally arrived after 5 months.... Popped it on the frame and thanks fully it fitted pretty well...then came the puzzle of how to level and set it central with nothing to measure from other than curved surfaces. All good fun. Once I had it p...

Got the rest of the bits made for the forward controls, and welded some of it together. Will be making the foot pegs tomorrow along with the pegs for the levers too. They will be aluminium, I think if I were doing it again I would have made the forwards themselves from aluminium as well. But there w...

FWIW mine is on standard gearing and the odometer matches both my cars readings on the run to work :) Its interesting to see what other people are getting though. Mine is also a 19litre tank BTW. Normally I fill up when it drops to the last bar on the gauge which is reliably 120-125miles of commute ...

People always ask as the VTR seems to have a bad rep for fuel economy and tank range. Been out everyday for the last week on fun rides, twisty roads, up and down the gears, lots of traffic and overtaking. Used most of a tank of fuel every day. Filled up today. 156 miles and the reserve just started ...

My dealings with Oxford's customer service was pretty rubbish...but it will be interesting to see what they say....

Ridden it every day for the last couple of weeks. Been great weather :) Balanced the carbs tonight, they werent that far out, but now its done. Lost the blanking bolt down somewhere...sure it'll find its way out 8O Left the union fitted with a length of pipe to make it easier next time :) Next thing...

Doesnt seem to affect anything at the moment. Will change them next time the chain and sprockets are changed then

Thanks chaps

Quick and easy one....Should there be any play in the cush drive on the rear wheel?

Noticed there is a fair bit on mine when lubing the chain this afternoon. Probably move the sprocket back and forth about 3 or 4mm. Never noticed it on any other bikes....

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Used it for work all week this week. Adjusted the chain and lubed up ready for next week! Serviced the XJ550 just needs a new chain and tyres now and it will be another 30 yr old bike on the road...

My commute is mostly fast A-road and dual carriage way. So 60-80mph with a good few roundabouts thrown in too.

Well I had to refill for the first time today.

120miles and 11.55 litres used. That works out to 47mpg according to my calculator, so its actually better than my SV was....

Normal riding for me on a 17mile (each way) commute. So cant be bad

Its an airblade one, was about £35 of ebay.