The rear wheel

The rear wheel spokes were so badly rusted that i had to cut them off  and that means that i would have to replace the spokes and build the rear wheel all over again. i also had the rear hub sand blasted as it had a bit of corrosion on the surface and the paint work looked bad so off it went to get all the old paint off , the rear swing arm also needed attention so i had sanded it down by hand after grinding off the passenger pegs . painted it black and greased the internals and stuck it back on the frame it looks just soooo sweet. The tank is from an AX100 and had a seriously thick coat of paint on it so it also needed to be sanded. stilll not complete yet. lots of hard work but very enjoyable,

starting out. . can it be done . could i build it?

This is how it started out i bought this old Suzuki TS185 from a bloke . Got it at a good price. I like the old 2 strokes great bikes , fond of the air- cooled versions . Less hassles water pumps radiators , hoses . Temperatures and so on.

Starting my cafe racer blog . . .mmmmmh

So i have always wanted to start a blog here goes.. I was wondering if it were possible to build a 2-stoke cafe racer from an old air cooled scrambler . so i bought this Suzuki TS 185 for a great price and started to strip it down . i knew i would be in for a few challenges . Changing the seat , changing the front end so as to have a disc set up instead of the drum ( doesn't stop for Shyte ) and the tank . my greatest challenge would be the exhaust . . mmmm. so here are some pics of my progress