First person i've seen put a release catch on a custom saddle. A+ work as always. And don't start me on nuts and clips goin missin. Secretly they all think they are Batman. Lurking in the darkest corners
oh man ... such a nice craftmansship .. really miss having a garage and be able to make my own stuff ... great job and great explainer vids ... keep it going :)
Perfect, thanks!! I have been scratching my head over my seat project...this helps! Yes, cutting down nut trick and fishing for fallen bolts, been there, done that. The other day the hose clamp popped and I have not found it since....
I drop screws or nuts all the time at work on the printing presses. Spent hours one morning looking for a small spring only to have the day tech show up and find it in seconds. Yes frustrating! Enjoying the solutions and progress on the scrambler, great job!
@@CafeRacerGarage tbh i dont have a project atm haha, may do one day, but i enjoy watching people do things like this, interests me and learning at the same time, keep the videos coming! Im doing my bike license soon cafe racer maybe om the cards
@@tombridgie You are not alone, a lot of guys watching my videos are not building a project, they either like watching stuff getting made, bike enthusiasts etc. I love the comments I get tho :)
I spent hours online looking for a latch with a cable, that also comes with a corresponding locking pin. A set with key tumbler to go with that setup is a unicorn. If you don't burn hours fabricating, you will waste time searching. And for the 10mm stray nut ;)
Hi, nice job, great lock. I have a friend that used to say : We should have rubber floor in the workshop so things will bounce back to us when they drop . thanks for the video, Gus
It isn’t about the money you throw on your build that I’m talking about, I’m talking about the effort you put on the build. You often see cx500 cafe racers or scramblers that is built with ”big” money and still there is a gap between the tank and the seat, parts don’t fit as good as they could or something else like that. If you would put some real money on the paintjob to get it in show mode (don’t get me wrong, I think it perfect just the way it is) this would without a question be my #1 choice for the best Cx500 scrambler. As a ”shed” built bike it’s way better than most of the bikes built by some custom bike shops. And what it comes to your videos they’re just great, you are showing the people how you do things and why you do it! Good work m8!
@@hesusfin Wow thank you so much mate. Its so nice to get a complement like this. I like the army green colour but thats a lot to do with the budget. Id love to get this painted by a pro. Maybe I can do that after I complete the budget challenge. what colours would you paint her?
9:55 oh man, when i was building a motorized bike in my garden nuts and bolts would always fall somewhere between the wooden boards. Looking for all of that took ages
Nice work! Yes i have wasted 20mins or more the other day looking for a nut that i dropped from under the rear mudguard..... evenually found it wedged in behind the casting of the footpeg bracket!!!!
Man, so much inspiration as usual ! Dont know what’s your daily job but you should start your own shop ! Or a Dan bikes serie on discovery channel !!! Thank you for your trick and the time you spend.
I'm pretty sure I drop and lose something like that every time I'm in the shed. Lost an anodised screen bolt off a bike once and found it months later under the lathe on the opposite side of a two-car garage. Loving the videos, your methods are continually evolving and I really appreciate the creative solutions you come up with. Two thumbs up mate!
Matthew Wright two thumbs up WOW 😮 THANK YOU 😊. I love to try and fabricate what ever I can, especially for this build due to the budget :) I’m glad you are liking it thus far 👍😁
Great job Dan. I dropped a buy one time and couldn’t find it at all. About a week later I was working around the swing arm area and it got wedges in a chain link. Lucky I found it. Could’ve been ugly. I can relate my friend!
Go for it mate. I have so much fun doing this stuff and sharing it with you. I can't wait to take them for a ride for the first time. You should definitely give it a go mate
Yeah, the old man taught me the whole "running a nut down on a bolt you intend to cut & then using it to recut the threads" trick when I was but a lad. Ought to be the first thing anybody learns when working with tools. Ought to teach it in kindergarten.
I had the same idea on my gl1000 I used the spring clip from a Triumph speed triple but you did a way better job and gave me a better idea to upgrade. thank you for the knowledge
Nice video ,it looked as it worked out fine with the seatreleaser! About the missing nut among other things , no need to be worried, you allways find them when you don´t need them anymore propably when one is searching for something else that is lost in a similar way :)
If ever i drop small things on the floor and can't find it, i just think to my self and say the blackhole god got it again. And if for what ever reason it will appear i just say LUCKY the he didn't got it. 🤩
Dropped a bolt in my bike when refitting the subframe to my speed triple. I only had a tiny garage at the time and saw exactly where it went but after literally days of trying to find it I never did so ended up having to buy a new one. Was so annoyed that I had to admit defeat, lol
Nuts on the floor! Locking pins too. Those small little devils. And they never end up the obvious place, do they! When making a round thing smaller in diameter I put the thing in the drill and hold it on to the benchgrinder. Well if you have a lathe, use that! Spinning around when grinding makes it pretty round. And as always, very well done! And be careful! Don't want your fingers stuck between the belt and table as that bracket of yours.
John Mård so true John, yes I am very fond of my fingers so I try and take care of them 👍😎 I don’t have a lathe but hopefully one day I will along with a mill drill :)
Great idea on the catch , nice vid showing how to as usual Dan . And yep im sure most will relate as to dropping something , but what dimension does it disappear to ....how many of us have never found the dropped item ......
Wow thats so cool, You will have to share some progress images on the Cafe Racer FB Page, I love knowing that what I love to do and share is helping you in your build. Feel free to let me know of any video ideas you would like to see in the future.
I'm a little late, but I can relate to bolts and nuts disappearing. I recently had to replace my transmission in my 04 F150. This required me to remove the starter. My starter had 3 bolts holding it on when I took it off. Now it has 2 bolts holding it on. Lol. Now, I'm not the only person to do this. Most people I talked with agreed it isn't a big deal, which is why I'm not stressing. But uh yeah. That bolt hit the floor and traveled into the Nth dimension. Ive got no idea where it went.
notapicle Never too late for comments mate. 👍😮 i’m currently working on wiring at the moment and using tape to mark what wires are what, the tape dropped out of my hand and roll down the driveway onto the road and stopped at the gutter lol 😂
That plasma cutter cut that like a dream! Also I know that feeling all to well. Our garage is timber sleepers so when something fall through it its gone...forever.....unless you go fishing with a magnet and some string then you might get it back. Also what is that tool your using with the blue handle at 8:50?
Yes the plasma is so fun to use! Wow that sounds like no fun. You may need to lay some old carpet over the sleepers or something. Here is the tool you are wanting- Hand Countersink - amzn.to/2XpeY5s
When I drop small metal parts like that on the ground and can't find the part right away, I like to use a small telescoping magnet that I sweep across the floor. It's not uncommon that I find a few more metal parts when doing that though.
The way your brain works comes through in the video. You can tell you’re not copying others and coming up with your own solutions. I’m the same way: just start it and work it out as you go.
I m proper impressed with your channel. how came you have so many tools? what do you do for a day job, because this bike building is a new thing(still Impressive).
I once dropped a specific bolt for my bobber build, and I had to go order a new one, because it dissapeared from my garage through a portal to another dimension xD Never found it again.
I can relate to dropping stuff and losing them. Sometimes it's like they flew into another dimension and been lost forever! Nice idea with the latch, too bad you didn't film the finished pin for it. Where will you place the handle for the latch?
@@CafeRacerGarage under Seat seems most logic. But maybe you need to figure out your taillight. Maybe there could be an original way there to put the handle?
How much u spend on the fiber glass part of your seat.? I'm probably reusing my old one but I'm running into issues. Still will probably wait for u to finish to decide
I only have to hunt for lost hardware if I previously considered taking proactive steps against that happening. Or if Im dead tired or trying to finish by a deadline. Pretty much...
Thank you so much mate and Yes 100% nylocs, loctite or split pins when it comes time to do the final assembly. I should mention this more in my videos so others watching don't think it's ok to use standard nuts.
Old video but still… as a locksmith there’s lots of tiny components that get dropped at least once a day and we call the search for them the locksmith crawl
Things really disappear when they hit your shoe toecap and ping off within a 270°radius 🤓currently looking for a led from the end stick of my favourite torch under the bench in a clean enclosed space, driving me nuts 🤪
I'm unsure what you mean? In the video I show the bolts Im using at 2:51 The fibreglass is 6mm thick and the bolts have teeth under the head of the head that bites into the fibreglass. The adhesive Is not really doing anything but I used it just for extra strength anyway.
How many hours have I wasted looking for dropped nuts, washers etc! But as you get older you’ll also find yourself spending even more time looking for the tool you just put down - only to find it an hour later exactly where you put it, often right in front of your nose! Age is a terrible thing...
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I love seeing your solutions to problems. Absolutely bloody brilliant.
luke durkee thank you mate, that is definitely an Aussie comment 😛 loving it.
Still so nice to see you put some magic on each and every part of the bike😍 you desurve an award for all your time and effort
Thank you mate, my award is receiving comments letting me know that my videos are helpful and enjoyable to watch :)
I think so too, he is the builder of the year.
First person i've seen put a release catch on a custom saddle. A+ work as always. And don't start me on nuts and clips goin missin. Secretly they all think they are Batman. Lurking in the darkest corners
That's awesome thank you so much :) I didn't get an A+ that often in school lol
Batman hahaha 🤣😂so true
This guy is the best on youtube.
builder of the year goes to Dan
oh man ... such a nice craftmansship .. really miss having a garage and be able to make my own stuff ... great job and great explainer vids ... keep it going :)
Perfect, thanks!! I have been scratching my head over my seat project...this helps! Yes, cutting down nut trick and fishing for fallen bolts, been there, done that. The other day the hose clamp popped and I have not found it since....
I drop screws or nuts all the time at work on the printing presses. Spent hours one morning looking for a small spring only to have the day tech show up and find it in seconds. Yes frustrating! Enjoying the solutions and progress on the scrambler, great job!
Jay Swanstrom it’s is a massive time waste sometimes
That was such awesome craftmanship to watch? Really enjoying this series
Thank you mate, I hope the videos help you om your project :)
@@CafeRacerGarage tbh i dont have a project atm haha, may do one day, but i enjoy watching people do things like this, interests me and learning at the same time, keep the videos coming! Im doing my bike license soon cafe racer maybe om the cards
@@tombridgie You are not alone, a lot of guys watching my videos are not building a project, they either like watching stuff getting made, bike enthusiasts etc. I love the comments I get tho :)
I spent hours online looking for a latch with a cable, that also comes with a corresponding locking pin. A set with key tumbler to go with that setup is a unicorn. If you don't burn hours fabricating, you will waste time searching. And for the 10mm stray nut ;)
Hi, nice job, great lock. I have a friend that used to say : We should have rubber floor in the workshop so things will bounce back to us when they drop . thanks for the video, Gus
Rubber floor hahaha yep maybe that could go both ways tho. Thank you for your comment mate :)
I love the detailed work and cant wait to See your bikes finished. Greetings from Germany.
Great job once again, love your vids! Looking forward to see this build finished. This has to be the best cx500 scrambler that has ever been built.
Wow that is a massive compliment, This is just my budget build, I'm trying my bet to stay under $1200.
It isn’t about the money you throw on your build that I’m talking about, I’m talking about the effort you put on the build. You often see cx500 cafe racers or scramblers that is built with ”big” money and still there is a gap between the tank and the seat, parts don’t fit as good as they could or something else like that. If you would put some real money on the paintjob to get it in show mode (don’t get me wrong, I think it perfect just the way it is) this would without a question be my #1 choice for the best Cx500 scrambler. As a ”shed” built bike it’s way better than most of the bikes built by some custom bike shops. And what it comes to your videos they’re just great, you are showing the people how you do things and why you do it! Good work m8!
@@hesusfin Wow thank you so much mate. Its so nice to get a complement like this. I like the army green colour but thats a lot to do with the budget. Id love to get this painted by a pro. Maybe I can do that after I complete the budget challenge. what colours would you paint her?
So inspirational as always ! Just keep it up ! I may think of improving my build thanks to you !
I'm so glad you like and enjoy the videos and content mate. thank you for the comment :)
Thanks for the tip regarding cutting threaded bar, really useful. Great video as always.
Im so glad someone commented on that as Its made a big difference to me since I started doing it this way so Im happy to help Adam :)
Love the approach, always interesting seeing how others approach this kind of design challenge!
Thank you mate :)
9:55 oh man, when i was building a motorized bike in my garden nuts and bolts would always fall somewhere between the wooden boards. Looking for all of that took ages
Nice work! Yes i have wasted 20mins or more the other day looking for a nut that i dropped from under the rear mudguard..... evenually found it wedged in behind the casting of the footpeg bracket!!!!
Awesome work Dan! I've dropped and lost nuts, washers, 10mm sockets, and a pair of sunglasses. 🕶️
Sunglasses WOW that's a good effort
Still the best channel on TH-cam .
TheYakkis thank you mate you are always so kind.
Dude you’re freaking amazing
Man, so much inspiration as usual ! Dont know what’s your daily job but you should start your own shop ! Or a Dan bikes serie on discovery channel !!! Thank you for your trick and the time you spend.
Laurent Lavie thank you so much 😊. The plan is to grow this into something bigger but the what and how is unknown at this stage.
Nice work as always Dan.
Owen O'Neil thank you Owen :) it’s all about the budget for this one so I fabricate whatever I can 👍😊
I'm pretty sure I drop and lose something like that every time I'm in the shed. Lost an anodised screen bolt off a bike once and found it months later under the lathe on the opposite side of a two-car garage. Loving the videos, your methods are continually evolving and I really appreciate the creative solutions you come up with. Two thumbs up mate!
Matthew Wright two thumbs up WOW 😮 THANK YOU 😊. I love to try and fabricate what ever I can, especially for this build due to the budget :)
I’m glad you are liking it thus far 👍😁
Awesome! Taking the extra time sure is worth it! love the video. your edits just keep getting better and better There so brilliant and fun to watch!!
Thank you so much for this awesome comment mate : )
You are a genious. Nice fitting for the locking system. And I can relate to loosing stuff all the time x)
Antoine Festuot thank you mate you are to kind 😊
Great job Dan. I dropped a buy one time and couldn’t find it at all. About a week later I was working around the swing arm area and it got wedges in a chain link. Lucky I found it. Could’ve been ugly. I can relate my friend!
Peter Kowalinski that was a lucky one 😮
Watching you working so clean and nicely makes me wanna get a garage and mod my bike :D
Go for it mate. I have so much fun doing this stuff and sharing it with you. I can't wait to take them for a ride for the first time. You should definitely give it a go mate
Yeah, the old man taught me the whole "running a nut down on a bolt you intend to cut & then using it to recut the threads" trick when I was but a lad. Ought to be the first thing anybody learns when working with tools. Ought to teach it in kindergarten.
You have a smart Dad :) yes you are right
@@CafeRacerGarage , he was the smartest, & wisest man I ever knew & remains so. He is missed terribly.
BTW, it's about damn time we got some more vids on this build. Always a pleasure for the (hopefully temporarily) garageless among us to watch.
Waiting for this bike to see it in final looks👍 all the best Dan.
nice work style technique cafe racer luv it godbless
I had the same idea on my gl1000 I used the spring clip from a Triumph speed triple but you did a way better job and gave me a better idea to upgrade. thank you for the knowledge
More than welcome, I just love the fact that I'm helping :)
Totally awesome Dan, looking forward to seeing the end result, keep up the fantastic work mate 👍👌👍👌
Colin Taylor thank you mate
...sei bravissimo!!!!
I want a plasma cutter so bad! Nice work as always!
Moto Mango they do make cutting fun that’s for sure :)
Nice video ,it looked as it worked out fine with the seatreleaser!
About the missing nut among other things , no need to be worried, you allways find them when you don´t need them anymore propably when one is searching for something else that is lost in a similar way :)
Very true :) Thank you for the comment mate
Awesome job!
10mm spanner, evaporates constantly when I work on my bike... 👌😂
I'm always looking for things that went flying when I'm trying to assemble spring loaded parts, or anything with a small nut in a tight space.
Nice Job 👍
My little trick when I drop a bolt/nut/washer is to get another, drop it from the same place & watch where it goes to find the original 😅
haha that could work :)
If ever i drop small things on the floor and can't find it, i just think to my self and say the blackhole god got it again. And if for what ever reason it will appear i just say LUCKY the he didn't got it. 🤩
This trick comes from Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) looking for marbles, but it must be accompanied by the incantation “Brother, go find your brother”!
When I use this trick, I always end up with two lost bolts ...
Bloody good work man. Makes me want to turn my hornet 250 into a cafe racer but it's my daily driver haha
That make is hard when you need it to ride every day. Thank you for your nice comment mate
Dropped a bolt in my bike when refitting the subframe to my speed triple. I only had a tiny garage at the time and saw exactly where it went but after literally days of trying to find it I never did so ended up having to buy a new one. Was so annoyed that I had to admit defeat, lol
the runaway bolts.... i had one on a boat project that went under fuel tank and caused a rattle..... had to remove tank
Nuts on the floor! Locking pins too. Those small little devils. And they never end up the obvious place, do they! When making a round thing smaller in diameter I put the thing in the drill and hold it on to the benchgrinder. Well if you have a lathe, use that! Spinning around when grinding makes it pretty round. And as always, very well done! And be careful! Don't want your fingers stuck between the belt and table as that bracket of yours.
John Mård so true John, yes I am very fond of my fingers so I try and take care of them 👍😎
I don’t have a lathe but hopefully one day I will along with a mill drill :)
@@CafeRacerGarage Then you'll have your own industry! Start with the lathe, you can do many mill-drill thingies in one of those. :-)
@@johnDukemaster a mill drill lathe combo would be amazing :) I would only need a small one I think
@@CafeRacerGarage Spacesaver with a combo. But often a compromise. Oh dear, all these decisions!
Things that I drop when working on my bikes always finds a way into frickin Narnia...
Great idea on the catch , nice vid showing how to as usual Dan . And yep im sure most will relate as to dropping something , but what dimension does it disappear to ....how many of us have never found the dropped item ......
Thank you so much mate
Dang, Dan... your vids get better and better! Yes have lost things in my garage. I think my mother-in-law is stuck behind the fridge. 🏍👍🏍
Thank you Gary, You have a fridge in your garage lol Nice
Cafe Racer Garage 🍺🍺🍺
i've learned all my knowledge from u, thanks man..
Wow thats so cool, You will have to share some progress images on the Cafe Racer FB Page, I love knowing that what I love to do and share is helping you in your build. Feel free to let me know of any video ideas you would like to see in the future.
@@CafeRacerGarage i'll be posting it when it's done. thanks for the reply man. you rock!
Not in my garage (unfortunately) but spent half a shift looking for a dropped bolt, in a jet engine....
Found it by the way.
Bain of my life! There's probably more nuts, bolts and screws scattered around my shed floor, than are in the parts boxes😄😄
I hear you :) LOL
I can relate to that.
Nuts and tiny screws ricochet like a bullet, oh yeah. I can totally relate. Lol
I'm a little late, but I can relate to bolts and nuts disappearing. I recently had to replace my transmission in my 04 F150. This required me to remove the starter. My starter had 3 bolts holding it on when I took it off. Now it has 2 bolts holding it on. Lol. Now, I'm not the only person to do this. Most people I talked with agreed it isn't a big deal, which is why I'm not stressing. But uh yeah. That bolt hit the floor and traveled into the Nth dimension. Ive got no idea where it went.
notapicle Never too late for comments mate. 👍😮 i’m currently working on wiring at the moment and using tape to mark what wires are what, the tape dropped out of my hand and roll down the driveway onto the road and stopped at the gutter lol 😂
I'm hearing you finding stuff I've dropped or tool that I didn't put away after I last used it. You'd think I'd learn but it doesn't appear so.
Jim Allen haha 😂 yep
That plasma cutter cut that like a dream!
Also I know that feeling all to well. Our garage is timber sleepers so when something fall through it its gone...forever.....unless you go fishing with a magnet and some string then you might get it back.
Also what is that tool your using with the blue handle at 8:50?
Yes the plasma is so fun to use! Wow that sounds like no fun. You may need to lay some old carpet over the sleepers or something. Here is the tool you are wanting- Hand Countersink - amzn.to/2XpeY5s
When I drop small metal parts like that on the ground and can't find the part right away, I like to use a small telescoping magnet that I sweep across the floor. It's not uncommon that I find a few more metal parts when doing that though.
Christopher Pierce haha great idea 💡
The way your brain works comes through in the video. You can tell you’re not copying others and coming up with your own solutions. I’m the same way: just start it and work it out as you go.
Haha so true. It's the most fun way to do it don't you think 😊
Best job
I m proper impressed with your channel. how came you have so many tools? what do you do for a day job, because this bike building is a new thing(still Impressive).
I once dropped a specific bolt for my bobber build, and I had to go order a new one, because it dissapeared from my garage through a portal to another dimension xD Never found it again.
Can you get those bite bolts just Bunnings?
thekback better off taking a screenshot of the bolts you like and popping into a nut and bolts fastening shop, they will have what you need :)
Cafe Racer Garage thanks mate!
I can relate to dropping stuff and losing them. Sometimes it's like they flew into another dimension and been lost forever! Nice idea with the latch, too bad you didn't film the finished pin for it. Where will you place the handle for the latch?
Thank you mate, I'm still unsure where I will mount the handle or lock, do you have any ideas? I'm thinking hidden under the seat
@@CafeRacerGarage under Seat seems most logic. But maybe you need to figure out your taillight. Maybe there could be an original way there to put the handle?
How much u spend on the fiber glass part of your seat.? I'm probably reusing my old one but I'm running into issues. Still will probably wait for u to finish to decide
Hey can you tell me what tires did you use???
Heidenau K60 mate 120/80-18 Rear and 100/90-19 Front Hope that helps mate
Cafe Racer Garage thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Can you leave a link for that deburing tool.cheers
Here you go brother :) amzn.to/2XpeY5s
happens to me all the time man
I only have to hunt for lost hardware if I previously considered taking proactive steps against that happening. Or if Im dead tired or trying to finish by a deadline. Pretty much...
I had a $30 nut get knocked down a floor drain by a cat once. Couldn't get it back with a magnet (I think due to the iron pipe).
Great video and bike. Can you post the link for the latch on eBay?
Great production as usual Dan, just curious do you use nylocs for final fastening?
Thank you so much mate and Yes 100% nylocs, loctite or split pins when it comes time to do the final assembly. I should mention this more in my videos so others watching don't think it's ok to use standard nuts.
@@CafeRacerGarage Yeah mate good idea!!
Note to self: Do the mounting first before gluing the foam to the seat pan.
Haha so true :)
😂👍 from Bavaria
Old video but still… as a locksmith there’s lots of tiny components that get dropped at least once a day and we call the search for them the locksmith crawl
I used the same seat lock. This si from Kawasaki z7r.
Michaela Tejnorová smart man 👍😊
Things really disappear when they hit your shoe toecap and ping off within a 270°radius 🤓currently looking for a led from the end stick of my favourite torch under the bench in a clean enclosed space, driving me nuts 🤪
you're so fucking good!
Hey try watch a vidio from BMCO . He build bike to, u can learn from it. Btw nice job
BMCO is awesome. thank you mate
Those bolts in the front of the seat are gonna fail in some point you must know that... No adhesive will keep them in place for long...
I'm unsure what you mean? In the video I show the bolts Im using at 2:51 The fibreglass is 6mm thick and the bolts have teeth under the head of the head that bites into the fibreglass. The adhesive Is not really doing anything but I used it just for extra strength anyway.
The teeths are so small that they will eat the glass fibre round if you need to loosen and tighten them.
@@oddis188 Once the seat is wrap/covered there is no need to loosen or tighten it up.........right?
The bolt that i never saw again, it vanished.....wait there goes another one.
haha
the bell doesn't work for me... thx youtube...
I'm not sure why, have you tried to google it to see if its something that other people have found a solution for? sorry I can't be of more help
My life evolves around looking for nuts, bolts, springs i've dropped.... To never be found....
I hear you!
You would’ve never found it if it was a 10mm socket
How many hours have I wasted looking for dropped nuts, washers etc! But as you get older you’ll also find yourself spending even more time looking for the tool you just put down - only to find it an hour later exactly where you put it, often right in front of your nose! Age is a terrible thing...
Ak rak mudeng bahasane kang....ngomong opo she......???
Spent too much time looking for items lost haha