I was wondering where you have been. I got my answer. Busy! This whole build is just Amazing! I know the end result will be epic! This build isn't just the bike, it's you. I'm so impressed!
@@Theillestrator1050 Oh yeah... That too 😂. Not gonna lie some of the costs you've mentioned in this build series have made me feel a bit better about the money I've had to fork out for my bike
@@Theillestrator1050 I know that feeling, I put R1 forks on my Suzuki SV, in the snow and it was horrid. But it was so worth it come summer. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your progress.
It's looking damn nice! I have 30 years in aircraft maintenance and I enjoy watching your solutions to hurdles and tooling. Good move on doing the pump, no matter how expensive, it is the literal heart of the engine.
Great progress! Two small bits of advice: Your oil pan. Remove all the screws, then install and torque the replacements in an opposing fashion. Simply running around and removing one at a time and replacing/torquing the new ones can warp your pan and cause seepage. (Best practice) If you want to use a wire wheel to remove corrosion on bolts, buy a stainless steel, loose wire (crimped) type. The carbon steel wheel you bought strips the zinc/cadmium finish and will cause rusting on those bolts. The stainless is softer, and won't impart any carbon steel onto the bits (especially ally bits) that will rust later. In fact, you can find stainless wire brushes in the Welding section of Harbor Freight, Home Depot that are ideal to use on ally. They work great at removing gunk, corrosion, oxidation without grinding up the surface.
If those rims matched the inverted forks, man, it'd look sick. Still, beautiful work. I have been restoring a 1987 Honda Magna myself but I did lack proper tools, light and space for it so it wasn't much fun which is why I didn't capture the process. I replace JIS/Philips screws with stainless Allen screws whenever I can. I can't wait to get my own place again so I will have proper place to work plus I can get proper tools, too. Thanks for the uploading this fun to watch project!
This is one of the best builds on TH-cam right now. I haven't missed a single episode and I don't plan on it. This bike build is awesome and I can't wait to see him finished and riding it!
*- The illestrator -* It is starting to look really really nice, the powdercoating on the wheels also looks very nice too, very Marchesini/Ducati alike colour-wise with the graphite/granite frame is also contrasting nicely in a subtle & power 'just right' sort of way. I am liking very much its forwards street fighter stance - *'The Flying Brick'* always lends itself well to that stance/attitude (*the honourific nickname given to the K75's & K100's, because of longitudinal flat inline engine by its admirers/fans, at least in the UK it is affectionly known as such.) Sorry to say this similar thing again if you read a much earlier comment I made when you cut the original rear frame loop off. The K75 & K100 frames are known to be a bit weak, as they are of the 1980s tech era of late 70's small diameter tubes tradition with minimal triangulation of forces & occasional reinforcement gussets/braces with some small weldsurface areas, but generally with quality done welds; Tig welded I believe, for German T.u.V. (D.O.T) safety regulation standards, - sometimes you can see if one or more welders have worked on a frame at a factory back in the day, by the different types of welding style, or when the shielding gas was starting to get a little low in pressure. There is an ability for the frame to twist/roll without additional support to account for it as the top end of the headstock mounting tube/stanchion has only a single larger diameter 'top tube' centally supporting it via a reasonable gusset/brace and a only single union to a rearwards middle crosstube and not onwards to the rearmost crosstube Eeek :O ! The sidetubes of the upper frame from the bottom of the headstock are reasonable crossing & welded to each other and have some thin bracing gussets to help keep the shape from the twisting forces of the lower headstock sidetubes and upper headstock downtubes from squeezing inwards the sidetubes when the bike is riding leant over, but nothing for the sharing the forces of the of traingulations individually have to tolerate together apart from some thinnish stamped (hopefully more 'drop forged') sheet between the front downtubes - the thinner 'side' gusset plates behind the front downtubes are more for fairing/cosmetics, battery box or cooling system mountings of some kind I am guessing? - *---------------------------- Please Take This Section Under Advisement ----------------------------* *Sorry, Do you want the rear suspension to collapse when enjoying the bike, because inless than 250 miles, one of those will, and it will kill you or who ever is riding it !?!?!?* *If the welder said its good enough.. Please Never Ever use them for anything critically structural on a bike ever Ever Again! if they cannot see the inherant weakness !! .. I wouldn't even trust them for cosmetic light welding needs, they obviuosly don't care to warn you, but take you money for what would be a criminal job from their lack of insight, foresight & customercare.* The weld is smooth, but that hides the weaknesses, but the bracket that lower mount is upon, clearly is not! The lower mounting frame plate was not chamfered and shaped to fit against the frame or the better, on inside the frame tubes for stronger and larger broader surface area to be welded with, to safely spread the forces better it Will definately face repeatedly, since convertng the bike from duel shock to a monoshock system. As weakly done as it appears to be, sorry to say, I have to say, but it Will fail and shall rip off at somepoint as it is only just sat ontop the frame, being loosely with very small areas of abuttment weld around the its lower edges of lower mount plate to frame no where enougth for rider weight, suspension, power and road surface forces going through it. Apologies for being a pedant on those chassis points - with your good work and your honest style, ethos, humour and presention in your videos, I sincerely feel I'd be in much remiss to not say nothing about it. I am aware of which could be helpful to you, or atleast food for thought insome useful manner; and I hope not to trigger any infuriations. I don't mean to read/sound like a know-everthing A-class a££hole; I know I do thinking about it.. -*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* If and when possible, & able to, I would think to find a 2nd K100 frame, that hopefully could have had less miles on it/is 'younger' in is endured life. ...to modify as your Mark II 'Mod Improved' version frame, with additional bracing in areas missed on the one you currently have if you coonot have other peices of metal welded up to build up that frame plate mount and its secure attatchment to the frame. *Rear of toptube having another piece between the two rear crosstubes to extend the area of transfered force back from the rear middle crosstube, thus lessening the load on it and its welds from the central toptubes job of trying to keep the angle of headstock fixed, lengthways over bumps. *If you cut off the old rear loop section of the sidetubes off the improved frame, cut down the cut off section to keep the end curved piece - you can reweld it to the end of the cut sidetube - with some bushings tubular inserts inside the tubes to bridge the weld, and help increase anti-twist forces between the two sidetubes. Plus it'd help to use to equalize the angle of the billet subframe plates too, with central marker line to measure from. *A bent single pipe if possible (85%+ passing underneath the top tube with a small area of it is cut out to fit & join the toptube,) ..whos ends join from inward unions on inside surfaces of the downtubes and upper surfaces of the sidetubes weld areas, and its length being towards the central toptube, where it bends/arcs towards its opposite end, the centre of its bend being ahead of its anti-flex bracket/gusset (near your new front fueltank mounts,) where is slighly ground out & welds to the central toptube. *An addition tube per side from lowerside of the downtube & sidetube union, downwards towards above the just rear engine mounts, at a similar height to the new rear suspension system mount (the right 'suspension' sides additional tube having additional welded bracing from the innerside surface of the tube out towards the inwards unsuported edge of the suspension mounts own bracketry), adding support between the engine (& suspension) mounts and the towards headstock triangulations. *The rear monoshock mounting needs to made better, safer, stronger, the frame mounting plate Must be at least contoured to fit the frame tubes, to be able to have a provide a deeply fluxed & large weld surface area to take forces, not that poor, dangerously abutted on plate currently. I hope you can sort of visualize what I intend to mean, I know your working to a budget with transport contrants, I don't wish to crap over your own ideas. I am sure you know of other BWM 'Brick' owners, riders & tuners etc, who know infinately more than I. who you've discussed with online forums, in person, via some BWM bike-club or other method etc etc, or searched & trawled through forums, comments, club letters etc - of which you have my heartfelt commiserations ;) Myself I've not owned any BMW, but have owned and ridden an 87' Yamaha RD-125, 73' BSA Bantam D7, an 86' Suzuki GSX 250E, and ridden a 80's Kawasaki Z400, and fooled alot around on a 90'/91' ex-Factory Honda Team CR-250R as well - dog gammit I miss that dirt-rocket, around 118kg, over 40+ bhp (by the seat of the pants dyno), unofficially timed at to have a top end of 115-ish mph on dirt knobblies during its career; it was both controlled fear & yet adrenalised enjoyment on its throttle twistgrip with reactive speeds to inputs from just thinking, feeling etc.. Forgive me, I'm a tangentally minded person who loves bikes (although I'm certainly Not a hog 'tractor' potato-potato fanboy), tech, engineering, and who admires your effort in restoring and customising your 'Kay Hundred' and wishes you well. Apologies for any typo's or minor spelling mistakes too. Best of luck and good wishes in your continued project(s)! *P.S. Please Please get that rear suspension mounts plate fixed before you ride bike far, or at anything close to twisty roads, or above any moderate speed - otherwise one of them will fail insome dangerous manner withi less 50 miles of any enojoyable riding speeds and roads!!*
Ah yeah and a tip for painting. Grind the old paint off or get it sandblasted. Then apply 3 layers 1base layer with base paint. Then your color and then a finish. There are cans that have finish and color all in one. The final layer gets super hard and prevents scratching. I actually repainted my whole bike using this technique and it turned out extremely nice for a rattlecan job done in a garage. If you want I can dm you the results on Instagram Edit: and before painting make sure that surface is 100% clean. Any grease will make bubbles
This is amazing. When you are close to the end, DONT RIDE IT UNTIL EVERY LITTLE THING IS FINISHED. Too many people get it to 98% or 99% finished then stop
Have been waiting on this one! Have my own 1982 xv750 bone stock but crashed.. by a cut off driver in traffic this year. Our bikes look the same rn… in pieces 😅 look forward to the build! As I progress with mine too
I think you've found your calling. If you aren't already, you should be making a plan to build bespoke bikes like this full time. You're video skills are top notch. You're obviously creative and talented with this.
The film quality/filming style with tasteful pauses and choice of music is so good and well done. It’s really incredible and makes this journey from hunk of sh*t to show room motorcycle even more awesome. Can’t wait for the next episode!
Wow man it's nice to see this bike coming along he he he! Keep up the effort. I got myself a honda CB400 F last year and man, not gonna say I bought a lemon, but it is a zesty one. Though I'm guessing it's more my uneducated asshat repairs that make it worse. I'm really impressed with how far you went mechanically wise. Goals man, Goals.
This is soooooooooooo interesting build, just can't wait for a next episode! The whole theme of the bike is much different and cool compared to the others out there, even with soon-to-be-in-every-K-bike (including mine I hope) Retrorides suspension and seat mounts. This is much relateable build series than others where dudes do their builds in proper garages and with proper tools, this encourages guys like me to keep wrenching in the basement with just basic tools. I must say I loved the yellow rear wheel more than the gold one, it added some chatacter and street credibility to the bike that seems to have gone through some rough times in the past 😃 Looking forward for the next episode! Happy holidays!
Thanks, that means alot! Sometimes I wish I had the resources that others do but I suppose there's some charm in seeking it out with limited resources. Im glad to set that example. That yellow wheel had a real following lol! I felt bad switching it but... idk, plus it had some pretty bad damage to the alloy lol. Thanks man, happy holidays to you as well
It. Looks. Sick. I’m really looking forward to future episodes. Can’t say I’m quite in on the stickerbomb, but hey do your own thing man! Have confidence this thing is gonna look awesome when it’s done, because it is!
Dude! The bike is looking great! I personally love the look of the sticker bomb. I think it is a good mix of traditional and modern styles for a cafe. I'm stoked for it to be done and see you ride it. Keep up the great work!
oh man i remember rebuilding my pump it was a task, but not as bad as your one! i was lucky to have the updated 1998 LT that is now a street fighter XD awesome video and long live the flying brick!
Better today! Rewatched love the airbox, replace old fasteners when able. Water pump nightmare! I picked up a good s/h one future proofing. With those bushes, sometimes an internet trawl turns up the size you need from elsewhere for less? It is looking good, bike therapy is good for me, hope it's good for you, have a good Christmas ,look forward to next year
Built up with all but the fuel tank looked great, especially showing the size and width of the engine. Should look a lot better after you get the seat sorted out.
Hey mate greetings from oz just stumbled across your channel today and have watched 11 episodes in one go so far 😂, love the work and just about to start a k100 project myself... one words of warning for you mate and this is speaking from experience, don’t ever wear gloves on a bench grinder or sander if it grabs them your going to be in a world of hurt, keep up the good content and after subscribing I look forward to all your future videos 👍
Thanks for another great vlog, I think the wheels were a good one. Mahasive family shit at the moment ,struggling to keep positive! Enjoying your output, all the best Ed
Disclaimer : I'm not gassing you here... Everything you are doing is 100 percent win on that bike. It's costing a bunch but worth it. You'll be able to pass that on to your son and he will be the coolest kid on the block. Instant celebrity.
Great work man. This build is super impressive because you are learning as you go and coming up with creative solutions to problems. Hopefully I will get to see this beast in person one day when it's finished.
Glad to see you back and making progress mate. I think the sticker bomb looks good. It won't be to everyone's taste but that's the point of a custom bike. It's not for everyone, it's for you. Good work as always.
Really wasnt feeling the gold rims till i seen them on the bike. Looks damn good really wasnt expecting that nice job . all that hard work is really starting to come together
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Man i wish people like you have enough resources so that they can teach these skills to others.
I like your style, elegant while not pretentious. Keep up the good work.
Man the k100 is looking good brother thanks for showing everyone your progress. My hat is off to you.
Man I love it, best cafe racer build videos out by far. If anyone disagrees send me the link. Illestrator has be inspired.
I was wondering where you have been. I got my answer. Busy! This whole build is just Amazing! I know the end result will be epic! This build isn't just the bike, it's you. I'm so impressed!
Thanks man, you got me about ready to shed a tear😭
thinking back to when we first saw this bike and looking at what it's become is insane. That hard work is definitely paying off
Thanks, hard work... and money 😭.
Glad you're enjoying the transformation.
@@Theillestrator1050 Oh yeah... That too 😂. Not gonna lie some of the costs you've mentioned in this build series have made me feel a bit better about the money I've had to fork out for my bike
You are doing a meticulous build. Far better than my k100 cafe. Everything is coming together great. Thanks for the inspiration I need to keep going..
Kudos to you for going the extra mile to look at everything - a lot of time and $ but it will be something you can totally trust.
That's a fact
Just stumbled Across this build last few days. Been considering buying a k100 for a while and wow 😍
That is looking awesome, great work there. Building in the winter is entirely worth it when we get to ride in the spring.
There's that element of anticipation... but man wrenching in the cold sucks 😭
@@Theillestrator1050 I know that feeling, I put R1 forks on my Suzuki SV, in the snow and it was horrid. But it was so worth it come summer. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your progress.
Hell yeah, I needed this man, things ain't been going my way bike-wise, this is gonna help pull me out of a funk
Glad you enjoyed. What happened, your bike got stolen?
@@Theillestrator1050 no, just leaky forks, the I stanchions are pitted and keep tearing up my seals
It's looking damn nice! I have 30 years in aircraft maintenance and I enjoy watching your solutions to hurdles and tooling. Good move on doing the pump, no matter how expensive, it is the literal heart of the engine.
Thanks man, it became pretty clear it needed attention lol
This is much more compelling than GOT or Breaking Bad! I can't wait to see it finished! great work man!
Great progress! Two small bits of advice:
Your oil pan. Remove all the screws, then install and torque the replacements in an opposing fashion. Simply running around and removing one at a time and replacing/torquing the new ones can warp your pan and cause seepage. (Best practice)
If you want to use a wire wheel to remove corrosion on bolts, buy a stainless steel, loose wire (crimped) type. The carbon steel wheel you bought strips the zinc/cadmium finish and will cause rusting on those bolts. The stainless is softer, and won't impart any carbon steel onto the bits (especially ally bits) that will rust later. In fact, you can find stainless wire brushes in the Welding section of Harbor Freight, Home Depot that are ideal to use on ally. They work great at removing gunk, corrosion, oxidation without grinding up the surface.
Noted, thank you for the advice
Man, the Bavarian Bruiser is looking good, my dude.
your work ethic is unparalleled. inspirational. keep it up brother.
Thanks bro, that means alot
This is great. The airbox shows that this is yours. I love the look this bike gives. Somehow it is both low and long which makes it look great.
Thanks, it's getting a unique look if nothing else. It's only just now beginning to look like a custom job
Looks great your perseverance and persistence is paying off
If those rims matched the inverted forks, man, it'd look sick. Still, beautiful work. I have been restoring a 1987 Honda Magna myself but I did lack proper tools, light and space for it so it wasn't much fun which is why I didn't capture the process. I replace JIS/Philips screws with stainless Allen screws whenever I can. I can't wait to get my own place again so I will have proper place to work plus I can get proper tools, too.
Thanks for the uploading this fun to watch project!
This is one of the best builds on TH-cam right now. I haven't missed a single episode and I don't plan on it. This bike build is awesome and I can't wait to see him finished and riding it!
Very excited to see this come to completion. Goodluck and i hope it turns out the way you envisioned
*- The illestrator -* It is starting to look really really nice, the powdercoating on the wheels also looks very nice too, very Marchesini/Ducati alike colour-wise with the graphite/granite frame is also contrasting nicely in a subtle & power 'just right' sort of way.
I am liking very much its forwards street fighter stance - *'The Flying Brick'* always lends itself well to that
stance/attitude (*the honourific nickname given to the K75's & K100's, because of longitudinal flat inline engine by its admirers/fans, at least in the UK it is affectionly known as such.)
Sorry to say this similar thing again if you read a much earlier comment I made when you cut the original rear frame loop off.
The K75 & K100 frames are known to be a bit weak, as they are of the 1980s tech era of late 70's small diameter tubes tradition with minimal triangulation of forces & occasional reinforcement gussets/braces with some small weldsurface areas, but generally with quality done welds; Tig welded I believe, for German T.u.V. (D.O.T) safety regulation standards, - sometimes you can see if one or more welders have worked on a frame at a factory back in the day, by the different types of welding style, or when the shielding gas was starting to get a little low in pressure.
There is an ability for the frame to twist/roll without additional support to account for it as the top end of the headstock mounting tube/stanchion has only a single larger diameter 'top tube' centally supporting it via a reasonable gusset/brace and a only single union to a rearwards middle crosstube and not onwards to the rearmost crosstube Eeek :O !
The sidetubes of the upper frame from the bottom of the headstock are reasonable crossing & welded to each other and have some thin bracing gussets to help keep the shape from the twisting forces of the lower headstock sidetubes and upper headstock downtubes from squeezing inwards the sidetubes when the bike is riding leant over, but nothing
for the sharing the forces of the of traingulations individually have to tolerate together apart from some thinnish stamped (hopefully more 'drop forged') sheet between the front downtubes - the thinner 'side' gusset plates behind the front downtubes are more for fairing/cosmetics, battery box or cooling system mountings of some kind I am guessing?
- *---------------------------- Please Take This Section Under Advisement ----------------------------*
*Sorry, Do you want the rear suspension to collapse when enjoying the bike, because inless than 250 miles, one of those will, and it will kill you or who ever is riding it !?!?!?*
*If the welder said its good enough.. Please Never Ever use them for anything critically structural on a bike ever Ever Again! if they cannot see the inherant weakness !! .. I wouldn't even trust them for cosmetic light welding needs, they obviuosly don't care to warn you, but take you money for what would be a criminal job from their lack of insight, foresight & customercare.*
The weld is smooth, but that hides the weaknesses, but the bracket that lower mount is upon, clearly is not! The lower mounting frame plate was not chamfered and shaped to fit against the frame or the better, on inside the frame tubes for stronger and larger broader surface area to be welded with, to safely spread the forces better it Will definately face repeatedly, since convertng the bike from duel shock to a monoshock system.
As weakly done as it appears to be, sorry to say, I have to say, but it Will fail and shall rip off at somepoint as it is only just sat ontop the frame, being loosely with very small areas of abuttment weld around the its lower edges of lower mount plate to frame no where enougth for rider weight, suspension, power and road surface forces going through it.
Apologies for being a pedant on those chassis points - with your good work and your honest style, ethos, humour and presention in your videos, I sincerely feel I'd be in much remiss to not say nothing about it.
I am aware of which could be helpful to you, or atleast food for thought insome useful manner; and I hope not to trigger any infuriations. I don't mean to read/sound like a know-everthing A-class a££hole; I know I do thinking about it..
-*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
If and when possible, & able to, I would think to find a 2nd K100 frame, that hopefully could have had less miles on it/is 'younger' in is endured life. ...to modify as your Mark II 'Mod Improved' version frame, with additional bracing in areas missed on the one you currently have if you coonot have other peices of metal welded up to build up that frame plate mount and its secure attatchment to the frame.
*Rear of toptube having another piece between the two rear crosstubes to extend the area of transfered force back from the rear middle crosstube, thus lessening the load on it and its welds from the central toptubes job of trying to keep the angle of headstock fixed, lengthways over bumps.
*If you cut off the old rear loop section of the sidetubes off the improved frame, cut down the cut off section to keep the end curved piece - you can reweld it to the end of the cut sidetube - with some bushings tubular inserts inside the tubes to bridge the weld, and help increase anti-twist forces between the two sidetubes. Plus it'd help to use to equalize the angle of the billet subframe plates too, with central marker line to measure from.
*A bent single pipe if possible (85%+ passing underneath the top tube with a small area of it is cut out to fit & join the toptube,) ..whos ends join from inward unions on inside surfaces of the downtubes and upper surfaces of the sidetubes weld areas, and its length being towards the central toptube, where it bends/arcs towards its opposite end, the centre of its bend being ahead of its anti-flex bracket/gusset (near your new front fueltank mounts,) where is slighly ground out & welds to the central toptube.
*An addition tube per side from lowerside of the downtube & sidetube union, downwards towards above the just rear engine mounts, at a similar height to the new rear suspension system mount (the right 'suspension' sides additional tube having additional welded bracing from the innerside surface of the tube out towards the inwards unsuported edge of the suspension mounts own bracketry), adding support between the engine (& suspension) mounts and the towards headstock triangulations.
*The rear monoshock mounting needs to made better, safer, stronger, the frame mounting plate Must be at least contoured to fit the frame tubes, to be able to have a provide a deeply fluxed & large weld surface area to take forces, not that poor, dangerously abutted on plate currently.
I hope you can sort of visualize what I intend to mean, I know your working to a budget with transport contrants, I don't wish to crap over your own ideas.
I am sure you know of other BWM 'Brick' owners, riders & tuners etc, who know infinately more than I. who you've discussed with online forums, in person, via some BWM bike-club or other method etc etc, or searched & trawled through forums, comments, club letters etc - of which you have my heartfelt commiserations ;)
Myself I've not owned any BMW, but have owned and ridden an 87' Yamaha RD-125, 73' BSA Bantam D7, an 86' Suzuki GSX 250E, and ridden a 80's Kawasaki Z400, and fooled alot around on a 90'/91' ex-Factory Honda Team CR-250R as well - dog gammit I miss that dirt-rocket, around 118kg, over 40+ bhp (by the seat of the pants dyno), unofficially timed at to have a top end of 115-ish mph on dirt knobblies during its career; it was both controlled fear & yet adrenalised enjoyment on its throttle twistgrip with reactive speeds to inputs from just thinking, feeling etc..
Forgive me, I'm a tangentally minded person who loves bikes (although I'm certainly Not a hog 'tractor' potato-potato fanboy), tech, engineering, and who admires your effort in restoring and customising your 'Kay Hundred' and wishes you well.
Apologies for any typo's or minor spelling mistakes too.
Best of luck and good wishes in your continued project(s)!
*P.S. Please Please get that rear suspension mounts plate fixed before you ride bike far, or at anything close to twisty roads, or above any moderate speed - otherwise one of them will fail insome dangerous manner withi less 50 miles of any enojoyable riding speeds and roads!!*
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Like the direction your headed, the frame color works
This bike is straight eye candy. Never seen a bike similar to this on the road.
Thanks man. Since anyone can buy this kit and put it on their bike with enough work, I still gotta make this thing stand out in other ways
@@Theillestrator1050 That's where the creativity kicks in. You got a lot in you in the videos, can't wait to see the finished product.
If these bikes were for sale id buy one , great episode as usual , cheers mate
It's so enjoyable when people breathe new life to old machines. Lookin' good!
Ah yeah and a tip for painting. Grind the old paint off or get it sandblasted. Then apply 3 layers
1base layer with base paint. Then your color and then a finish. There are cans that have finish and color all in one. The final layer gets super hard and prevents scratching. I actually repainted my whole bike using this technique and it turned out extremely nice for a rattlecan job done in a garage. If you want I can dm you the results on Instagram
Edit: and before painting make sure that surface is 100% clean. Any grease will make bubbles
This is amazing. When you are close to the end, DONT RIDE IT UNTIL EVERY LITTLE THING IS FINISHED. Too many people get it to 98% or 99% finished then stop
Everything is looking mighty fine, massive respect 👌
Thanks alot 🤝🏾
Great job, looking really good ,can t wait to see the end result.
Love the way the bike looks man, its really coming together
Thank you!
god, everytime you encounter a new problem, i fear that the video is about to end, even though i now this is the finale 😅
loving it dude
Never my friend. I could never let a problem end this lol.
Have been waiting on this one! Have my own 1982 xv750 bone stock but crashed.. by a cut off driver in traffic this year. Our bikes look the same rn… in pieces 😅 look forward to the build! As I progress with mine too
I think you've found your calling. If you aren't already, you should be making a plan to build bespoke bikes like this full time. You're video skills are top notch. You're obviously creative and talented with this.
Thanks for the praise, in an ideal world this would be the case... one can dream lol
@@Theillestrator1050 if I hit the lottery I'll back you myself. Lol. One can dream.
Coming along nicely+skill+voice+excellent script=really soothing to watch
:3
Amazing. Interacting in comments for support. Good work. Many excellent series. Much wow.
This is probably the best Christmas present I’m gonna get.
😂😂😂 shit man, let's get you something better lol
hugeeeeee fan of the cafe-fighter look, great job
The details are so mint as are your decisions
The film quality/filming style with tasteful pauses and choice of music is so good and well done. It’s really incredible and makes this journey from hunk of sh*t to show room motorcycle even more awesome. Can’t wait for the next episode!
Looking sweet 👌🏻
Thanks man, same with your Fiero build!
Cant wait to see the finish product.
Those wheels....wow! They look great
Thanks, they came out really clean
Looking forward to seeing it all finished!
Thanks me too lol
Diggin the stickers dude
Thanks fam
Very impressed with this build. Something I've wanted to do. You've inspired me. I have a bone stock '02 RS. Love the bricks.
Wow man it's nice to see this bike coming along he he he! Keep up the effort. I got myself a honda CB400 F last year and man, not gonna say I bought a lemon, but it is a zesty one.
Though I'm guessing it's more my uneducated asshat repairs that make it worse. I'm really impressed with how far you went mechanically wise. Goals man, Goals.
Thanks alot! Your 400 might be a pain now but you're gonna have a sick bike when it's done. I love low displacement fours
That's how we learn dude, I've made so many mistakes on my 250R but as long as we're learning dude
Oh yeah, this is going to be legendary when it is finnish👍👌 looking good man😉
Thank you!
This is soooooooooooo interesting build, just can't wait for a next episode! The whole theme of the bike is much different and cool compared to the others out there, even with soon-to-be-in-every-K-bike (including mine I hope) Retrorides suspension and seat mounts. This is much relateable build series than others where dudes do their builds in proper garages and with proper tools, this encourages guys like me to keep wrenching in the basement with just basic tools.
I must say I loved the yellow rear wheel more than the gold one, it added some chatacter and street credibility to the bike that seems to have gone through some rough times in the past 😃
Looking forward for the next episode!
Happy holidays!
Thanks, that means alot! Sometimes I wish I had the resources that others do but I suppose there's some charm in seeking it out with limited resources. Im glad to set that example. That yellow wheel had a real following lol! I felt bad switching it but... idk, plus it had some pretty bad damage to the alloy lol. Thanks man, happy holidays to you as well
I hope one day you can do all this from a workshop with easy street access.
You deserve better facilities.
Here's hoping!😤
An awesome trick I learned to get frozen/corroded bolts out was to use a 12 point (
I'll keep this in mind if I come across anymore
It. Looks. Sick. I’m really looking forward to future episodes.
Can’t say I’m quite in on the stickerbomb, but hey do your own thing man! Have confidence this thing is gonna look awesome when it’s done, because it is!
Thanks man, hopefully this can be finished by the very start of 2020. I'd like to move on lol
- The illestrator - well, we all know a project bike will never truely be finished. But let’s cross our fingers
I wasn't really digging this bike in the beginning but man, I see your vision now. Looks great!
It's looking so awesome. Can't wait to see it filled out completely.
Look at the wheels!!!!
👍😎👍
Looks bang on mate, can't wait to see it finished.
Thanks man, that makes two of us
Damn bro the bike is looking like a beauty! Can't wait to see the finished product, its gonna be gorgeous!!
Thank you!
Dude! The bike is looking great! I personally love the look of the sticker bomb. I think it is a good mix of traditional and modern styles for a cafe. I'm stoked for it to be done and see you ride it. Keep up the great work!
Glad we're on the same page with this. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Looks great! Can't wait for the next episode 👍
Thank you!
oh man i remember rebuilding my pump it was a task, but not as bad as your one! i was lucky to have the updated 1998 LT that is now a street fighter XD awesome video and long live the flying brick!
Lucky... this pump was absolutely horrid lol
Good looking bike Sir, well done !
That was good! I’ll be watching. 👍🏻
That’s looking really good nice nice and clean really interesting to see how it will look keep up the great work
After everything is installed it will look even more muscular, thanks for watching
Great update. I'm working on my own bike projects at the moment, so it's good to see both the problems and successes. The wins make it all worth it!
That's a fact! Good luck with yours
Better today! Rewatched love the airbox, replace old fasteners when able. Water pump nightmare! I picked up a good s/h one future proofing. With those bushes, sometimes an internet trawl turns up the size you need from elsewhere for less? It is looking good, bike therapy is good for me, hope it's good for you, have a good Christmas ,look forward to next year
Thanks man, you as well
Woah that bike looks awesome! Great work man! Cheers !
Built up with all but the fuel tank looked great, especially showing the size and width of the engine. Should look a lot better after you get the seat sorted out.
Don’t know if anyone pointed this out yet but the bully soundtrack in the background is unmistakable haha
Man it’s looking amazing. So impressed. Faith in humanity restored thanks my guy.
Looks amazing, I was one of the yellow wheel fans, but the gold turned out great! Digging the sticker bomb
Thanks man
The bike looks great!
Dope ride!!🙏
Looks sick man, colors are great, really enjoying the build series.
Hey mate greetings from oz just stumbled across your channel today and have watched 11 episodes in one go so far 😂, love the work and just about to start a k100 project myself... one words of warning for you mate and this is speaking from experience, don’t ever wear gloves on a bench grinder or sander if it grabs them your going to be in a world of hurt, keep up the good content and after subscribing I look forward to all your future videos 👍
Thanks for another great vlog, I think the wheels were a good one. Mahasive family shit at the moment ,struggling to keep positive! Enjoying your output, all the best Ed
Sorry to hear that, glad you're enjoying though
Disclaimer : I'm not gassing you here...
Everything you are doing is 100 percent win on that bike. It's costing a bunch but worth it. You'll be able to pass that on to your son and he will be the coolest kid on the block. Instant celebrity.
Thanks alot! Glad we're on the same page with this.
I knew this was gonna be a good one. Well worth the wait.
Glad to hear it, thanks for everything man!
Gotta go in at teatime!
Nice I am hoping to tackle a project with my bike in a few months
What are your plans?
Killer stance, nice looking bike. Looking forward to seeing the finished bike.
This series is the best I have seen on youtube,The bike looks awesome, you are close to finish, Congrats!
Wow! I really like it. It has the same vibe to me as a Ducati Monster. Such attention to detail!
Ducati monster huh, that's good company lol
Great work man. This build is super impressive because you are learning as you go and coming up with creative solutions to problems. Hopefully I will get to see this beast in person one day when it's finished.
i like watching the progress man, you're doing great. Love the overall look, and deffo love the airbox!
CRAZY how far this bike has come, I love what you're doing man.
Thanks alot
Lookin good my man! I am loving this build
Epic as ever
Thanks
Love that stance!
Thing looks SICK bro.. congrats so far.
It already looks sweet! When you finally get everything reinstalled, it will look that much better. Looking forward to it!
😋👍
That is lokking the Dogs dangley bits mate . Don't you just love new paint n stuff . Cool bananas mate , well done From UK
Thanks 😂
DOPE AF
Couldn't wait to watch this when I saw the notification. Well worth the wait, you've done such a great job 🙌
Glad to see you back and making progress mate. I think the sticker bomb looks good. It won't be to everyone's taste but that's the point of a custom bike. It's not for everyone, it's for you. Good work as always.
Great work. Your skills and confidence are growing every episode!
Thanks! And thanks for watching
Its looking great, man!
Yes he's back! Missed this bike! Thanks for giving something nice to watch before my day starts😁 keep up the good work
Oh my this thing is looking fine as fuck. I love the colour of the wheels! Good job man, looking forward to the end result.
Color choice looks amazing! Looks awesome keep up the great job! Merry Christmas
Thanks, merry Christmas to you as well
looks real good rn! keep it coming my guy👌👌
Thank you
Really wasnt feeling the gold rims till i seen them on the bike. Looks damn good really wasnt expecting that nice job . all that hard work is really starting to come together
looking awesome! i have to get working on my goldwing this winter