Moin Leute,

Weil ich sicher bin das nicht nur Hollandische und Deutsche leute, aber bestimmt jede person der Welt interessiert is in mein Motorrad, schreib ich dieses mal in English. ( )

This topic will be the ;'Diary topic' of my bike. As I was constantly writing in the "general non tr1" discussion board, over here seemed a more suitable place. By the way: I'm a 24year old mechanical engineer, currently enrolled in a second study in Industrial engineering from the Netherlands. Ive bought this bike in Januari 2011. Previous bikes were a '73 honda cb350 four and a '77 kawasaki kz400 twin.

ill write the story chronologically, so lets start with purchasing the bike, I saw the following pictures on marktplaats (the Dutch most populair online vendor place) and thought the 850 euro pricetag was verry good. I had been watching this website for a couple of years now with irregular intervals for a good TR1.


The bike was at the dutch west coast, so at the otherside of the country for me. Fortunatly the Netherlands are less than 200km wide so after a visit I returned the day after to pick it up. As the wind was strong and the bike unreliable I decided to put my old Benz to good use:



Although the Benz is Slower, less fuel efficient, more uncomfortable and oh.. did I mentioned slower? It turned out to be a sensible thing, as the first ride I made a few days later returned in a busride back: the sparkplugs were fully gone. Replaced them and the bike was good to go again.

The ride was fine but the noise way to excessive, especially as I live in the innercity. Cause:




jay!, a big hole in the rear exhaust pipe. As these b*tches are rare, I decided to repair it. My plans are growing to make the bike into a cafe racer so already making a new one now wasn't a sensible thing. The result:






Then the exhaust was less loud. This ment I could hear all weird noises coming from the engine. I readjusted the valve clearances but there kept on being this weird nocking sound, just like when the clearance is too big. With the use of this AWESOME forum I found out the cause: the left petcock was broken and caused a nocking sound.

The handle bars were still like this:


and as I really like the TR1 for its tour / sport looks rather than the XV chopper look, I didn't wanted a high handle bar on it, so changed it into this one:


but as the pullback was too big, and the width too narrow, it drove quite shitty. I had a old cross handle bar laying aroud that had the perfect shape&size, but was black with a reiforcement bar in between. I cutted this bar away, sprayed the handle bar in a nice shiny aluminium colour and mounted it on the bike:



Ofcourse chrome would have been nicer, but on the 80's look, the alu colour isn't too bad at all: the swingarm is about the same colour actually and so are the non original tank decals. Now the bike was in good shape and the wether fine, I decided to take it for a long run up to my Parents place in the South of the country. Fortunately I charged my battery right before departure, as it turned out that the battery wasn't charged at all during this run. Result: every time I used the brake light + indicator light, the Ignition didn't get enough power anymore and the engine stalled. As the battery was almost empty, starting was no option. After push starting it three times during the last 10km, I finally made it to my parents place, with no power in the battery left at all.

After some consulting here, I found the cause:

a hidden, forgotten, abandonned connector underneath the engine. Replaced it and the bike was charging perfectly again. In an adition I also cleaned the carbon out of the starter motor and cleaned the brushes. Also I replaced the oil + filter as there was no information available from the previous owner when this was done the last time.

Then it was time to create a bit more funky sound, and to replace the slashcut mufflers with more classic chrome models:

It has been a while, but there is some news to tell.
Let me start at the beginning:

I've built a system to easily load my bike in my car. First in CAD:


Then I built it for real:


Last week I finished it, but I still have to make a picture of it all.


Also I've bought a second bike for spare parts:


and after rebuilding the carbs:


Ive got it running!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CcCsiCufg&feature=youtu.be


Now I knew the engine was good, so I could break the bike down to store the parts:



By the way, these parts I do not need, in case somebody is interested:
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With the parts on the shelves I could finally start my wired-wheels project. Already some time ago I bought this wheel:


It is from a suzuki gt750. It has a large drum brake, a detatchable gear carrier, same axle size, and with the gt750's 67Bhp & 75NM, it is designed for almost the same power as a tr1: 69Bhp & 81NM. But since I don't like cleaning the chain every hour of my life, I want to keep the original chain cover. I know it has been done before with a RD500 wheel, but as I could not find one and this wheel was well priced, I decided to re-invent the wheel...:



As you can see there is quite some difference. Therefore I made the following drawings, the red part is a section view of the tr1 chainwheel carrier:



Which I replaced here with the gt750 chainwheel carier:


As you can see there are some issues with the chainwheel: It needs about 3mm offset (but that is easy solved) and the pitch circle is different. So I need to visit some swopmeets/ scrapyards to measure and find a fitting chainwheel.

The other modification that is required is creating a flange around the carrier that fits in the O-ring and closes the chainbox. However since this has no stuctural function is can be made cheaply out of POM. Deafinatly a lot of work to be done, however as you can see it is fairly possible to make a GT750 wheel fit.

Hi Guys,

it has been too long since the last update.
However, it have not been silent over here!:

I've altered the chopper kind of slashcuts:

into reverse cones (see picture below)


Also Ive cut a XS1100 tank (Left) to fit over a tr1 tank (right is an original):


And welded a more classic filler cap into it:


After a final fit:


I painted it and gave it a chrome vinyl wrapping:



Then, on the spoke wheel matter of above: it was still in concept, now it needed to be finalized.
So I created classic perforated discs, instead of slotted discs:


Then I had the wheel refurbished with stainless steel spokes.
Also bought a rotten Giuliari seat:


And refurbished the seat pan:


Also I started working on a new subframe for the new seat that is more in line with the custom tank:

It can house a real size 1000cc AGM accu, instead of cheating with a LiFePo kind of mini thingy. Yes, that was a hard job to fit.


Current status of the bike with all the new stuff onto it:


Next in line: fitting the rear spoke wheel.
I work with a gt750 wheel since it has the right axle size.
for making it work with the enclosed chain cover I turned a adapter:


That fits over the chainwheel fixture of the GT wheel, and forms a labyrinth closing and running surface for the rubber seal:


Here you see how it comes to use:


And the total wheel:


Next step is mounting it into the bike. I have a 530 chain setup prepared for that.

And since its an old bike, I did not only needed to spend time on modifying it, it also had to be repaired the last year:

Hallo briskos,
You have done a great Job, it looks very good! The rear spoke wheel with the original chain case is a great idea.

Hi guys,

I did a lot more on my bike. Made spacers to fit a 530 chainwheel to match the GT750 rear hub:




fits like a dream:


Rear swingarm I wanted to paint black. Noticed however the metal around the brake fixture was rotten. No hard repair if your handy with a MIG welder, however please check your own bike, since you don't want this baby to come off!:


Turned stainless spacers for front and rear wheel:


Then built it alltogether. Have 250km testuns made, and no leakage. It was a huge job to make it al fit and work, but the look of the wired wheels was worth the effort:











Bought a rotten guiliari a while back and restored the seat pan:


Painted it:


And put new foam on it:



all mounted on a new subframe I'm making to match the straight tank: