Excelsior V Twin build

Hi...Another small job was to fit up the gear shifter....this was originally on a foot peg like a modern Harley...with a shift lever a connecting rod 10" long with ball joints on each end and a small lever on the gearbox shaft of the Virago XV250....have just used the shift lever and the small clamp lever...welded them together and it works like a treat...the right length for my foot to be on the crank pedal and my toes under or over the shifter.....DD
 

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Hey ... truckd......Heres Larry Barns riding the Excelsior....dont know if he has sticky gloves or Velcro strips on the seat!!!!!!...DD
 

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Sticky Gloves, no pun you can get them at the local motorcycle shop, they have rubber treads on the palm and fingers very advisable!
 
I was the last to post on your thread so I'll be the first to say Happy New year!(your probably a couple of hours ahead of us) and I'll probably be the last to post for the rest of this year.(LOL!)
 
Hi Short Youtube video of the throttle and magneto mechanism....Need to get someone to help me with the next one so I can show how it works when the forks are moved for steering...just a few things to do with the electrics and then start engine.....it will be ready to strip down for paint color and pin striping.....
You tube 8fxdc8Ad-EE
 

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If I move over there can I be your friend? That is just way way to coooool! just one thing DD, put a rear fender on it, the bike is big! (which is a good thing!) and there is alot of realistate to cover, a rear fender would take up some of that un filled space.
It is a masterpiece though.
 
Hi...Shot some hi fill putty over the tanks today...give them a day or so to completly dry out..just have to potter along now with small finish off jobs....installed the multi core cable into the seat tube and fitted the 6 pin plugs...get a photo of this later.....If you have a look at the youtube video you will see another upload which is a walk around the bike...DD
 

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Your video link doesn't work, what was the actual title for your video so I can search for it.

Absolutely love the bike by the way, hopefully one day I'll get to see this in the flesh. Outstanding job.

P.S are you guys anywhere near this heat wave? I'm glad it's not just us Queenslanders that experience uncomfortably stinking hot weather. Lol
 
Starting to get there DD, NICE!
Gee's!! we got 28 degrees as of 9:53 pm and chance of snow in the next few days in So Cal
 
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28 degrees Fahrenheit?????? Pfffft

This week Southern Australia could possibly reach 50 degrees celcius (122 degrees Fahrenheit for you Yanks)
 
28 degrees COLD!! 28 degrees frost on the windows, we get that kind of heat all the time here in the dessert durring the summer
 
Hi Harry....We had 41 deg cel here yesterday....I think thats 108 F....dam hot.....for the link type this in on Google as typed....youtube Board Track Racer look alike...and it should show both videos...great to hear from you Happy New Year......DD
 
Hey DD I can't get to #2 either,but don't trip you'll get it figured out I'm sure. you've got a bike to build so consentrate on that first.
 
Hi truckd....if you copy this.....youtube Board Track Racer look alike ....to Google as written they will come up......DD
 
DD, linky didn’t work for me either-

But I've looked them up and copied them here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxdc8Ad-EE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZoCpwPQ5nI

Thanks!

I can’t wait to see the one where it’s roaring to life!!!

truckd- 28F isn’t cold, around here that’s where I make the switch from sweater to coat...

(attached image from January 2009) “-)

Harry- Yikes, 50C/122F is hot by anyone’s standard!

A friend recently sent this to me, Warning: It contains words that wouldn’t pass the filter here, so it’s just a link:

http://www.fromthehomefront.net/the-short-diary-of-an-englishman-in-australia-hysterical/

It lead me to looking up a Celsius to Fahrenheit converter page, Ha! “-)

-Kirk
 

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DD, linky didn’t work for me either-

But I've looked them up and copied them here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxdc8Ad-EE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZoCpwPQ5nI

Thanks!

I can’t wait to see the one where it’s roaring to life!!!

truckd- 28F isn’t cold, around here that’s where I make the switch from sweater to coat...

(attached image from January 2009) “-)

Harry- Yikes, 50C/122F is hot by anyone’s standard!

A friend recently sent this to me, Warning: It contains words that wouldn’t pass the filter here, so it’s just a link:

http://www.fromthehomefront.net/the-short-diary-of-an-englishman-in-australia-hysterical/

It lead me to looking up a Celsius to Fahrenheit converter page, Ha! “-)

-Kirk
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Yep good old days I can remember going to work one sunday morning it was -52 F with -105 F wind chill. Got a ride frome my neighbor the chev had a week cell in the battery,started at noon when it wormed up to about-30 F ......Curt
 
We hear Aussies complaining about Whinging Poms, but nobody ever mentions the whinging Aussies we get over here. Perhaps there's a breed of human that's always travelling, looking for a non existent paradise, regardless of nationality.

Cold? Never reached the sub arctic levels here, but I've ridden a motorcycle in minus 20C. Hot, I've worked on vacuum forming machinery, climbed inside to work on forming tools while they were at operating temperature, 100+C, going somewhere like Tassie wouldn't be a shock to my system, but equally, I wouldn't go there out of choice either.
 
Hi Kirk...Thanks for posting the links....hope you enjoyed them.....Im new to video..my son just gave me a lend of his cam corder and said ....you'll work it out....puts another perspective on the build for those who are following.....
The Fahrenheit and Celsius thing can be a bit daunting at times...DD
 
Hi Ludwig II ... These days we dont use " W.P. " as its classed as raciest here...some of my best friends come from England mostly retired now....very skilled in metal trades ..there are whingers in all races....Tassie has its fair share of bush fires every year......DD
 
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