Yamahaugland Cafe Racer

 I thought I would play around with the colour scheme and came up with this one to match my spitfire. I think it looks good but then again I am colour blind so it might look awful to normal sighted people. A bit reminiscent of Ducati yellow (maybe).  

    I was originally going to make the seat by first making a foam version then using that to make one in fibreglass, however I discovered that the cost of the fibreglass was more than buying a seat. Then I found this one on Finn and I decided that it is not only much better than anything I could make but cheaper too. I me took some measurement of the frame and drew it to scale using GeoGebra. I then imported it to Algodoo where I compared the frame to the drawing of the seat. The red lines are the existing frame and the blue ones where it should be to accept the seat. I think that all I need to do is cut and bend. I also superimposed the seat onto the bike frame. I think the dimensions are pretty perfect. The only tricky opasrt will be to weld some new support struts sine I will have to cut away the strut that goes from the body of the frame to the end of the seat.

For various reasons I haven't been able to work on the bike but have been buying some parts online. First from the Chinese Amazon AliExpress: carburetor service kit and rubber connectors   speedo and rev counter Rubber hand grips Clip ons From Finn.no the Norwegian eBay: headlight Seat  and the manual

 Yes, it starts. I assumed that because the battery was strong enough to turn the engine then it would be strong enough to produce a spark. WRONG. I used jump leads to connect to the battery on my spitfire and after a few minutes and remembering to apply choke it started. The kill switch didn't work to stop the engine and for some reason I didn't think of simply switching of the ignition with the key which resulted in a bit of a panic trying to stop the engine but I disconnected the fuel pipe and it stopped after a minute or two. So now I have verified that it runs I can get on with the strip down. In the end all the troubleshooting was unnecessary, however, f I hadn't thought there was a problem I wouldn't have learnt so much about how the ignition system works.

 I wanted something to get my teeth stuck into and I have bitten.  The past couple of days I have been in the garage well before 0600 and I spend most of my computer time watching instructional videos. Two days ago I was struggling to remove the fairing and posted a question asking for help on a Facebook forum. I got some very helpful replies but I also got this. Not exactly helpful. I guess some people just don't like changes to the original.  I knew that the bike wouldn't start when I bought it, that's why it was so cheap. I think it might be a good idea to try and get it running before stripping it down completely. I started by checking for a spark and there wasn't one. The solenoid is working as is the starter motor and the battery is charged. Maybe it's the coils, Google search and I borrow a multimeter from my old physics lab. I assume that the Earth is the central iron core and test the resistance of the primary and secondary coil. The secondary coils seem to...