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hole in the axle and nut and run a cotter key through
both. Or carve clearance in the plate.
WARNING
What I suggest is potentially dangerous
and could kill you in an agonizing death as great big
trucks run over you.
Believe it or not, there were variances in Yamaha’s
production line. The foot peg studs and other holes in my
plates may not line up properly. I had the plates made on
one frame and they didn’t fit my other frame. Go figger.
Just take a rat tail file and make the necessary
adjustments.
Chrome signals
I don’t like the legal stock signals-just too big and
noticeable. You can order these signal ‘markers’ and use
them instead. Of course not legal (read dangerous)
Left side license plate holder
A license plate assembly on the rear fender creates
visual junk. So I offer a left side holder which mounts the
plate vertically on the upper left shock stud. Again illegal!
Handle bars
I was able to find these bars at a very reasonable price. I
call them ‘low western’ bars. Brit bikes of the 70s came
here with nicely bent bars but they had too great a rise.
They were called Western Bars, Mine are lower and a tad
more comfortable
Storm exhaust
Get the Ascot System like on my bike from 650 Central.
5. That small 16” rear wheel issue with
Specials
I designed the Storm for all those Specials still out there.
Sure Storm fits the Standards too. A 16” rear wheel won’t
be the best look for the Storm but if you are on a budget-
don’t worry, just build. An 18” or 19” would be more
preferable. If you are starting with a Standard you have
no rear wheel problems. Here are your options to get a
taller rear wheel on a Special.
The Specials came with three types of 16” rear wheels.
1978-1980 cast with disc
1980-1981 36 spoke wheel with drum
1982-1983 48 spoke wheel with drum
1978-1980 cast with disc
I think with this wheel configuration your only have two
choices are; 1) stay with 16” or 2) buy Robert Ward’s 19”
rear wheel conversion kit-OmarsDTR.com. This kit will
allow you to bolt-on a 19” cast front wheel and use the
same rear brake system.
1980-1981 wire wheel 16” with drum-36 spokes
This configuration gives you a fightin’ chance. Get an 18”
rim and lace it to your hub.
1982-1983 48 spoke wheel with drum
Don’t know about you but I was never crazy about these
too-fancy more-than-normal spoked wheels. I think
Yamaha caught the chopper craze late in the game and
produced lousy looking wheels. Try and avoid these
Specials if you can. If you bought one these cheap
enough you could do a total Standard wheel swap out
and be fine
6. Warranty
As with all other products I make-they do not have
warranties. When I screw up-I make the customer whole.
Period!
7. Contact me
Phil Little
952-935-8833 work
952-607-6063 cell
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