Rob,
I love the look of your bike also. I have a second LS (84) that was going to be a parts bike for this one and I didn't have to 'borrow' enough for the first one. I still have big fenders and think I am going to return that one to its original state and hang a sidecar on it. The 'cafe' project has been fun and I am sure I will never really be finished. I do have a set of 250 Ninja mufflers that fit the head pipes perfectly and the mounting brackets are even in the right place, just a couple of well placed holes on the muffler tab. Hmmm?
Chris, the handlebars are 7/8 drag bars that took a lot of grinding, filing and smoothing to get the controls to fit over. They fit but I had to mount them slightly to the right so the master cylinder would fit and use a set of handlebar risers. They are not perfectly centered but about 1/2 inch longer on the right. The mirrors are Napolean bar end mirrors, common on older airheads and popular with the cafe crowd. The turn signals are Lockhart aftermarket units bought at a local bike shop. They are the smallest, real bulb signals I could find. I didn't want to go to led lights and the associated electrical modifications to have them flash properly. The fairing was is a Piranha fairing from the 70's that was bought off eBay as new old stock and has been in my garage for about 7 years looking for the right home. It is close to the BMW S fairing in shape just smaller and lower. Believe it or not the instruments are trimmed with a piece of black polypropylene from an old 3 ring binder. The kind that are made of plastic like a milk jug, just thicker. Its held on by the ignition trim ring and velcro on the sides of the instruments.
The rearsets are R65 Raask rearsets and the problem I am having is the handlebars. I am not sure they will be staying on it as I don't like the fact that they are not centered. Doesn't affect handling but I know they are not centered and it bugs me. Changing the bars changes my riding position.
