Since I has a few days where I didn't have to think too hard the next morning, I figured that I would get some late night work done on the bikes. Finally get around to jobs I've been putting off.

Sorry for the bad camera phone pics, but it's what I have handy most of the time.

The mock up bike needs a front end so that I can get to the other bikes...



The stem on the rgv250 tripples are too short to work, so I tried a set from the Arpilia rs250 and they fit!
The mix match of bearings even seem to work.
The top tripple works great with the rgv forks, however the bottom tripples don't fit at all!
There is a gap between the forks and the tripples. So here's what I did.
Warning: backyard bodgery at it's best!

The raw tube


Cutting it down to size


My lathe chuck is too small to hold the tube on the outside, so the tube is held from the inside.
Needed to make this little tool with a bearing to make the tube run true.
Seems I spend more time trying to make stuff to adapt stuff.


Turning the outer diameter




Boring the inner diameter


Putting in a relief so that the sleeve will pinch the forks.
Should have done this with a slitting saw, but it's pretty late.


Ta da! Sitting in the bottom tripples




And here they are with the forks mounted :


With the rg500 front wheel


Looks beefier than the original rg250 forks, but still true to the gp250 look I'm hoping for.



Finnish can be alot better, but it's a start.