motodevos' Z50J1 build

[motodevo]

seeing monkeygarage may be gone forever, i'll put up a build thread on my j1. Bought a rough yellow j1 a while back to do a mild custom with.

missus bought me a lifan 125 for chrissy so i set about playing with the intake manifold, so i could fit the carb under the tank as i am not a fan of the carb sticking out the side of the tank, i wanted a stock(ish) look

I had to relocate the fuel tap as it would have fouled on the carb, a 16mm hole saw using the fuel outlet as the guide for the pilot hole meant i was able to remove it cleanly and reuse it in the new location about 2 inches forward

In keeping with the stock look, i chopped up the stock pipe, pulled out the baffle and did some general opening up, then i welded a chrome chinga header pipe and used the offcut for the outlet

and then with a bit of careful bashing with a hammer, made the stock heatshield fit it. Also welded on some headlight ears cut off from a stuffed pair of hardtail forks i had.

Decided to paint it Toxic Green from the Ford BA range, heres the tank and sidecover

More to come..........

 

[rach88]

Well you'v just educated me... i just commented in another thread how cool the yellow looks but it seems these are always yellow ha ha

They look awesome but

 

[motodevo]

Yellow was probably the most common colour for j1's, then white, then paw paw green(baby shat green)

 

[Georgalis]

Sweet color , keen to see it finished

 

[motodevo]

i'll add some more complete pics in the morning/arvo, whenever i decide to get up