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Id say titanium aswell, it was more common than ss as a bike building material. A spark test could prove it but i doubt youd be wanting to do that to a nice frame

Picked this up at the local tip shop. Im told its a beestons boiler from the 1920's. I couldnt pass it up at $5. I plan adding the steel casters and turning it into an outside fireplace/pit but if anyone else has any ideas feel free to come at me.

Truss rod forks would suit the look better! Ive never been a huge fan of the later welded forks, theyre too rounded at the top. I always prefered something older with a sharper fork crown

Not kawasaki specific and a bit of wank on it but heres a hamdy link for setting a cafe racer up in regards to sizing and geometry etc. http://www.bikeexif.com/build-cafe-racer

Im in the opposite position to you, i know bmx's but nothin about road bikes and the likes, i scored a $500 bmx off the side of the road but left a peugot road bike with campag gear all over it as i had no idea at the time. A few pointers id say when lookin for quality is -chainguards and...

Forks look to be early tange tx500's, those redline brute stem's fetch big dollars here in oz. same goes for those pedals.

Neat frame, great lines! Finish in the welds and joins look top notch aswell!

Yup, koizumi made frames who from memory also alot of the japanese made diamondbacks, actually a fairly sought-after frame in the old school bmx community

Ok so this was possibly the best info out of all replies in this thread! "Read the sidewall" so i did, turns out the tyres are 26" after all and not the 28" as stated on the brand new tags! This colda gone well pear-shaped lol! Cheers for all the input folks

And just incase my options arnt open enough yet how about fittin em to a 26" rim

Sweet, cheers. Should be able to rustle somethin up a bit easier now.

Haha yeah, anything bike related usually is! My local junk yard has a regular supply of mtb and road bikes so if i can get a hold of some 2nd hand rims the price will be kept down there! Im a welder/fabricator by trade with access to pretty much any machinery you could ever need so il be...

well after a long stint away from this forum due to moving into my new house ive come crawling back! Unfortunately in the moving process all my bike parts id stockpiled including a 20" to 24" torker bmx conversion frame i had in the works ended up goin to bicycle heaven which was also part of...

Lovin the size camparison Luke, that thing is a beast! Cheers Sammy!

Cheers guys, and yeah if there is a bit of flex in the frame i will most likely add the bracing back in at a more appropriate spot!

Still havnt got some 24"s yet, but if my measurements are correct the rear wheel sould fit with no issues, although i did have to remove the bracing from the topside of the rear triangle, again i dont believe this will be an issue! I'll repost the pre-chopped photo to give some comparison on...

I'm tryin to do it on the cheap, building a house is pretty much sucking all my funds at the moment, i frequent local tip shops so am just waiting for an old 24" to come up, even if i dont use the rims it will at least gimme a platform to work off.

Haha yup it sure would, i'll proly need to get one soon tho! Not much progress today as time was severely lacking so only managed to extend the headtube!

I havnt got a 24" on hand to measure it up properly but i dare say probably not, im still thinkin of doin some form of dropout extension as i really wanna get a low profile to the bike! But we will see!

Also word of advice, when trying a new process practice on something unimportant first lol which is pretty obvious to most! I did all the current welding on the frame using mig silicon bronze as i only had pure argon which is no good for standad mig mild steel, it looks semi ok but it required...