74 Honda XL 350 - The Turd
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mitchn06 said:
Stock shifter. There are some used ones available on eBay. Looks like most of the moose/aftermarket ones are for the mid 80s XL250/350
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Last load of parts coming in. Big thanks to Mr. E for spinning me up some sweet brass tach/speedo plugs and the missing link for the rear brakes.
An XL seat pan with a crappy cover and o-ring chain from eBay, and air cleaner unit from cxman.
Will be buttoning some things up this weekend for sure. Just waiting on some mandrel bends and exhaust parts and she'll be running.
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An XL seat pan with a crappy cover and o-ring chain from eBay, and air cleaner unit from cxman.
Will be buttoning some things up this weekend for sure. Just waiting on some mandrel bends and exhaust parts and she'll be running.
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cxman said:
Sweet! I'm interested in doing the VM36 swap down the road, I will be in touch for sure.
Those left covers are a pain in the ass, I went through 2 junk ones before I found a good one
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adventurco said:Last load of parts coming in. Big thanks to Mr. E for spinning me up some sweet brass tach/speedo plugs and the missing link for the rear brakes.
An XL seat pan with a crappy cover and o-ring chain from eBay, and air cleaner unit from cxman.
Will be buttoning some things up this weekend for sure. Just waiting on some mandrel bends and exhaust parts and she'll be running.
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Brass kicks ass... I once got a little box from Mr. E... I keep my private jets init
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cxman said:
Only ever flown private "jet" twice... My "private jets" are factory fuel distribution ports :-[
Tackled the header and muffler situation this weekend. Kamn spun me up a header spigot to start off with (thank you sir). Shortened up the inlet on the YZ muffler, I couldn't use the FMF it was just too beat up. Tacked everything up, reconfigured the section behind the footpeg about 10 times, and then sealed everything up.
Made a new hanger with some 3/16" rod and 1/8" steel.
Had to keep the muffler low since I'm going to be fitting boxes. May have to relocate the top support later.
The pipe behind the footpeg clears my boot with a couple inches to spare, but ill probably be moving around a bit on the pegs so I decided to throw together a mini heat shield to protect my boot just in case.
I had a piece of aluminum lying around from another project. Drilled some speed holes, shaped it, and then welded a couple of tabs with nuts welded underneath to the header. Should do the trick.
Made a new hanger with some 3/16" rod and 1/8" steel.
Had to keep the muffler low since I'm going to be fitting boxes. May have to relocate the top support later.
The pipe behind the footpeg clears my boot with a couple inches to spare, but ill probably be moving around a bit on the pegs so I decided to throw together a mini heat shield to protect my boot just in case.
I had a piece of aluminum lying around from another project. Drilled some speed holes, shaped it, and then welded a couple of tabs with nuts welded underneath to the header. Should do the trick.
trek97 said:
I thought about it. The 350 originally comes with a low header and upswept muffler, so I decided to keep the stock position for the header and mount the muffler lower. Next step is to build a luggage carrier off the back and some pannier mounts - I am going to run a 40mm ammo can on each side for panniers, and I think the high pipe would've been a pain to lash up with the boxes.
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I think I have one of your side covers, if you don't already own them.
irk said:
Thanks. I have them, they're sitting in my office waiting for me to decide what graphics to put on them. ;D
