My new XS750... 3-1 Yosh header and slip-on.

[xulf13]

I love those tanks, Have one on my 650. Are you going to trim that seat up a bit Louie? It looks kind off lumpy. Maybe with the new tank it won't look so lumpy and big. I had a feeling you would modify the bike sooner or later.

[Swapmeet Louie]

Man... It took me about 6 hrs to hand sew that thing. It's not all that lumpy , but it is huge! I'm not completely stoked on it to be honest. But it had a 6" rip in the stock seat. that was kill'n me. I'll probably buy something already sewn up. I'd like a manx style seat but we'll see...

[IndieSol]

Lookin' good man.

[treitz]

Man... It took me about 6 hrs to hand sew that thing. It's not all that lumpy , but it is huge! I'm not completely stoked on it to be honest. But it had a 6" rip in the stock seat. that was kill'n me. I'll probably buy something already sewn up. I'd like a manx style seat but we'll see...

The seat looks good.

It is huge... but it may also look better once you get that other tank one. Looks like it might flow better.

[Ringo]

Wait, you sewed that by hand?  I was just about to compliment your sewing machine skills.  But if you did it by hand...well that's just plain bad ass, man.

[Swapmeet Louie]

Here are some pics in the daylight.

Opinions are welcome. Though it'll be on there for a while now. As I dont feel like sewing for a full day again any time soon. My finger tips are still sore, ha ha...

[Dirty Dan]

How about some constructive criticism?

It does look good for sure, but I think it'd look even better with some ribs or checker/diamond cross stitching.

If smooth and sleek is the look you're going for, ignore me, you nailed it!

[Swapmeet Louie]

How about some constructive criticism?

It does look good for sure, but I think it'd look even better with some ribs or checker/diamond cross stitching.

Thanks, I would love to do something to that effect. But I am sewing by hand with a hook needle. Those would take me weeks.

[Swapmeet Louie]

Wait, you sewed that by hand?  I was just about to compliment your sewing machine skills.  But if you did it by hand...well that's just plain bad ass, man.

Thanks Ringo! It was torture.. This is the second one I've done. And I'm not sure  I plan on doing a 3rd, ha ha.

[teazer]

Looks good Louie. I haven't sewn a seat cover since my first cafe race bike back in about 1967.  That's a mammoth amount of work.

[Swapmeet Louie]

Looks good Louie. I haven't sewn a seat cover since my first cafe race bike back in about 1967.  That's a mammoth amount of work.

Thanks man. Love your gt750 build.

As far as the seat goes, I'm super happy with the quality of it. Just not real sure on the proportions yet. So I figured I'd start getting the other tank stripped and ready to run.

 

[Swapmeet Louie]

So I stripped the standard model tank. Then I got kinda bored. These were the results, haha










Edit: it's not staying. Just thought I would share my boredom.

[Shacknasty]

That HAZ art is amazing. I haven't ever seen that before and think it would look incredibly cool on a rough-style chop. Thinking outside the box, dude!

You've done a great job with the transformation of a UJM into a cool little racer.

[troybilt]

Louie you are a mad man haha. I saw the post somewhere when you picked this thing up but I had no idea you had started on it already. I was wondering what seat you were talking about
The seat looks fantastic man. Hand stitching takes forever so props to you man. The tank is wild. I really like what you did to it. Now I need to go back and catch up. I'm interested to see what your plans are.

[Swapmeet Louie]

So in spite of previously saying I didnt think I needed to re-jet. I was wrong.... I did some research this morning on the net, compared that info to what I was running and made an educated guess. It had a 130 main. And I went to a 152.50. Now it pulls HARD to 10k+

So the recipe for a stock xs750 w/ pods is:

152.50 main
1 up on the needle
42.50 slow jet
1 3/4 turns out on pilot