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Stumbled across your XT rebuild today. Looking great. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Also the shock and forks are a little shorter than the originals that came with the XL. So the bike has a lower street stance now. Even with the smaller wheels the side stand was unmodified. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Shocks and forks direct swap. Shocks were a little tight squeeze at the top but fitted without modification. Forks are 31 mm same as original. For the forks we swapped the Triple tree over as it give us steering lock and instruments etc. forks fitted original clamps without mod. The bike...

Thank You Tune-A-Fish for the nomination. :D I am really surprised with the interest in my bike My build was a bit different to most I have read about on Do The Ton. At the start of the school year each student is required to do a Personal Project. I chose to build a customised retro daily...

First weekend that it has not rained to take some photos since I have finished the build now all registered and ridin' Happy Days in the lead up to spring ;D ;D ;D I couple of small tweaks and adjustments but mostly done....

I just had a new headed pipe fitted by local company Redline exhausts, Thanks Terry for the great job. The muffler I purchased online thanks to Aliexpress ~A$80 delivered most of this price was freight I am not sure its a genuine Akropovic but it looks good and the quality appears ok. I do not...

Thanks for the positive comments. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Here are some better day time photos with the bike assembled Things to finish The header pipe and new akpropovic muffler to be installed next week waiting for the new lithium battery Stainless counter sink hex bolts for the tail light assembly Honda XL175 tank decals then off to get inspected...

Re Assembly Process Now with all the part back, powder coasted , manufactured delivered etc... I started the re assembly What i discovered during re assembly The wiring loom form the cb125e had lots of additional length and had to be tucked into the air cleaner box The pod filter was longer...

Frame swing arm and engine mounts back from powder coating Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Deviant, thanks for suggestion and I do appreciate your feedback. It nice when people offer alternative think to my own. Its was a little more than just 12v upgrade. Good parts for the XL175 in Australia are getting hard to find. The XL175 had 1 leg in the recycle bin thanks to years for farm...

Reupholstered seat came back today. I wanted a usable seat with more modern lines using existing seat pan. The original foam was cut down and shaped to more modern styling but still keeping enough foam to make it an enjoyable ride. I was really happy with the orange piping helping to highlight...

After the tank was painted I put the 3 stage KBS fuel tank repair kit through it Aqua clean to remove the 40 years fuel residue and vanish build up Rust blast to remove the rust flakes and pitting this alsp has zinc to eliminate flash rust occurring until it is sealed Tank sealer to seal it all...

Bring it back to Life In an endeavor to bring it back to life the way I wanted it, some cosmetic work was required The fuel tank was originally blue dented and rusty need to be straightened, sand blasted to remove external rust, printed, black layed before the mars orange and clear coats added...

While all of this was happening I was scouring the globe for some original side covers. After discovering they no longer exisist and if they do they are brittle after 40 year of exposure to UV rays, I decided to go with aftermarket fiberglass copies from Thailand. Parting with A$200 and waiting...