Recent content by fireworks

I'm looking around at a few bikes that are non runners to bring back to life as a daily driver. I don't have any previous experience with rebuilding either. I can tell you what I would do if that was my bike. First as already stated educate yourself on motorcycle construction and that bike in...

Okay so I have a bit more about the XS750. Mileage is 17466, it hasn't been out of storage since the early nineties, and has a bit of surface rust here and there. Minimal though. No real damage, the front tire is flat, but it comes with a new one. Any comments?

No kidding! That's pretty good. Is there any other sites equivalent to that for the other bikes?

Very very good point. I hadn't thought of that.

Good point. I did a little digging on the XS650. Seems like it rivals the CB's for sheer number produced! I'll have to add the XS650 to the list. It definitely fits the bill. Tons of parts available and they don't seem to problematic.

Do you know if the XS650 and XS750 share a lot of parts? I think the XS650 was a twin whereas the XS750 is a triple.

I have a lead on a 1978 XS750 stored for 10 years, apparently has compression; no idea how that was determined. It's well within budget but I haven't seen it yet. I love the sound of triples so I'm very interested in this one. However I'm reluctant to get a bike that has been parked for 10...

My goal isn't so much to get peoples opinions about whether or not they think their bike is better than any other, but rather if they could speak about their experiences with respect to any issues they have had. Issues being things like, it eats light bulbs, frame flexs, etc, and also where or...

The CB's were top of my list really. I really like the XS750 triple though and there is one where I live. Love that sound. So if CB's are the baseline for parts how do the other bikes rank? 50% worse? Just searching I noticed that there were a number of people looking for parts for the...

Yeah I noticed a lot of CB's but the prices are kinda high and vary a lot. I found this one but I think the pictures say it all. ::) http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-motorcycles-1972-honda-cb750-W0QQAdIdZ122142076 I don't mind cleaning something up and doing the normal stuff like...

22 kms one way . About 1/2 hr one way. Not a lot of stop and go. Nice ride along the river at about 80 kph most of the way.

Hey folks, I'm looking to pick up an old Jap bike. They are cheapish and IMHO have better character than the new stuff. So far I've looked at CB750/900, XS650/750/850. I've heard nasty things about the GS's electrics so I'm not to sure about them. Don't know anything about Kawasaki's of that...