Recent content by nerdsports

Bringing this back up because I moved to Tampa in December and havent seen much of a vintage bike community here. Went to Quaker Steak and it was sad. Typical old dudes in leather and Harleys.

Uhhh yea. sorry. I wasn't motivated enough to do a full build thread on this project for some reason. Here are some pics i took throughout. Ugly! Honda tank mocked up Used a Harley 18" mag to set the rear wheel height and used a ratchet strap to compress the forks to match the stance I...

Just completed it and figured I would share it with you guys. Thanks for looking!

Finally rode the bike last night. Well, I rode it a few days ago but it wouldn't rev passed 3.5K. I went through the carbs a handful of times, through the coils, replaced the coil pickup & advancer. It ended up being the main jets were way too small. Rode well but still has some pops and...

I appreciate the feedback. I'm still waiting to get longer shocks in so there will be more clearance. In addition, the shocks will be set to their stiffest setting to minimize the possibility of the tire bottoming out on the tail light. I'll ride down the bumpiest streets and on ruts to see how...

Got the seat back from upholstery. Threw the header tubes on and fitted the mufflers to make sure they were angled correctly. The right muffler has to go another .25 to .5" to the right.

Finally put the engine in the frame. Then made it a roller. Now it's time to polish the side covers and get the valve cover wrinkle coated. There is still a lot left to do!

I used an angle grinder with a flap disc first then used my belt sander to even it up.

Aesthetically not my style but the engine makes me giddy. Good luck getting the jetting figured out.

Thank you for saving it. lol

I am normally against painting an engine "aluminum" because it never looks as good as actual aluminum. In this case, I'd have to put A LOT of time into cleaning them enough to be presentable so I went with a 'cast aluminum' engine paint. * The side covers will be polished and bolts replaced...

Looking forward to this. Have you bought the bike yet? How soon until you start ripping into it? I bought one close to 10 months ago and decided it'd be an on/off road machine. Best of luck!!

Progress has been uninteresting. I'm degreasing, cleaning, polishing, painting, etc. Had to share this. Found this under the dust boot on the forks. Forks came off my brothers GS550 that he purchased from a vintage dealer in West Palm Beach. Theyre being rebuilt. Got the tank back from Magic...

Love the seat pan/box. Excited to see how this turns out.

Do it!!