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Assessment of the this bike: The frame, tires, and wiring are toast. Swing arm, rear drive line and wheel, forks, front and rear brakes are salvageable. The motor requires a heli-coil kit to replace one of the oil filter cap bolts. Compression is unknown, the rest of the motor (stator and...

Teardown Before doing this, I ordered a shop manual from Yamaha, plus a generic Haynes repair manual so that I had access to specs, diagrams, and instructions to rebuild everything. I added the links into the bottom of the Reference section for easy access. Looking at the two bikes...

Bob’s Yard Art Parts Bin - 1983 XV750 I'll most more pics as I walk through the teardown process. See anything truly disturbing in the Disasterpeice photo? A perfect example of a risky purchase. (hint: note the tow ball hitch under the lower triple clamp). To be continued...

The hunt for the donor bike – To many, this is the most exciting part of the process. It involves dozens of hours of internet surfing. Interaction with some of America’s most and least colorful personalities. And the risk that your find will be a complete dud. I am one of those that...

Part 1 - Inspiration & Research First, if you not new to building bikes, I recommend scanning through the research section for possible new vendors or resources, then skipping to Part 2. If you are new or looking for information, below is a set of references that were invaluable to me...

Greetings, Though not new to twisting wrenches in the garage or riding metric motorcycles, this is my fist build project. After countless hours of researching professional and amateur builds, I narrowed this project down to three choices of bikes for this build. Either a Moto Guzzi...