This will be my 3rd bike owned, but the first that I plan on modifying in any way. It's nothing impressive but I wanted to keep a build log somewhere, so I figured this is good.
I got this bike in a trade, I traded my broken ATV for this guy's broken, no-title motorcycle. I got it titled via the Vermont method. The bike is real roughed up, it would take a small fortune to restore it, so I figured a fun project would be nice.
The pic is from the ad, it doesn't look any different yet. So far I've cleaned out the gas tank, cleaned the carbs, got a new ignition (it didn't come with keys), and ripped the boots out of the airbox out of frustration. They're pretty much rubber velocity stacks, which are currently covered in pieces of panty hose and clamped to the carbs. The air box was extremely difficult to get onto the carbs. Just to get one boot on (after I took them all out) I laid the carbs down, sprayed silicone lube in the boot, removed the clamp, and had to use my body weight to force the boot down on the carb. Getting all 4 on at once was damn near impossible.
Here's a video from the first time I got it running on all cylinders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCahotXRfI
(apologies for vertical video)
Plans/to-do list: new battery, new tires, tune carb, mx bars, trim seat pan/foam to brat style, recover seat, replace tail light and signals (maybe head light?) with much smaller units, ditch the gauges, wrap pipes, minimize front fender, not sure about rear fender, strip paint off tank (patch rust holes) and rattle can with clear coat.
I got this bike in a trade, I traded my broken ATV for this guy's broken, no-title motorcycle. I got it titled via the Vermont method. The bike is real roughed up, it would take a small fortune to restore it, so I figured a fun project would be nice.
The pic is from the ad, it doesn't look any different yet. So far I've cleaned out the gas tank, cleaned the carbs, got a new ignition (it didn't come with keys), and ripped the boots out of the airbox out of frustration. They're pretty much rubber velocity stacks, which are currently covered in pieces of panty hose and clamped to the carbs. The air box was extremely difficult to get onto the carbs. Just to get one boot on (after I took them all out) I laid the carbs down, sprayed silicone lube in the boot, removed the clamp, and had to use my body weight to force the boot down on the carb. Getting all 4 on at once was damn near impossible.
Here's a video from the first time I got it running on all cylinders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQCahotXRfI
(apologies for vertical video)
Plans/to-do list: new battery, new tires, tune carb, mx bars, trim seat pan/foam to brat style, recover seat, replace tail light and signals (maybe head light?) with much smaller units, ditch the gauges, wrap pipes, minimize front fender, not sure about rear fender, strip paint off tank (patch rust holes) and rattle can with clear coat.