Though it is reliable and economical, Hear I have one of the ugliest and slowest bikes of the nineties. I picked it up on Cl for 500 bucks back in October. The engine ran good but the bike needed a lot of attention. To get it steetable again i replace both sprockets, chain, rear tire, oil, spark plugs, front brake shoes, removed a few unnessicary accessories, and bent a few things (pegs, forks, ect ) back in to place.
Then the fun begins.(I should mention this is my first motorcycle so i am feeling a lot out).
I swapped the front 14t sprocket with a new 13t.
I drilled the exhaust baffles and eventually chopped off the heavy ass mufflers off completely.
I port matched the intake manifold.
I removed the air box for a pod filter, and eventually replaced that with a velocity stack that i machined my self.
I rejetted the Carb and drilled the slide vacuum control hole.
I purchased an 85 rebel parts bike (for 100 bucks).
I chopped up the rebel bars to make clubman bars.
It's still not pretty but It's getting there.
The future holds much for this bike.
I plan on things like a new seat pan arangement, rearsets, custom/tunable exhaust, flat slide carburetor, and swapping out the front end from my rebel for the disk brake and larger forks.
Then the fun begins.(I should mention this is my first motorcycle so i am feeling a lot out).
I swapped the front 14t sprocket with a new 13t.
I drilled the exhaust baffles and eventually chopped off the heavy ass mufflers off completely.
I port matched the intake manifold.
I removed the air box for a pod filter, and eventually replaced that with a velocity stack that i machined my self.
I rejetted the Carb and drilled the slide vacuum control hole.
I purchased an 85 rebel parts bike (for 100 bucks).
I chopped up the rebel bars to make clubman bars.
It's still not pretty but It's getting there.
The future holds much for this bike.
I plan on things like a new seat pan arangement, rearsets, custom/tunable exhaust, flat slide carburetor, and swapping out the front end from my rebel for the disk brake and larger forks.