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I don't think I can possibly give you enough credit when realizing that these pics are of the same machine... Amazing work man. Funny enough, I think the rust spot in my driveway has finally faded right as the bike started to look like this... seems like a neat coincidence ;)

Awesome!!!

Thanks buddy. Good to hear from ya! Hope all is well down south. So, the jeep is getting 1 piece axles along with the new wheel bearings. Long story, but the thing has been down since 4th of July weekend, and just now getting it sorted. Hopefully I'll get a few drives in before the weather...

Thats the way to do it

I was just thinking about how nostalgic it makes me feel to watch you rebuild a bike that I watched you build for the first time when I joined DTT. I'm glad your doing this and posting the updates.

I think as awesome as it sounds, a first long ride on a freshly pristine restored bike is that far, in October, starting in the Midwest.... yeah, not so awesome after all lol For real, this thing is looking like it would belong on the stage at garagebrewed....

That throttle is a work of art! You're definitely taking this thing to a pristine level! I can't wait to see this thing in person. You think it'll make barber?

About 10 years ago my father and I went to a snowmobile show in Toledo Ohio at a place called Honda East. Back in the corner of their used bike department sat a black Honda ST1300. I know that is it far from what most young mid 20's guys would be after, but the idea of a sport tourer was pretty...

I have a 76 R90/6 north of 100k miles. About 25k of those I've put on myself since owning it. Recently the carbs decided to start acting a fool, and after multiple rebuilds and fiddling, I've decided it's time to do the same. Unfortunately, the guy that ran Rocky Point Cycle that built the...

Did ya end up swapping the coils?

I'll plan to keep the orange for now. It's got plenty of scratches and chips, but still plenty good. If I paint it, I'm guessing it'll be one of the last things. The frame though..... the purple has to go lol

Two big updates happened recently, though the first one doesn't photograph well. I got the title sorted and in my name, as well as a historical vehicle tag on the way. That alone has me feeling much better with moving on with the build. The second thing, The 1977 ts250 tank landed on my...

About a week ago, Lenny and I took off in the jeep to do a bigger loop. About 60 miles in, we were luckily back to a town up the road about 10 miles, when a terrible noise started coming from the left rear brake. We got it limped home to do some exploratory surgery, and it's never a great...

If you pull the cylinders, I have a good set of telescoping gauges and micrometers here to measure them out well. Seems to me that you've likely found the culprit, and should be an easy enough fix. I would recommend that if you have them off and they need honed, lets just run them over to chris...

I didn't really realize how much of a thing the ducks were... after reading up, it's a fairly recent thing, started during covid. I think it's a bit of a ridiculous thing myself, but hey, if it makes people happy and smile, it's not hurting a thing. I've gotten a few already, but fortunately the...

Love it! I had originally made a deal on a 93 with the same 2.5 4 banger... the guy brought it by the house, told me what he wanted for boot on top of the xr400 and everything. It was raining so we didn't complete the deal, and then he proceeded to ghost me... oh well, end of the day I'm...

Thanks man! 258 (4.2 L) straight 6. Direct predecessor to the venerable 4.0

I plan to document the build and adventures on here. It's my favorite kind of project these days, one that can actively be driven and fixes and mods can have you back on the road the same day. The first of which was fixing up the steering. The cj5's were known to really wander down the road new...

I recently did a trade of my street legal xr400 and a sum of cash for a 1977 Jeep CJ5. While the xr400 carried me through many a fun adventure over the last several years and many miles, the last adventure sent me on a nasty spill down a waterfall with shale embedded in my arm, and an alleged...

Kind of a bitter sweet trade, but my trusty old 1998 XR400 (along with a little bit of cash) got traded away for a 1977 Jeep CJ5 with a 258 I6 and a 4 speed. It needs a little bit of tinkering here and there, but its a running and driving machine. I ended up going down pretty hard on the xr a...