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Cause of the delay...got it for 400 bux and cranked her up today

haha yeah they are just clubmans I still need to finish those and tighten em down. here are the diagrams I used listed by importance to me first: http://www.currentobservations.us/images/Minimum%20Wiring%20Diagram%20for%20XJ%20Series.jpg http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=35129.html...

I used the help of members from xjbikes.com and their simple wirng harness for cafe bikes to clear up the old rats nest and lost some weight in the process. It fired up and ran long enough for me to see the carbs puking fuel all over the place. I cleaned those up and bought some gasket material...

gonna take a small break. I bought an 81 yamaha seca 750 basket case. got it running today and gonna make it legal over the next two days. I have the gas tank on the honda almost done. I need to sell some stuff to recoup some of my expenses lol. gonna make a new post on the seca.

Thanks to the fine engineering on this poor yamaha tank I have some perfect humps for the front of my tank. most of my pieces are ready to put together and I am waiting on a few more to dry so I can overlay the entire tank..YAY!!!

made the copy layers today and gonna start putting it together and trying to finish the form 2morrow.

well I shaped it like I like it today. I expect upwards of 3.5 gallons.. I am trying to fiberglass it in sections so I can just mirror it for the other side. It looks large but I like that very much. it just looks right when I sit on it and it has the fuel capacity. Cant wait to use the...

follow up....here are a few pics I took today of the tank being able to come apart from the bike and that the foam will seperate from the bottom because of the tape. I will be shaping it 2morrow. YAY. also gonna start a go cart project with my nephews using the cb550 engine really soon.

Not much done. I bought some 3 dollar foam in a can(s) lettin it dry overnight then gonna form it and start layin more glass...

Just put down the first layer today, nothin else. I will have to wait till it dries in this cold weather to see if it will slide on and off smoothly or if I will have to tweak it before layin it on thick. Soon as the tank is done will start strengthening the frame and then on to wiring. I can...

Busy day today ! We got the mounts completed. tacked em up really good and will finish weld soon. Made sure we could drop the engine for repairs easily and we only have to remove 8 bolts and 2 mounts to do so. put the engine back in and started masking off for the fiberglass gas tank. hope...

A few minutes on google put onto the idea of using a car heater core or two and using fans on that. I plan on putting side covers over the triangle section of frame so I could mount em there. I really wanna keep those classic lines.

I really appreciate all of the support. I really was hesitant to even start this thread for threat of internet death for hacking on a classic.

O.K. got the mounts worked out, just have to move one hole (Yay!!!) and the motor should sit in straight and the chain will line up. I put the chain on it today and the sprockets are so different that the teeth dont line up between them on the same chain?? So I have to figure out how many teeth...

Wow that is thin. the stuff I used soaked up resin like a sponge. check out a boat shop somewhere around you and look at all the different types of glass they have.

I actually bought this at the marine supply store. but The #number of layers is what is important. for simple stuff you could slather on the resin pretty thick. Also on my seat I had at least 6 layers, and then I put on some bondo to smooth it all out and the paint and primer.

Finally!!! got the backbone in and the neck mounted. Started putting the airbox together. Gonna start welding motor mounts and getting that sucker to sit in there straight 2morrow. more pics....

I so far only have honda parts and fiberglass put on it. I am thinking something else for the rearsets. I will try and fit the rad inder the uprights where I sit. I was just putting the question out there while I am setting up the backbone. I got 90% of the wiring sorted out but I am gonna...

Well the radiator is huuuuge! Any ideas on something smaller (would I be flirting with danger due to diminished cooling capacity of a smaller rad??) Time to clean up the mounts and make them look not so much like flatbar take out some of the rough edges etc I have either misplaced some wires...

Re: The transformation of the -76 cb 550f into the Nazgul 798cc cafe , primed now that a great idea on the rear cowling. I have been so wrapped up with final exams and christmas I havent even seen my bike. next weekend Imma gonna get it all set and then welded. Then on to my gas tank. I got...