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Re: 1974 Yamaha TX-500 NICE!

Thanks but this is not the final product, I just like to play around with rattle cans. I am just about ready for the tear down and cosmetic redo.

Re: CB450 project. PLEASE comment. :)

Looks like the best BSA ever made!

OK, no more duct tape. Still a few adjustments to make but all in all not bad.

I added some OOS (Old Old Stock) aftermarket shocks that still have damping and are sprung close to right. No doubt they are of top quality since I did see "Made in Mexico" on the shock body when I stripped them...lol. If you look at this thing from just the right angle, with the right kind of...

I figured, why not?

The hose is that long because it's what I had. In the final rendition it will get an appropriate length braided line. I'm using Unifilter foam clamp on filters. Those bars are Norman Hyde "M" bars.

Minor Update A diamond in the rough. A jewel in anybody's junkyard.

just an idea

Yeah, I am going to have to spring for the rebuild parts since mine works a bit sporadically at best. Still lot's to do but it's ride-able now.

Re: your pretty face is going to hell r500 build titan powered What a sweet project. Not the SOS.

The 450 is back among the living. The loss of compression was due to my faulty valve adjustment. Armed with a much better understanding of the procedure I readjusted all the valves and then the compression came back and she fired right up on TWO cylinders. Good times.

I have that set of bars and a similar set off an XS1B psuedo-chop. :)

Uh oh, trouble in paradise. The engine is running only on one cylinder and compression is way down on the offending cylinder. I will investigate further tonight.

I have considered flattening those ends somewhat in their final version and getting slightly longer bolts, maybe locktite them to. Very good point.

Bike is now running and starting with the electric start, neither of which was functional when I got it. The original wiring harness was butchered with no switch and quite a few dangling wires. I scrapped it and have built my own simpler harness that uses a keyed automotive type switch with a...

That looks like an SL100/125 tank on the inspiration bike.

A few pics. I am trying to build this bike using as many parts, pieces, tires, etc that I have laying around as possible. As I found it. A few mock ups and mods. Humble beginnings.