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Seat looks reeeaal good Louie. You thought about throwing on a 750 standard tank?
btw I couldn't remember if it was the special or standard that had the boxy tank, so I googled it really quick. This popped up (has a standard tank). Besides the forks, I was like DAMN.
Tyler, not sure about the tires, but the forks are from an '05 Kawasaki ZX6R. http://johnryland.posterous.com/1978-yamaha-xs750-special
I'm not feeling the forks too much, but it really is a cool bike. And it wouldn't take too much work to get a stock 750 to look like this one...which has me thinkin.
Ahh, but you haven't ridden and XS with the severe obesity and spaghetti forks I think these would really help handling. The 750 weighs in pretty good, too. You should get one and try it! ;D
Ya, I have the tank already. But it needs some body work and paint. So I got the cover sewn up. here is is. Sorry for the crappy picks. I'll get some better one tomorrow.
And the other tank that will be on it after paint and body...
I love those tanks, Have one on my 650. Are you going to trim that seat up a bit Louie? It looks kind off lumpy. Maybe with the new tank it won't look so lumpy and big. I had a feeling you would modify the bike sooner or later.
Man... It took me about 6 hrs to hand sew that thing. It's not all that lumpy , but it is huge! I'm not completely stoked on it to be honest. But it had a 6" rip in the stock seat. that was kill'n me. I'll probably buy something already sewn up. I'd like a manx style seat but we'll see...
Man... It took me about 6 hrs to hand sew that thing. It's not all that lumpy , but it is huge! I'm not completely stoked on it to be honest. But it had a 6" rip in the stock seat. that was kill'n me. I'll probably buy something already sewn up. I'd like a manx style seat but we'll see...
Wait, you sewed that by hand? I was just about to compliment your sewing machine skills. But if you did it by hand...well that's just plain bad ass, man.
Opinions are welcome. Though it'll be on there for a while now. As I dont feel like sewing for a full day again any time soon. My finger tips are still sore, ha ha...
Wait, you sewed that by hand? I was just about to compliment your sewing machine skills. But if you did it by hand...well that's just plain bad ass, man.
As far as the seat goes, I'm super happy with the quality of it. Just not real sure on the proportions yet. So I figured I'd start getting the other tank stripped and ready to run.
That HAZ art is amazing. I haven't ever seen that before and think it would look incredibly cool on a rough-style chop. Thinking outside the box, dude!
You've done a great job with the transformation of a UJM into a cool little racer.
Louie you are a mad man haha. I saw the post somewhere when you picked this thing up but I had no idea you had started on it already. I was wondering what seat you were talking about
The seat looks fantastic man. Hand stitching takes forever so props to you man. The tank is wild. I really like what you did to it. Now I need to go back and catch up. I'm interested to see what your plans are.
So in spite of previously saying I didnt think I needed to re-jet. I was wrong.... I did some research this morning on the net, compared that info to what I was running and made an educated guess. It had a 130 main. And I went to a 152.50. Now it pulls HARD to 10k+
So the recipe for a stock xs750 w/ pods is:
152.50 main
1 up on the needle
42.50 slow jet
1 3/4 turns out on pilot
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I think these would really help handling. The 750 weighs in pretty good, too. You should get one and try it! ;D 
