Re: XS650 Cafe makeover...PICS
Lapped all my valves and cleaned all the old carbon out of the head...honed out my cylinders and went to put my new rings in only to find that directXS sent me the wrong ones. 2 sizes over!! Bahhhh! Thought I was gonna have er back together and at least in the frame again. Oh well shit happens...sent em an email and they said their stock was wrong, so theyre gonna send me the right ones as soon as they get em in...hope thats not too long!
Got a little bondo on the tail peice and its startin to look a bit smoother...another application or two should do it. then a lil fiberglass inside the bump for strength. It's been slow going lately cause I'm in the middle of buying a house! man oh man there's a lot of shit you gotta do to buy a house!! Its like a roller coaster ride of stress, happiness, anger, excitement and dreams haha. But the kicker is that the house comes with a nice lil shop with a loft on top that I'll make into a music studio ANNNNNDDD....a 1978 VW westfalia camper van with 89,000 miles....slime green!!
As far as the bike goes, I have to make a tank/seat mount and finish the body work on the tank and seat as well. Then get my rings in and chuck the engine back in...after that is some small assembly things and some finishing details!! cant wait!
yesterday was almost biking weather...most of the snow was gone, what was left was on its way out and melting...today i wake up to 36cm and counting...shizah!!