Roustabout
Been Around the Block
I've been poking around the board for a while and decided to "Do the Ton".
I haven't had a street legal bike for quite some time and recently picked up a '77 XS650 as a cafe project. It was a "restoration" in progress. A few parts had gone missing during the course of it sitting in a shed for 15 years, but I would have turfed that stuff anyway. Compression tested excellent and it fired right up - but only after some minor frustration before discovering that the previous owner had reversed the ignition wires. I never realized how much these bikes vibrate! It did two laps around the garage on the center stand while I revved her up!
She'll be quiet for a bit while I strip her down to the bones and put her back together like the Bride of Frankenstein.
Going in reverse chronology, I've had some fun with a few rides; RS125 (nothing comes close in corner speed), Highly modified CB350 twin vintage racer (49bhp giant-killer), ZX-10 (faaast back in it's day but boring), CB750F SOHC cafe, CB550K cafe ( 4 into 4 "free-flow" exhaust).
...Later
I haven't had a street legal bike for quite some time and recently picked up a '77 XS650 as a cafe project. It was a "restoration" in progress. A few parts had gone missing during the course of it sitting in a shed for 15 years, but I would have turfed that stuff anyway. Compression tested excellent and it fired right up - but only after some minor frustration before discovering that the previous owner had reversed the ignition wires. I never realized how much these bikes vibrate! It did two laps around the garage on the center stand while I revved her up!
She'll be quiet for a bit while I strip her down to the bones and put her back together like the Bride of Frankenstein.
Going in reverse chronology, I've had some fun with a few rides; RS125 (nothing comes close in corner speed), Highly modified CB350 twin vintage racer (49bhp giant-killer), ZX-10 (faaast back in it's day but boring), CB750F SOHC cafe, CB550K cafe ( 4 into 4 "free-flow" exhaust).
...Later
. I live in New Hamburg and work in Waterloo, so if there's a part you're looking for, I've got lots of stuff left over from my last build. Have fun with it.