New from Iceland ....Suzuki GS 550 and Yamaha XS400 owner

[atlimann]

Hi, i just wanted to introduce myself, my name is Atli and i come from Iceland, but i currently live in Hamburg, Germany.
I have been riding bikes since i started again in 2007 and i have only had race bikes since then, and all of them Suzuki GSX-R .

Few years ago i started noticing cool Café Racers on the internet and thought they were really cool and the options are endless.
So i started to look for a bike and the obvious choice for me was a Suzuki GS 550D (D= wire wheels) i set myself a budget for a 1000€ which is around 1150$ and after looking for a bit over a year i missed out on two bike that were in my price range and close to my home here in Hamburg, Germany is a very big country and i didn't want to drive more than 200 km just to take a look at a bike that maybe i didn't want to buy.
Me and my wife have decided to move back home to Iceland in the summer time so i was getting stressed out on finding a bike that i liked, and i the decided to look at other bike manufacturer and came across ´78 Yamaha XS400 it was advertised for 800€ and i got it for 600€ (680$).
After i brought the bike home i said to my wife, i will bet you that before we move back home that there will come a Suzuki GS550 for sale she then said "if that happens then you will just have to buy it too" ;D .... low and behold.... 10 days later i saw an advertisement on the same website for a ´79 GS550, i called the guy and 3 days later i went to meet him and the bike looked in very nice shape, and i bought it. ;D
So now i have two bikes that i am hopefully going to build a café racer from, one for me and one for my wife, (yeah she rides too).
But when that time comes i don´t know
Attached are pictures of my bikes. (and my car to, which is another project, when the time comes )
Why can´t i post pictures here directly? what am i doing wrong?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/atlimann/26236045996/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/atlimann/26195732601/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/atlimann/16975876442/in/dateposted-public/

 

[Perter]

Welcome from another Scandinavian member. Nice bikes, they will be good foundations for rebuild in the long Island winter ;-)

Are you allowed to import the bikes to Island without taxes? Even if I buy an old bike like yours I would be ripped pulling it across the Danish border.

BTW- I live less than 200km north of Hamburg

Per

 

[yorkie350]

Welcome in mate great project bikes to turn your hand to and both make great café racers 8) cool pics of the muscle cars bet the sound was fantastic too never got enough space here for a four wheeled project plus the muscle cars are way over priced even for a rust bucket here in UK enjoy your builds mate always here for Q&A's

 

[atlimann]

Welcome from another Scandinavian member. Nice bikes, they will be good foundations for rebuild in the long Island winter ;-)

Are you allowed to import the bikes to Island without taxes? Even if I buy an old bike like yours I would be ripped pulling it across the Danish border.

BTW- I live less than 200km north of Hamburg

Per

Hi Per, your right, the winters are long, so this will keep me warm and busy.
I have to pay taxes on both of the bikes when i ship them to Iceland and that is around 4-500€ per bike.

Welcome in mate great project bikes to turn your hand to and both make great café racers 8) cool pics of the muscle cars bet the sound was fantastic too never got enough space here for a four wheeled project plus the muscle cars are way over priced even for a rust bucket here in UK enjoy your builds mate always here for Q&A's

thanks m8, the car has a 340ci V8 and it sound quite good, nothing over the top but not bad either