Too many bikes, too many projects, not enough space or money. So, time to be a grown up about this shit for a moment and look at selling my first born.
Build thread spanning the first 5 years of DTT history - http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=448
1972 XS650 frame, 1980 or so motor. Nothing is stock.
- 1972 frame de-tabbed, center stand removed and bracing added to stiffen frame and reduce weight - Ontario title
- 750cc forged piston big bore kit with larger cooling fins on cylinder block
- Kickstart-only - electric starter motor and internal gears binned to save weight
- Crank and cam rephased to 277 degrees to improve torque and smooth out engine vibrations
- Pamco 277 degree electronic ignition
- Ported and polished head by 707 Racing with enlarged titanium valves, springs and retainers sourced from a NASCAR engine and custom short valve guides for increased valve lift
- Shell #1 performance cam grind
- Taller 5th gear for higher top end speed/lower RPM
- Mikuni VM34 carbs
- DWMS breather catch-can/filter
- Brituro Megaton racing megaphones
- Tomaselli adjustable clip-on handlebars
- Tomaselli SuperPractic B throttle
- RAM rear suspension (aluminum bodied properly sprung top of the line suspension out of the UK)
- Race Tech Gold Valve cartridge emulators and springs up front - the real deal set up by our own Beatnik - a motorcycle suspension professional
- Suzuki 4LS GT750 front brake - perhaps 1000 miles on new brake pads, new cables
- 35mm forks - tree has been modified to fit early XS frame with shorter steering tube. Would bolt onto later frames with a stock triple tree no problem.
- Custom 6 gallon Norton Manx replica tank - hand built by Evan Wilcox - look him up
- Clubman Racing Norton Manx replica seat
- Stock 18 inch Yamaha shouldered alloy rims laced with Buchanan stainless spokes - 18 inches front and rear
- AVON RoadRider tires
Not joking - serious about parting it out but I won't be doing anything silly like selling the rearsets before the big chunks are gone.
Would sell the complete front end for example - this way if the rest of the bike doesn't sell, I can at least toss a stock front end on the bike and have a bike again. Would sell the engine as a whole for the right price. To do this to a stock engine you'd be looking at $2000 or so I think.
You get the idea.
If someone wants to plunk down the cash for the bike as it is, I'd sell it. Probably in the $5000 range I guess. Maybe more, maybe less depending on my mood
But seriously, to build one you're looking at spending $1000+ for the front end, $2000 for the motor, $500-$1000 for the gas tank. That's almost $4000 already and we haven't touched the rear shocks, rear wheel, frame, seat, ignition etc. etc. etc. So show up at my door with $5000 and chances are you'd be taking it with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIHUG5DyLw
Build thread spanning the first 5 years of DTT history - http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=448
1972 XS650 frame, 1980 or so motor. Nothing is stock.
- 1972 frame de-tabbed, center stand removed and bracing added to stiffen frame and reduce weight - Ontario title
- 750cc forged piston big bore kit with larger cooling fins on cylinder block
- Kickstart-only - electric starter motor and internal gears binned to save weight
- Crank and cam rephased to 277 degrees to improve torque and smooth out engine vibrations
- Pamco 277 degree electronic ignition
- Ported and polished head by 707 Racing with enlarged titanium valves, springs and retainers sourced from a NASCAR engine and custom short valve guides for increased valve lift
- Shell #1 performance cam grind
- Taller 5th gear for higher top end speed/lower RPM
- Mikuni VM34 carbs
- DWMS breather catch-can/filter
- Brituro Megaton racing megaphones
- Tomaselli adjustable clip-on handlebars
- Tomaselli SuperPractic B throttle
- RAM rear suspension (aluminum bodied properly sprung top of the line suspension out of the UK)
- Race Tech Gold Valve cartridge emulators and springs up front - the real deal set up by our own Beatnik - a motorcycle suspension professional
- Suzuki 4LS GT750 front brake - perhaps 1000 miles on new brake pads, new cables
- 35mm forks - tree has been modified to fit early XS frame with shorter steering tube. Would bolt onto later frames with a stock triple tree no problem.
- Custom 6 gallon Norton Manx replica tank - hand built by Evan Wilcox - look him up
- Clubman Racing Norton Manx replica seat
- Stock 18 inch Yamaha shouldered alloy rims laced with Buchanan stainless spokes - 18 inches front and rear
- AVON RoadRider tires
Not joking - serious about parting it out but I won't be doing anything silly like selling the rearsets before the big chunks are gone.
Would sell the complete front end for example - this way if the rest of the bike doesn't sell, I can at least toss a stock front end on the bike and have a bike again. Would sell the engine as a whole for the right price. To do this to a stock engine you'd be looking at $2000 or so I think.
You get the idea.
If someone wants to plunk down the cash for the bike as it is, I'd sell it. Probably in the $5000 range I guess. Maybe more, maybe less depending on my mood
But seriously, to build one you're looking at spending $1000+ for the front end, $2000 for the motor, $500-$1000 for the gas tank. That's almost $4000 already and we haven't touched the rear shocks, rear wheel, frame, seat, ignition etc. etc. etc. So show up at my door with $5000 and chances are you'd be taking it with you.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIHUG5DyLw
