so heres the story, i put a add on my local classified looking for a project bike, with an xs in mind, i get an email.from a guy the next province over, says i have a low milage bike, good shape, then gives me his number, nothing else, so i say what the hell. i drive to see it, thinking im going to find this rusty pile of metal thats gonna need alot of loving. i get there, and i see this metal flake purple 78, with nice paint, seat that looks new, decent chrome, and 8,000 original kilometers. (~5000 miles) megs front and rear disks, none running,
so i take it home, try to throw a battery in it, and its 8 kinds of not right under the seat.
i threw a battery in, no starter motor, and no spark, jump the solenoid. starter worked.
so at this point, im really scratching my head, pulling out the multimeter on everything, agreed it was smartest to replace the mess of a fuse "box" and atleast start with a clean slate, i found this 4 slot fuse box at a local store for 5 bucks, wired it up, trying to make it look as original as i can,
and now i have spark, and starter motor, and less of a ratsnest under my seat.
as for plans, get it running first. carbs need to be rebuilt forsure,might replace them with mikuni vm34s might not, engine is still really tight so i dont think ill be into that anytime soon,
then some super bike bars, smaller signal lights, bar end mirrors. beefier oldschool looking tires, maybe a nice blue paint job maybe keep the purple. i know some of you will say keep it original but i cant even ride with the stock bars, and it didnt come with rear signals. and the stock mirrors i think everyone will admit are just ugly. its gonna be a slow one, but ill keep it updated.
so i take it home, try to throw a battery in it, and its 8 kinds of not right under the seat.
i threw a battery in, no starter motor, and no spark, jump the solenoid. starter worked.
so at this point, im really scratching my head, pulling out the multimeter on everything, agreed it was smartest to replace the mess of a fuse "box" and atleast start with a clean slate, i found this 4 slot fuse box at a local store for 5 bucks, wired it up, trying to make it look as original as i can,
and now i have spark, and starter motor, and less of a ratsnest under my seat.
as for plans, get it running first. carbs need to be rebuilt forsure,might replace them with mikuni vm34s might not, engine is still really tight so i dont think ill be into that anytime soon,
then some super bike bars, smaller signal lights, bar end mirrors. beefier oldschool looking tires, maybe a nice blue paint job maybe keep the purple. i know some of you will say keep it original but i cant even ride with the stock bars, and it didnt come with rear signals. and the stock mirrors i think everyone will admit are just ugly. its gonna be a slow one, but ill keep it updated.
