Hello people..

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Thought I would just say hello in my first post as I can't find a newcomers thread.
My name is Brendan and I live in the UK. I've always been fond of motorcycles since I was a child and had quite a few here and there, but this is my very first attempt at a rebuild. I bought this xs for £250 and it was a wreck, not having done so much as putting petrol in a bike before I started to strip the bike to its bare frame. It has taken me a good 12 months to get to where i am at the moment, the only thing i cant do is the electrics so its ready for the auto elec guy close by. Heres a pic before it goes off for the wireing loom to be hooked back up.
P.S. looking forward to chatting with you guys.

 

[BBS360]

Welcome to the forum! The bike looks great!

Is the tank bare metal? Clearcoat? Something else?

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Clear coat, I didn't want that chrome showroom condition look so took it back to bare metal with just a light polish.

 

[Myke Nytemare]

Gorgeous bike... Love the engine details!

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Gorgeous bike... Love the engine details!

Oh thankyou yes I had the engine out for quite a while wondering what to do.

 

[drewpy]

welcome, very nice build

 

[levdir]

Beautiful work all around

 

[Jeff0133]

Beautiful build.

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Beautiful build.

Thankyou sir. I'm very pleased with her, what being my first attempt and with no prior machanical knowledge. Just goes to show anyone with a little bit of diy basics and some common sense can do it if they choose.

 

[Jeff0133]

I'm very partial to the bare metal tanks. What tires are Those?

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

I'm very partial to the bare metal tanks. What tires are Those?

Yes took me a while to get that tank right. The tyres are: Metzeler me77.

 

[IanW]

Wow... great bike and I love the details. The battery box works well in that location. How do the wires exit the box?

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Wow... great bike and I love the details. The battery box works well in that location. How do the wires exit the box?

Thankyou, since that pic I've positioned the battery box vertical rather than on a angle as I will be using a lead acid battery. I will post a pic later on today. The battery terminals just poke out the top of the box nice and neat so I will connect from the top and use a good brown leather belt to strap it in. I do have the battery box lid too so I might give that a go maybe.

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

New position of the battery box.

 

[Brendan O'Carroll]

Decided I'm going to polish the battery box lid and clear coat it to match the tank. Should look nice with the bottom of the box black and the lid polished metal. Plus you won't see the two screw holes at the top anymore.