New bike/build- Cafe to bobber

[Hellojojoe]

New here. First bike, first build on two wheels. Here goes nothing i guess

i build cars, sheetmetal foreman for a living. Bored lately with my projects and decided what the hell. Lets build a bike(recently divorced at 27yrs old. So yeah bad decisions here we go)

Bike is a 1977 yamaha... the kicker, vin runs as a xs400.

Head says 358cc(360?)

Honestly all i know is it didnt idle, pissed oil like a harley and i talked him down to 500 bucks

 

[Hellojojoe]

After riding it, i couldnt stand the paint and the idle issue along with numerous other odd bits


Tore it apart, cleaned the carbs and got it to idle. Stripped the black and cleared what i found underneath because i dig it

 

[BBS360]

The motor would be from an XS360. Whole bike could be.
Does the motor VIN match the one stamped on the frame?

 

[xschris]

Looks like a 77 xs360 2-D the frame and motor vin will tell for sure.

 

[Hellojojoe]

Will check today once i get off work, need to clean the tag up and make sure anyways

I think i figured out how to picture hahaha


You can see two of what id normally build in the driveway. Had to clean the frame and paint it wh8le rewiring the bike

 

[Hellojojoe]

Went through and soldered everything, new fuse box and deleted a bunch of not needed junk

Kick, lights,brake thats it.

Started like this



Now its alittle less of a heap but still not what i want

 

[Rusnak_322]

what is your plan for it?

 

[Hellojojoe]

Bobber, older style of course. I mean its not the fastest or prettiest so i just want to build what i like


Probably riding it to work friday and cutting the ass off. Picked up some 1.25 wall dom today and drawing some stuff up