Bennyjet2089
XS400 Member
Hello folks,
Ive been using the site for quite a while to help with some sound XS advise. All of it has been very helpful and useful! So long story short, I have a 1977 XS360 that ive been working on for a few weeks now. Im converting it to a cafe racer to ride around at school plus Old School Everything is my life motto . I trade three two different bikes (Suzuki DRZ400E to a Suzuki Bandit 1200 to the XS) looking for the perfect bike to build. Finally I found the XS. The 360 was only made for a few years as most of you know so its a bit more rare than the 400... Im guessing...
Anywho I have a few pictures of my progress, Let me know what you think
The First Picture is from the shop, I picked it up in running condition all the indicators were working, shifts smoothly, with 7000 and some original miles.
When I tore into it after a couple hundred miles of riding
A few parts hanging and drying after painting. I love the black frame so naturally I wanted to paint the odds and ends black.
Carbs off torn down and bowls cleaned, sanded and clearcoated the tops of the carbs
Painted carb connector
Cleaned Carbs, A new trick that I found online.... I believe it was this site. Boiled them in lemon juice. WORKED WONDERS!!
Flipped handle bars, I have a set of Clubmans but I think I like this look better
Crankcase filter (added HP )
And today I was looking for an alternative to those huge stock mufflers. I have a set of Harley Sportster pipes that are clean and I really wanted to mount them... So I found a way to mount them!
I think it turned out rather nice, if I do say so myself and I do say so myself
Only one side finished but thats what tomorrow is for. I mess around and scraped the old carb bowl gasket off so now I'm waiting on another gasket before i can get back on the road and I'm having my seat reupholstered.
And in the meantime I've been practicing my driving on 4 wheels (Watch out for the Volume)
Fingers crossed on the Pictures and Video
Thanks for looking
Ive been using the site for quite a while to help with some sound XS advise. All of it has been very helpful and useful! So long story short, I have a 1977 XS360 that ive been working on for a few weeks now. Im converting it to a cafe racer to ride around at school plus Old School Everything is my life motto . I trade three two different bikes (Suzuki DRZ400E to a Suzuki Bandit 1200 to the XS) looking for the perfect bike to build. Finally I found the XS. The 360 was only made for a few years as most of you know so its a bit more rare than the 400... Im guessing...
Anywho I have a few pictures of my progress, Let me know what you think
The First Picture is from the shop, I picked it up in running condition all the indicators were working, shifts smoothly, with 7000 and some original miles.
When I tore into it after a couple hundred miles of riding
A few parts hanging and drying after painting. I love the black frame so naturally I wanted to paint the odds and ends black.
Carbs off torn down and bowls cleaned, sanded and clearcoated the tops of the carbs
Painted carb connector
Cleaned Carbs, A new trick that I found online.... I believe it was this site. Boiled them in lemon juice. WORKED WONDERS!!
Flipped handle bars, I have a set of Clubmans but I think I like this look better
Crankcase filter (added HP )
And today I was looking for an alternative to those huge stock mufflers. I have a set of Harley Sportster pipes that are clean and I really wanted to mount them... So I found a way to mount them!
I think it turned out rather nice, if I do say so myself and I do say so myself
Only one side finished but thats what tomorrow is for. I mess around and scraped the old carb bowl gasket off so now I'm waiting on another gasket before i can get back on the road and I'm having my seat reupholstered.
And in the meantime I've been practicing my driving on 4 wheels (Watch out for the Volume)
Fingers crossed on the Pictures and Video
Thanks for looking
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