jay_kent
XS400 Member
This is my first thread here but my third xs400, although it's my first Seca. I purchased this bike a few weeks ago. It was a roller with practically a whole other bike worth of parts. The PO had lost interest in the project partway through. (Got involved with converting a VW golf to mid-engine with a Caddy 5.7l). .
Anyways for $300 bucks I brought home a titled roller, orange powdercoated rims, 8 or so boxes worth of parts. The roller was super clean and already painted. The guy had the engine torn down, media blasted and all internals cleaned. He basically took the best of both bikes and was building one great bike, until he lost interest.
I'm going to be trying to get this bike in running condition by the end of March. Luckily for me I've got a running Maxim engine that I'm going to clean and then drop into place rather than build up the torn down engine.
So the rims I'll be selling as I'm going with a simple red/black theme for this bike and bright orange isn't working for me. Everything else will have a good going over as both bikes were either sitting in a barn or someones backyard. The aluminum is corroded and and the paint is chipped and faded. Brakes need work as well.
Enough with the chatter let's see some pics.
How my dad and I brought it home.
I'll be posting some informative pictures but my build blog will have more complete photos.
Thanks for looking.
Jay
Build Blog
Anyways for $300 bucks I brought home a titled roller, orange powdercoated rims, 8 or so boxes worth of parts. The roller was super clean and already painted. The guy had the engine torn down, media blasted and all internals cleaned. He basically took the best of both bikes and was building one great bike, until he lost interest.
I'm going to be trying to get this bike in running condition by the end of March. Luckily for me I've got a running Maxim engine that I'm going to clean and then drop into place rather than build up the torn down engine.
So the rims I'll be selling as I'm going with a simple red/black theme for this bike and bright orange isn't working for me. Everything else will have a good going over as both bikes were either sitting in a barn or someones backyard. The aluminum is corroded and and the paint is chipped and faded. Brakes need work as well.
Enough with the chatter let's see some pics.
How my dad and I brought it home.
I'll be posting some informative pictures but my build blog will have more complete photos.
Thanks for looking.
Jay
Build Blog
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