Tj Gonz
XS400 Enthusiast
Hi everyone.
Read tons of great threads here, this is my first post.
My first bike was a 06 Ninja 250ex..loved her to death for a year.
I did the works to her but always wished I made a build thread.
Then I needed a car for the lady.
Sold that for $2200[top value] got a car, car died..sold that for another one,
found out it had mucho DMV fees & scrapped it.
My girl now has a car so I'm free to fulfill my riding dream again.
Saved up, talked a guy down to $500 on a 82 Seca xs400.[31k miles]
Bike was his daily rider 3 years but had a spark problem & wouldn't start up.
I just put new[used] coils in since we weren't getting power to the plugs.
I'm getting it to my liking before I attempt to get it started again
[has sat for a little time]. NOTE: Not trying to be a cafe or bobber, just to my liking.
About 4 days in now & I think we already made good progress..
with lots of help from my buddy Kenny across the street.
Cant wait to ride again!
enjoy : ]]
The kramer arrives.
Digging into the tail section.
Tank nearly faded down to the metal..
A little dust here & there.
Unacceptable!
Might still use this.
Took some major persuasion to get the air box out.
Before & after a little sawzall action.
Starting on the tank.
Did it up with rubberized undercoating & it was just rubbing off.
Looked cool though, a little diesel fuel and elbow grease &
I was back at square one..settled on 3 coats gloss black & 2 clear.
Bullet signals & brake light Kenny picked up at mc swapmeet.
Black primer plus 1 clear coat.
Motor mounts & tank emblems..purple lettering soon.
Grinding out all the tabs.
Cake removal!
Somehow my only key got stepped on in the gas cap.
New ignition on the way but Kenny came through yet again with a dope cap he scored earlier that day.
Fabbed up rear lights bracket.
Cant hang with squares.
Kenny's stock headlamp & flipped bars mock up
Bubble shield & matte helmet.
I make & sell stickers on ebay if anyone digs em.
A couple of The Kramers brothers..
Purp gator ftw.
Still deciding on where to put my plate.
Just in case anyones wondering what I did to the ninja 250.
BEFORE
AFTER
Yes that is a sound system on the bars lol.
Read tons of great threads here, this is my first post.
My first bike was a 06 Ninja 250ex..loved her to death for a year.
I did the works to her but always wished I made a build thread.
Then I needed a car for the lady.
Sold that for $2200[top value] got a car, car died..sold that for another one,
found out it had mucho DMV fees & scrapped it.
My girl now has a car so I'm free to fulfill my riding dream again.
Saved up, talked a guy down to $500 on a 82 Seca xs400.[31k miles]
Bike was his daily rider 3 years but had a spark problem & wouldn't start up.
I just put new[used] coils in since we weren't getting power to the plugs.
I'm getting it to my liking before I attempt to get it started again
[has sat for a little time]. NOTE: Not trying to be a cafe or bobber, just to my liking.
About 4 days in now & I think we already made good progress..
with lots of help from my buddy Kenny across the street.
Cant wait to ride again!
enjoy : ]]
The kramer arrives.
Digging into the tail section.
Tank nearly faded down to the metal..
A little dust here & there.
Unacceptable!
Might still use this.
Took some major persuasion to get the air box out.
Before & after a little sawzall action.
Starting on the tank.
Did it up with rubberized undercoating & it was just rubbing off.
Looked cool though, a little diesel fuel and elbow grease &
I was back at square one..settled on 3 coats gloss black & 2 clear.
Bullet signals & brake light Kenny picked up at mc swapmeet.
Black primer plus 1 clear coat.
Motor mounts & tank emblems..purple lettering soon.
Grinding out all the tabs.
Cake removal!
Somehow my only key got stepped on in the gas cap.
New ignition on the way but Kenny came through yet again with a dope cap he scored earlier that day.
Fabbed up rear lights bracket.
Cant hang with squares.
Kenny's stock headlamp & flipped bars mock up
Bubble shield & matte helmet.
I make & sell stickers on ebay if anyone digs em.
A couple of The Kramers brothers..
Purp gator ftw.
Still deciding on where to put my plate.
Just in case anyones wondering what I did to the ninja 250.
BEFORE
AFTER
Yes that is a sound system on the bars lol.
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