ScottLuke
XS400 Addict
Hello everyone, My name is Scott. This is my first street bike and restoration of one. For as long as I can remember, I have always been intrigued by these 2-wheeled machines. Like many of you, Steve McQueen's film On Any Sunday and his infamous jump scene in The Great Escape was what pulled me in. My Father was an old MX racer back in the 70's. You know those guys wearing the Darth Vader masks and leather boots.
I started off on a PW50 at the age of 6 years. As I grew little by little, the bikes and CC's did as well. Unfortunately, we had to sell our bikes when I was around 12 years old. Both my YZ125 and my father's YZ250 due to money issues and my father's many volunteered deployments around the World.
I wouldn't touch a bike again until I was 17. I was working my first job at a local Truck Tire shop here in Portland and saved enough money to buy a 2005 YZF450. Now, 10 years later we own a couple YZ250's, WR200, 2 YZF & YFZ450's.
Each trip we would take as a family to ride the dunes, or even just when I'm out driving my semi-truck down the highway, I'm always jealous to see how much fun you're all having riding your bikes out on the pavement. For years I have wanted to do that exact thing, but speeding tickets and money have always kept me from purchasing a street bike. My Wife too, I guess its because she has seen me ride off-pavement, and it scares her to the bones to think of how I would ride on the pavement.
Recently I have been very interested in older bikes. We are a strict Yamaha only family, Bleed Blue through and through. After many a talk with my wife, and her seeing some bobbers and trackers. We both have fallen in love with the looks of these bikes and their style. We set out on finding a "Mechanics special" bike on Craigslist. A few days of searching and we were lucky enough to find this classic gem.
Its a little rough, but exactly what we wanted. Something we could build into our own.
So Let The Build Begin!
I started off on a PW50 at the age of 6 years. As I grew little by little, the bikes and CC's did as well. Unfortunately, we had to sell our bikes when I was around 12 years old. Both my YZ125 and my father's YZ250 due to money issues and my father's many volunteered deployments around the World.
I wouldn't touch a bike again until I was 17. I was working my first job at a local Truck Tire shop here in Portland and saved enough money to buy a 2005 YZF450. Now, 10 years later we own a couple YZ250's, WR200, 2 YZF & YFZ450's.
Each trip we would take as a family to ride the dunes, or even just when I'm out driving my semi-truck down the highway, I'm always jealous to see how much fun you're all having riding your bikes out on the pavement. For years I have wanted to do that exact thing, but speeding tickets and money have always kept me from purchasing a street bike. My Wife too, I guess its because she has seen me ride off-pavement, and it scares her to the bones to think of how I would ride on the pavement.
Recently I have been very interested in older bikes. We are a strict Yamaha only family, Bleed Blue through and through. After many a talk with my wife, and her seeing some bobbers and trackers. We both have fallen in love with the looks of these bikes and their style. We set out on finding a "Mechanics special" bike on Craigslist. A few days of searching and we were lucky enough to find this classic gem.
Its a little rough, but exactly what we wanted. Something we could build into our own.
So Let The Build Begin!
