Recent content by Jester1341

I'm probably from a younger crowd, but for me it's an '88 Toyota Supra. Turbo, targa, tan leather, and BROWN! Divorced wastegate and straight exhaust.

Very cool, build. I have seen that one before but I don't know that I've seen that thread. I am very interested in the layout of the upper shock mount and such. His swingarm looks similar to mine, but a little different. I have and am planning to use an XT200 swingarm, although at this early...

Fantastic amount of knowledge there, I will investigate the vins and dates more. One bike has 10k and the other has 30-40k. One has a title(don't even know which yet). I'm not a big fan of the wheels, I prefer the mag wheels. I'm pretty sure that's why I got them so cheap, the guy had them...

I just got them home this morning so I haven't looked into them very much. I was told they were both '83s. How can you tell from looking, is it the fenders? I don't know very much about these bikes yet but very interested to learn all I can. Post '79 should be same engine/ignition right? John

Anti-theft system

Little gems

Pretty dirty but mostly there. No keys but one has good compression the other needs the kick starter freed. He told me it was seized, what he meant was the kick starter is stuck closed

Always liked the look of these bikes and finally decided to start a build. I want to build a mono-shocker and got a frame to start with. While I was looking for an engine local I stumbled across a pair of '83 xs650s and picked them up for 400 bucks Pretty sure the guy didn't know what he had...