Recent content by Mikey Hardtail

Thank you guys for chiming in. These past few weeks on and off, I have been stripping the motor and frame for bead blasting and powder coating. While that is being done I have been doing tons of research on what exactly I want to do and have finally came to a conclusion. Pictures of the...

Phenomenal build so far! Very inspirational, as I'm in the middle of my first build.. Well not middle but I'm trucking along! Subscribed for sure! Hope to get my motor and frame at least ALMOST as clean as yours. Keep it coming! Posted via Mobile

That's where I am heading. After I found out the kick start situation. However, newer and nicer parts,bolts,seals, etc would be nice. We'll see how far I go! I'll be taking more pictures and updating my build. I hope to get some good advice and knowledge on here.

I recently chased my dream of purchasing a project bike to build into a bobber. I have an old custom frame with a '78 xs650 motor. The PO told me he installed the kick start shaft wrong and that's why it won't start and left me from there. The frame needs to be blasted and painted so while...

1978 xs650