Recent content by naoscaire

83 special tank

Great looking bike! An inspiration indeed

Diggin the red paint... Anxious to see the finish

Here's a few more pics you asked about. Posted via Mobile

Lowerc, yes the bike was fairly clean (looks better on film) I just wasn't looking for a cafe style personally. I knew as I took pics that box would be seen! Welcome to Southern California my friend! Where roughing it usually means having to hike through a parking lot to a Starbucks. Since Palm...

Slow going lately, nothing exciting. Too many other bills to take care of. Tore the bike down to the frame and did most of the de-tab grinding. I cut out the neck gussets and started hacking the seat frame for a brat kit. Got the little one's hands dirty a bit. Working on carbon removal on the...

I have an '83 special tank if you are still looking. Has a spray paint finish on it now, but straight. Includes L/H petcock. Lock has no key, tumblers removed to open with a screwdriver. Posted via Mobile

ippytattoo, thanks for lookin out, yes it's a 447 and that's great news you have some parts, PM sent.

gggGary, it started cheap, but so did my divorce...

A couple pics from the partial tear down. I ran into some trouble with the swing arm bolt, but as recommended in other posts, PB Blaster soaked and it came out with a couple hammer swings. I also had a couple of stripped bolts that I ended up notching and turning with a big flat head to work it...

So.... hello, I've been lurking here for about two years. I'm in socal and gas prices are killing me. I finally scraped a few bucks and picked up my first xs to start a build earlier this year with my youngest son. I grabbed a running '83 special that had some minor cosmetic changes to make it...