Hey, Halftwist!
You beat me to the questions I'm finding out I need to ask. Nine years ago (nine years ago? WTF?) I bought a '75 Xs650 for $200.00 and three bottles of booze. I knew it was a basket case when I bought it, but what the hell, I'll learn. After a bout with cancer, and heart surgery, I've finally gotten my act together (enough) to start bringing the basket case back to life. The build log/thread will begin soon (once I've accumulated enough material visually and printwise to keep people awake). What to call it? "The Basketcase" of course! This forum has been an invaluable source of information, and the only way to learn is to ask people questions that have already been there, done that. A wise man once told me two schools of thought regarding questions: 1) "There's no such thing as a stupid question, if you don't know the answer." and 2) "There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid mistakes." The moral of the story is: keep asking questions. Sometimes the answers raise more questions. Only then will you find out what you don't know you didn't know, you know? And take lots of pictures. We like pictures.... Best regards,
59Tebo
