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I was going to leave the gas tank and tail the metallic silver color, but after thinking about it, it is too boring for my taste. So I created a sketch last night of the design I will overlay on top of the metallic silver.

A nice update for tonight. I finally got the seat done, and out everything together. Three pics. 1. Bike as it stands. 2. Me sitting on bike to test fit. 3. Epic garage photoshoot. :D

Little weekend update: • Front brake setup; Magura Handbrake woo! • Back wheel installed. • Back brake system converted from Drum - Disk • Gas tank dialed in and painted • Seat pan created

So it's been a while since my last update, 3 months or so heh. I am just all over the place with my hobbies, but finally making time to get back to this project. I have been slowly working on the seat/tail. I finally finished building/painting the seat. I also got the rims powder coated...

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So I did not end up doing as much maintenance this weekend as I had originally hoped to. I did however end up spending a lot of time on the seat. So far I have the basic seat pan done. Tomorrow I plan to pick up a cat eye tail light and incorporate it into the tail section. Here are a few pics...

Heh they really don't take much oil at all eh? I was doing research at work today and was under the impression I would need a bit more then 1 bottle. Oh well, I will have enough for one of my other bikes then.

The rims I ordered from Donny came today. (Thanks again man!) I also picked up some goodies at work today to do maintenance work on the bike this weekend. Right now I am deciding on the color theme I want to go with, I hope to get the bike to the powder coater soon.

Dave, I am putting a 19" on the back. Regarding tires, I still have not decided on that.

Not much to update currently, I have mag rims on the way which I will powder coat first before installing, I am also planning on getting a few small parts in the near future. One thing I am really curious about is changing the gauge on the bike. After doing a little research I am thinking of...

So I went through and finished cleaning/re-wraping the entire wire loom. Now I am starting to actually plan out what I want it to look like and decide what to do next. I will eventually drop the engine and get the entire frame powder coated bass boat/flake bright green.

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Friday night came and I was finally able to start working on the bike. I began to go through the entire wire loom and clean everything. I will re-wrap the entire loom tomorrow. Through the process of cleaning all the wires/connectors I began to clean the bike up as well. I have removed: Tail...

Dave, I admit I am clueless when it comes to this stuff as I only recently got into it. I am not great with labels and don't completely understand the difference between the two. My main goal is to make this thing look aggressive/cool. Here is one photo of a build I like: Again, I am unsure...

Thanks for all of those links Skull, there is a lot of awesome info there. Yea the wiring on this bike is not too damaged, but is definitely aged. A few months back I completely re-wired my entire 900rr harness, so at least I will be more comfortable going in this time. I definitely am planning...

Thanks for the info Gary, I will make sure to do that next time I get any issues with this thing. The bike runs great actually. It seems to be bone stock. It idles strong and solid, starts of first turnover (kick) battery is dead so the electric start isn't working, but I managed to start it...

Hey guys, as of recently I have been getting more and more into the old school bikes. I have been riding motorcycles for a few years now and have a few different bikes for different styles of riding; I also have a few project bikes including a 900RR fighter project, but since that one is a much...

Thanks for the input 650Skull. Actually the first thing I did was use google and tried to search for seat removal, after a few pages of no luck I tried searching this forum for the same issue. Maybe I didn't go deep enough, but I had no luck. So at that point I thought I would ask, and I...

Hello Scabber, Actually I was just in the garage and managed to find it. Another issue that came up is that even though I pulled the lever the seat didn't come out. I think the left side was just stuck. Thanks for the info however! I look forward to posting my build thread shortly and learn...

Hey guys, I just purchased my first cafe bike today. A 81 XS650 Special 2. I am trying to tear it down and ran into a problem. I can't figure out how to remove the seat. It is probably a stupid question, but I can't find out how to remove it. (Sorry first post is already asking for...