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Gary Hoos @ Hoos racing.... Great dude...... http://www.hoosracing.com/aboutus.html

I bough them from a guy ..Do not remember his name but he sells on eBay..

It is on the crossmember under the tank on a stock XS Edit.. I for the life of me thought you were talking about the coil???

I cut off the stock mount and moved it..

The motor had a fresh top end build on it when I bought the bike,So it was ready to go.. The speedo is from Mikes xs.. Yes I am married she fought with me on it a bit but all the parts were new or spotless clean when I hauled them in the house,,

Damn I'm ready for you to roll that baby... Seriously you gotta shoot some video..

Good stuff Travis!!!!

Sup from west TX....

Nice bikes bud!!! The cafe bike sure is extra sweet..

That's how she looks as of now ,Like I said earlier I will finish this bike up in April or so. I'll get back to this thread with updates then.. I have decided not to do the fab work on the upper frame hoop.I want to be able to bolt the stock items back on this bike .. Just so it can always...

OK..Update I scored the seat cover from a early 70's XS so I'm gonna get on fabb'n me a super lo-pro seat pan for it. Also got me a new old small headlight and these baby's!!!!! I scored them for $46.00 off eBay brand new!!!!!!!! These age about $200.00+ dollars retail new...SWEET

Heres what it looks like with the jumbo stock seat. I'm gonna run it for a bit the start the work on the rear frame loop this spring..

OK here is kinda what it will look like for now. I still gotta fab different brackets to hold the side covers level until I delete them. I still gotta move the brackets on the rear fender to make it follow the radius of the rear tire and install the new shocks when they get here also...

Next up was Tank tryouts..

OK I got more done.. I went to the shop this morn and extended the rear brake linkage and the rear brake stay rod.. I had to lengthened them the same amount that I did the swingarm.. You can see in the pic.. #1 illustrates the brake linkage rod that runs from the brake pedal.. I made it 3"...

I'm gonna get it up and runnin,then I can ride it to work and cut 2" off the kickstand and center stand.. I am gonna remove the center stand and fabricate it into a stand alone unit where I can just slip it under the bike when I need to and raise it up if needed.. Then I think I'm gonna...

Here it is with the exhaust wrapped and siting on the ground at ride height.... I still need to install the nuts and clamps..

I got the exhaust back and shot it with high heat header paint and popped it on to check it out.. It will be wrapped with header wrap..

Got the powerplant loaded in..