Swapmeet Louie
put some metal in yer eye
Hey all...
I've been a member for a while. But mostly been lurking. I had a previous post but it was about my XS400. Which I was immediately directed to the XS400.com site. Understandable.
Well, I growed all up and am back with a big boys toy, haha...
I acquired a 78' basket case from a friend of mine. It only had 7200 miles on the clock so I was pretty stoked. I had built a Honda CB for a guy down in H.B. Cal. and was on schedule to deliver it the second week of june. I am from H.B. and my brother who rides a vintage CB is still down there. I really wanted to take something down there to ride around with him and some of my old pals. Realizing I only had three weeks to get a bike up and going from the time of the xs650 purchase. I didnt have much time to pay alot of attention to detail. And definitely didnt have any time to order any parts.
So I dug and dug in the garage until I had mocked up something that I wouldn't be ashamed of riding..
So anyway, in three weeks this is what I ended up with. Nothing to fancy and definitely not as well thought out as some of the machines on this board, but fun nun the less..
It'll get some more love this coming winter.
Thanks for looking
Lou
I've been a member for a while. But mostly been lurking. I had a previous post but it was about my XS400. Which I was immediately directed to the XS400.com site. Understandable.
Well, I growed all up and am back with a big boys toy, haha...
I acquired a 78' basket case from a friend of mine. It only had 7200 miles on the clock so I was pretty stoked. I had built a Honda CB for a guy down in H.B. Cal. and was on schedule to deliver it the second week of june. I am from H.B. and my brother who rides a vintage CB is still down there. I really wanted to take something down there to ride around with him and some of my old pals. Realizing I only had three weeks to get a bike up and going from the time of the xs650 purchase. I didnt have much time to pay alot of attention to detail. And definitely didnt have any time to order any parts.
So I dug and dug in the garage until I had mocked up something that I wouldn't be ashamed of riding..
So anyway, in three weeks this is what I ended up with. Nothing to fancy and definitely not as well thought out as some of the machines on this board, but fun nun the less..
It'll get some more love this coming winter.
Thanks for looking
Lou
