triniriderz
XS650 Enthusiast
Yo
Just got this XS650H of 1981 vintage as far as I know, the story goes that it was stolen then recovered and also has had a small drop at some point after the recovery and this is what we have left..... Oh should also say it was sat outside without a cover for 5 years ..
More wires than a scud missile
More rust than the Titanic
More dirt than something reallllllyyyyyy dirty
The bike is now in bits with only the frame and engine still bolted together and having a minor clean
Carb wasn't to bad and have seen far worse considering the fuel wasn't drained and had sat for so long..
beginning of carb clean..
Im gona try and get it on the road for about 200 quid, it's going to be a rat bike forsure, I will not invest in a strip of the engine and blast of the cases until next winter (Thats if it runs ).. Frame will just be cleaned for now and if I like the bike I will do a full restore next winter inc powdercoating..
It will end up kinda, Rat flattrack/caferacery/shit kicker sort of thing...
Good thing rust is the new chrome!!!....
Anyway have a serious question ... I have had to ditch the old loom as it was hacked up by a axe murderer and looked awful, so I will run a very basic Loom with Kickstart only... Is there going to be any issues running a Boyer "Digital" Ignition with this setup as I heard a bad wisper about these unit's.. See Pic
Just got this XS650H of 1981 vintage as far as I know, the story goes that it was stolen then recovered and also has had a small drop at some point after the recovery and this is what we have left..... Oh should also say it was sat outside without a cover for 5 years ..
More wires than a scud missile
More rust than the Titanic
More dirt than something reallllllyyyyyy dirty
The bike is now in bits with only the frame and engine still bolted together and having a minor clean
Carb wasn't to bad and have seen far worse considering the fuel wasn't drained and had sat for so long..
beginning of carb clean..
Im gona try and get it on the road for about 200 quid, it's going to be a rat bike forsure, I will not invest in a strip of the engine and blast of the cases until next winter (Thats if it runs ).. Frame will just be cleaned for now and if I like the bike I will do a full restore next winter inc powdercoating..
It will end up kinda, Rat flattrack/caferacery/shit kicker sort of thing...
Good thing rust is the new chrome!!!....
Anyway have a serious question ... I have had to ditch the old loom as it was hacked up by a axe murderer and looked awful, so I will run a very basic Loom with Kickstart only... Is there going to be any issues running a Boyer "Digital" Ignition with this setup as I heard a bad wisper about these unit's.. See Pic
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