Maxx650
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Hey everyone, figured I'd make a build thread for my current project since I'm doing more than I had originally expected.
I'm building my 79 special into something a bit more cafe style.. I had intended to swap out my seat for Omar's narrow cafe seat, re do all the electrics since mine were mostly melted, remove the battery box, lower bars, new pipes, rearsets... then I figured I might as well dissasemble everything to get it all cleaned.
Now I'm at the part where I have a bunch of motorcycle parts in the back of my station wagon
Didn't think I'd take it this far, but since it's disassembled I'm to make her pretty.
I'm doing my work at my folk place in Dallas (I live in Austin) and in two weeks I"ll be reassembling with new pipes (Scott Gordon, they look awesome!), new wiring harness, shorai battery, mikesxs ss reg/rect, I've started polishing my side covers (still needs some work).
The only things I have left to get are omar's seat, rear sets (still looking around, would like suggestions), and maybe the expanded oil filter kit.
Here she is as I had here before I started pulling apart:
Starting to polish up the covers
The pipes Scott Gordon made for me (left room for rear sets, first pic is at his studio)
I'll post some more pictures when I get my parts back from powdercoating and start reassembling next weekend.
I'm building my 79 special into something a bit more cafe style.. I had intended to swap out my seat for Omar's narrow cafe seat, re do all the electrics since mine were mostly melted, remove the battery box, lower bars, new pipes, rearsets... then I figured I might as well dissasemble everything to get it all cleaned.
Now I'm at the part where I have a bunch of motorcycle parts in the back of my station wagon
Didn't think I'd take it this far, but since it's disassembled I'm to make her pretty.
I'm doing my work at my folk place in Dallas (I live in Austin) and in two weeks I"ll be reassembling with new pipes (Scott Gordon, they look awesome!), new wiring harness, shorai battery, mikesxs ss reg/rect, I've started polishing my side covers (still needs some work).
The only things I have left to get are omar's seat, rear sets (still looking around, would like suggestions), and maybe the expanded oil filter kit.
Here she is as I had here before I started pulling apart:
Starting to polish up the covers
The pipes Scott Gordon made for me (left room for rear sets, first pic is at his studio)
I'll post some more pictures when I get my parts back from powdercoating and start reassembling next weekend.
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