My 81 xs build

[ramairgtz]

This is my first build and it's going to be slow buying parts as I get extra money but hopefully I'll get some riding time in before end of summer. Bought the bike for $200 95% complete with a clean title. Got the motor tore down and going to have the cylinders bored due to some rust on the walls. Doing the banshee swap and pamco to keep it simple. Got the tcbros hard tail and gasket set in the mail today. Picking up a sportster tank in the morning and hopefully I can get started on the hardtail this weekend. Need to put the motor back together and get it in the frame before I start. Here's some pics

 

[littlebill31]

Cool. Gonna look good. Love the price too

I just did this to mine last week.

 

[kvanderploeg]

Nice deal! A lot of work ahead, but it's all worth it. Keep the pics coming!

Kent

 

[uknowme2goog]

looking good....what color u going to paint it......keep us updated.....

 

[littlebill31]

There's just something about having engine pieces in front of you...or might just be me, but I enjoy putting them together.

 

[bradical]

I have a set of cases you can use to weld the hardtail up if you want to use them give me a call....

 

[ramairgtz]

Picked up a $40 sportster tank today gotta love craigslist!

As soon as all this crazy weather passes and I get the wifes car out of the garage I'll get to work on the hard tail. I have 2 cars, 2 1/2 motorcycles, a big 2 seater go kart and a ton of tools squeezed in there so it's kinda tight.

uknowme2goog I'm unsure on the color. Thought about doing the tank and fender in black then putting some big blue metal flake over it. Last shop I worked at we did a customers harley like that and it looked really cool. Or I may do a silver with a dark silver stripe down the middle of the tank and fender. I work painting cars for a living but I've never done much as far as custom stuff just factory paint jobs so I'd like to get creative with this one. I marblized the frame on my zx6r it looks pretty cool so maybe I'll play around with some of that. Here's a pic

 

[ramairgtz]

Started on the hard tail last night. Got everything cut off and cleaned up and I'm going to weld it all together after work

 

[kvanderploeg]

Keep 'em coming!

Kent

 

[littlebill31]

Nice work!!!

hahahah, I've got the cut ass end in my shed too. I gotta do something with it, it's in the way.
I didn't even take the seat off.

 

[blackbetty]

Hahaha I've got the shredded ass end in my shed too. I'll be keeping the swingarm to fab up a truing stand...

 

[deluxerux]

Nice work so far. Moving fast.

 

[ramairgtz]

Got the hard tail welded on last night. I spent more time measuring than it took to do the actual welding. At least I know it's on there straight

Starting to look like something

 

[kvanderploeg]

Always a good feeling when you've got it to a rolling chassis!

Kent

 

[ramairgtz]

Just some more clean up on the frame. Filled it all in with weld and smoothed it out

 

[ramairgtz]

Also spent a good 15 minutes making that woodruff key for the pma swap. It looked really easy but darn thing kept fighting me and wouldn't fit right

 

[cstafford]

I have basically the same bike as you, what do you plan on doing with the front blinker mounts? do they just slide off when the front end it off and such?

 

[ramairgtz]

I unbolted the top clamp and they slide right off.

 

[ramairgtz]

Got some new bars from captmilk, a seat, and a very rough fender from lowbrowcustoms. Not sure what is up with that fender but it looks like someone beat it with a hammer all over. I sent them an e-mail but i guess I won't hear back until Monday. Here's a few pics

Next step is order pistons and motor parts from mikesxs and get that wrapped up. Still have a big list of parts to buy but it's slowly getting smaller

 

[ramairgtz]

Just ordered a bunch of parts from mikesxs and bought another rear fender. I'm sending that other one back to lowqualitycustoms tomorrow. Bought some taller seat springs and made a front seat mount. As soon as my sprockets get here and I find a chain I'll mount the tank, seat and fender.