The Stovetop Scrambler: 1974 tx650 Scrambler Rebuild

[chism717]

Just the basic finish of the metal. Smooth or slightly rough?

 

[Tron]

Ah. pardon my ignorance..

yes, it's quite smooth! it looks like silver aluminum paint in person

 

[Furious D]

Build is looking good. I really dig that tailight.

I have been looking on Ebay for a funky taillight but I cant find anything I like. I might try to build one out of junk.

 

[jdizon]

+1 on that light. I see another future product offering ! Build looks tight!

Build is looking good. I really dig that tailight.

I have been looking on Ebay for a funky taillight but I cant find anything I like. I might try to build one out of junk.

 

[Tron]

I promise ill update soon..

Im too busy riding it and being a hipster

 

[Tron]

 

[pekka]

Looking good! I really like the simplicity of your build. Looks "small" and light weight. In a good way!

Do you have foam in those velocity stacks? Dirt from the rear tire might kill the engine pretty quick?

Pekka

 

[Speedthriller]

Nice bike! Pekka has a good point there. Or you could mount some sort of a fender over the part of the tire that is on the engine side.

 

[Tron]

I have the stock plastic fender liner thing at my shop, but will probably make a lexan one to guard the motor/carbs from debris.

the stacks are filtered a bit by very small mesh, and I think I will get some uni foam for the inside.

thanks for te comments and feedback guys

 

[Tron]

Right now it looks like I need to rebalance the front wheel/tire, get a better sync on the carbs, and an overall tune. there is a local xs guru that lives in te mountains near me that I think I may have do a once over on the bike.

I'm getting an odd, rhythmic squeal from the right side case. I am going to change the oil again, and go back to rotella to see if that solves it.

The pamco/pma swap is great. I haven't really done a proper time job but it starts first kick and nothing dims at idle.

 

[Sonnylynnvick75]

looks killer!

 

[jdizon]

Looks sweet dude! I think slight up swept pipes and mufflers like these would look sick on your bike

 

[_XSesive_]

Looks great Tron, I love the creativity and overall look of the bike, btw how are those rear shocks working out? I'm really tempted to get a pair myself at that price.

 

[Tron]

Thanks for the comments everyone..

The shocks seem decent enough.. I cant say im have a sensitive butt per-say, but they seem to work. I may go for some longer ones next year though.

 

[I am Carbon]

The bike really came out great Tron!
diggin the tail lite a lot.
Some scrambler pipes would look good too. imo
anywho good job Man!

 

[jsmith1107]

Nice job on the bike!! This is most likely ignorance on my end but where is the battery in this baby? I know you have the electronics in the "pan" you built.

 

[Tron]

No battery, just a sparx capacitor.

Bikes currently down with a bad stator. Trying to get a hold of hugh as we speak

 

[shifty1]

Hey tron
what disc rotor you running

cheers

 

[shotgunjoe]

Reminds me of my first xs650... miss that bike so much. Mine was a 74 too. Good job.

 

[Tron]

Thanks guys.

The front disk is a drilled rd400 disk. Bit thicker than stock..