After many months of following this site and others, I have finally made a start on the rebuild of my '79 SE which I have owned for about 15 years. I have been inspired by a few notable xs builds including the work of Punkskalar and 50Gary. Key features include more modern front and rear ends; rephase; 750 big bore; pma conversion, complete engine rebuild and total rewire from scratch. Will try and post some pics, but current status is front and rear end grafted on (both FZR600R - swingarm required extensive modification, soon to be wearing a gsxr 600 shock; front end was a doddle - xs tapered bearings on the fzr stem); crank and cam currently being modded by Jerry at Heiden Tuning in Holland; VF500 stator and reg/rec; rd350 rotor with Rick Page converter plate; wiring diagram drawn by hand (looking for simple mac software to put it on the laptop). Got a tailpiece from a SRX600 but undecided about what to do with the subframe.
Will catalog more changes as they occur. General thanks to the site for all the info and inspiration!
Will catalog more changes as they occur. General thanks to the site for all the info and inspiration!
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