asphalt788
XS650 Member
I am starting to build my first little chop and here is my story. Since I was a kid I had always wanted a motorcycle of my own. However my mom had always said I would kill myself on it. Well two years ago my car got stolen while I was out of town on vacation. That was the point at which I decided to buy a piece of shit car and then use the extra money to buy a bike. I found a good beginner bike (2002 honda shadow spirit) for a good price. I rode it for a year before I purchased a new FZ-09. Then the cruiser sat in the garage collecting dust.
While I was crusing some internet forums I came across the Four Points Madison Cycle Show. I decided that some of the bikes looked cool and went and had a look. I was blown away by some of the bikes there. I knew that I wanted to build my own. So this spring I sold my shadow and used to money to buy a basket case(ish). It was tough to find something that was not finished but had the majority of the parts (and a title). But I finally found one and pulled the trigger for $1100. The guy I bought it from was super nice and wished me the best of luck. We strapped her down into the trailer and headed home. About half way home we stopped at this cool little bar we saw on the way. When we stopped I immediately noticed that the tank was now missing. Crap! Well i ran over to the bike and luckily the tank was in the trailer, along with a half dozen nuts, bolts, levers, and other parts. The first thing that I did was to build a platform to work on and hold the bike upright.
My goal for this bike is to be a bare bones bike. I plan on running no front fender or signals. I would like either a frisco style sporty tank or a wassal. A foot clutch and jockey shift A king and queen seat and tall sissy bar is also in the plan. A LED rear tail light and plate lamp are requirements. As for paint I have no clue. But I have seen some cool paint jobs with patterns and some of that flake/glitter.
The bike is a 1980. While I think the motor is a 79.
On with the pictures.
Now below is a list of parts that I know I will need.
1) Sprocket (31t) Ordered
2) Chain
3) Fender Ordered
4) Fender tabs
5) Sissy Bar
6) King and Queen Seat
7) PMA (hughes) Ordered
8) PAMCO (do I want E-advance? Any help with numbers would be great) Ordered the 14-0910)
9) Capacitor
10) Throttle Ordered
11) Grips
12) Brake Lever
13) Master Cylinder
14) Brake Line
15) Brake switch
16) LED tail light Ordered
17) Plate holder and light Ordered
18) Spedo Delete Ordered
19) Starter plug
20) Solid Riser bushings Ordered
21) Zombie performance SQUID/WTF Bars
22) kickstand
23) Fake oil tank (electrical box)
24) Hi/low switch
25) Off/on switch
26) Clutch cable
27) carb re-build kit Ordered
28) Exhaust (Yo mama pipes or custom long pipes going up to the seat)
29) jets?
31) throttle cable
I plan on tearing apart the engine and seeing how it looks. I will attempt to write as many how tos with tons of pictures.
I welcome all comments/questions/help.
While I was crusing some internet forums I came across the Four Points Madison Cycle Show. I decided that some of the bikes looked cool and went and had a look. I was blown away by some of the bikes there. I knew that I wanted to build my own. So this spring I sold my shadow and used to money to buy a basket case(ish). It was tough to find something that was not finished but had the majority of the parts (and a title). But I finally found one and pulled the trigger for $1100. The guy I bought it from was super nice and wished me the best of luck. We strapped her down into the trailer and headed home. About half way home we stopped at this cool little bar we saw on the way. When we stopped I immediately noticed that the tank was now missing. Crap! Well i ran over to the bike and luckily the tank was in the trailer, along with a half dozen nuts, bolts, levers, and other parts. The first thing that I did was to build a platform to work on and hold the bike upright.
My goal for this bike is to be a bare bones bike. I plan on running no front fender or signals. I would like either a frisco style sporty tank or a wassal. A foot clutch and jockey shift A king and queen seat and tall sissy bar is also in the plan. A LED rear tail light and plate lamp are requirements. As for paint I have no clue. But I have seen some cool paint jobs with patterns and some of that flake/glitter.
The bike is a 1980. While I think the motor is a 79.
On with the pictures.
Now below is a list of parts that I know I will need.
1) Sprocket (31t) Ordered
2) Chain
3) Fender Ordered
4) Fender tabs
5) Sissy Bar
6) King and Queen Seat
7) PMA (hughes) Ordered
8) PAMCO (do I want E-advance? Any help with numbers would be great) Ordered the 14-0910)
9) Capacitor
10) Throttle Ordered
11) Grips
12) Brake Lever
13) Master Cylinder
14) Brake Line
15) Brake switch
16) LED tail light Ordered
17) Plate holder and light Ordered
18) Spedo Delete Ordered
19) Starter plug
20) Solid Riser bushings Ordered
21) Zombie performance SQUID/WTF Bars
22) kickstand
23) Fake oil tank (electrical box)
24) Hi/low switch
25) Off/on switch
26) Clutch cable
27) carb re-build kit Ordered
28) Exhaust (Yo mama pipes or custom long pipes going up to the seat)
29) jets?
31) throttle cable
I plan on tearing apart the engine and seeing how it looks. I will attempt to write as many how tos with tons of pictures.
I welcome all comments/questions/help.
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