Well Hell Reresto'd

[Royboy]

You may recall that early last June a buddy of mine dropped the 77' D resto in a too tight curve. The last couple of months have been spent bringing her back to life. As you can see, we've strayed a bit further from the stock appearance and managed to do a few things that I'd been wanting to try anyway.

We had a discussion here about color and a number of options were considered. In the end I decided to go with a brassy red metallic from Ford. It keeps the general look of the original and, to my eye, compliments the gold metallic in the decals.

Since stock was not the way this was going to go we decided to change a number of items. Indicators, front fender, tail light, headlight stays, mirrors, chain guard and a few other bits went to the aftermarket.

ggggary supplied a fuel tank, foot peg, speedo bucket and good counsel. Thanks Gary!

In the accident the bars went hard left, snapped off the steering stop and the fork got into the tank, killing it. The steering stem and triple tree were rebuilt and new bearings installed. We're still tuning a bit to get the same light feel she had before.

Here are a few pics. Hope you approve.

roy

 

[figure8]

Very nice, good job. I still don't get why Yamaha morphed these models into the specials.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

Excellent job, Roy! Great color scheme.

"Custom by Crash"...

 

[racerdave]

Sharp looking bike Roy. You did good

 

[fredintoon]

Very nice, good job. I still don't get why Yamaha morphed these models into the specials.

Hi figure8,
yeah, gorgeous, ain't it?
But why morph to a Special?
"Nobody ever went wrong underestimating the bad taste of the American consumer."
Because they'd stopped making Standards by then I had to buy my '84 XS650 despite it being a Heritage Special with a teensy little gas tank and ergonomically disastrous handlebars. At least I easily swapped out those "features" for the equivalent parts off a Standard although the over-raked rear shocks & humpy seat are still with me.

 

[tonyc]

Great job Roy. I like it!

 

[Word Man]

Beautiful!

 

[longtallrider]

Hi Fiqure8
Love what you have done , nice additions to make it look sleek.....I like to low hung pipes as the third pic angle makes it look like an XS1B brother .Are they Dunstall replicas ??

 

[Royboy]

Yes, stock headpipes and Dunstall WideMouth mufflers from Mikes XS.

roy

 

[gggGary]

Two Thumbs up Roy! Wildcat mountain run coming up soon.....

 

[lakeview]

That is inspiring to see. Like the front fender and the changed indicator lights and everything.

 

[Royboy]

Thanks all, I appreciate your opinions and comments. There is still a way to go.

In the words of Chief Joseph, "We will endeavor to continue to persevere."

roy

 

[longtallrider]

Hi Roy , apologies required, I was so impressed your bike I miss read and replied calling you Figure 8 .....any way nice job you have done on the bike ...I like the Fork/ buckets ears ...can I ask where you acquired them from ?

Cheers Ron

 

[Royboy]

Ron,

Those came from Mike's XS. Check out Motolanna also, many cool styles available.
Here is a shot of one of the Motolanna types on my 78'SR500.

roy

 

[funky]

Great job Very nice well done