It's time to start a winter Project. The Red Bike

[Kevin Werner]

Well the tins showed up today. I had just gone through the ignition switch, cleaning the contacts and the switch body itself. Now to assembling the wiring. It seems to be mostly original and plugging things together shoul be simple. There is a lot more room here than the 5 1/4 shell on my tracker. So far there are no "owner induced scratches" in the @Jim paint. A side note here. When this is all reassmble I will find the box or tub I stored fasteners in. I make a run daily to the TruValue for new metric fasteners that I know that I carefully stored 7 months ago.

 

[Jim]

No shipping damage I hope?

 

[Kevin Werner]

No shipping damage I hope?

I do not think so. The packaging is meticulous and I only started with the headlight shell (and left side cover out of curiosity) so that I do not have pieces laying around to get bounced of the floor. After the headlight shell is fitted I will mount the rear fender to attack the tail light scheme. Somewhere in that time frame I need to fill/bleed the front brake BEFORE I fit the front fender. Still need to rejet the VMs 195/20 before I fit the tank. Then, take stock indicators and cut the stalks 2 inches.

 

[Kevin Werner]

No shipping damage I hope?

I am sorry. I should have said the boxes arrived undented, whole, and seemingly in the condition you sent them. The contents were well separated from eachother.

 

[gggGary]

I'd be willing to send an old chrome rear fender for mock up work, get everything exactly how you want it THEN drill holes in that freshly painted beauty.

 

[46th Georgia]

I'd be willing to send an old chrome rear fender for mock up work, get everything exactly how you want it THEN drill holes in that freshly painted beauty.

Idea of the week!

 

[Kevin Werner]

I'd be willing to send an old chrome rear fender for mock up work, get everything exactly how you want it THEN drill holes in that freshly painted beauty.

Do. Thank you. Text/PM shipping$. Hate to have a bike full of these hiding my mistakes.
https://images.app.goo.gl/3vQFcYt1eEjU1QST8

 

[gggGary]

Found the same one you have, trust me it owes me NOTHING!

Bike is long gone, under that flat black you will find orange and maybe green.

wonder if Jim would do that paint scheme again??
AKA the Pumpkin bike.
When it left here:

 

[gggGary]

Actually I don't think you'll find chrome, that was an 82, black fender bike when new.

 

[Kevin Werner]

You painted the Prius?

 

[46th Georgia]

Actually I don't think you find chrome that was an 82 black fender bike when new.

??? I don't remember ever seeing one with black fenders.

 

[Kevin Werner]

??? I don't remember ever seeing one with black fenders.

Midnight Special???

 

[46th Georgia]

Midnight Special???

I vaguely remember Midnight Specials in 850 and 1100, but I don't remember them in 650.

 

[gggGary]

I vaguely remember Midnight Specials in 850 and 1100, but I don't remember them in 650.

1982 Heritage special

 

[gggGary]

You painted the Prius?

pppPrevious Prius.

 

[46th Georgia]

1982 Heritage special

I've never seen one.

 

[5twins]

I've never seen one with a slotted disc.

 

[gggGary]

....... slotted disc.

XS11 special, it"s thinner also. Plug n play on 77 up.

 

[jetmechmarty]

I've never seen one with a slotted disc.

It might have been something planned and made the cut for the promotional, but not production.

When I bought my XS650SK, the dealer also had an XS650SJ leftover. That’s the only one I’ve ever seen. It has a lot of black parts not shared with any other.

 

[Kevin Werner]

I want/need a speedometer but the rest is lipstick on a pig. The alloy plate cold be a new carrier for speedo and 2 small digital displays, tach and voltage.