5000 miles in 33 years

[Guest]

They grow up so fast:

[earlfor]

Geez! I've put more miles than that on a bike in two weeks. LOL

[gsgeezer]

It is amazing to see the numbers on that odometer, alright!

[Tamara]

Very nice! I thought mine was pretty low mileage but you got me beat with 5000.

[trevor]

Looks great! Except of course the 85mph speedo.

[MOC]

It is amazing to see the numbers on that odometer, alright!

im responsible for a bit more than 700 of those miles as i bring her back to life. original tires and tool kit and everything. It's exciting to see her living the life she deserves, even if it took a quarter century to happen.

Looks great! Except of course the 85mph speedo.

The 85 mph speedo is staying. mileage aside, i won't be tempted to brag about how fast i went on 95 northbound if i don't actually know...

[Steve]

im responsible for a bit more than 700 of those miles as i bring her back to life. original tires and tool kit and everything. ...

PLEASE do yourself a favor and get those ancient tires off of there, unless you plan on parking the bike as a display item.

Most of us don't like using tires that are FIVE years old, let alone 33.

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[nejeff]

"The 85 mph speedo is staying. mileage aside, i won't be tempted to brag about how fast i went on 95 northbound if i don't actually know..."

+1 On the tires...Probably should stay off 95 Northbound until you do

[trevor]

"The 85 mph speedo is staying. mileage aside, i won't be tempted to brag about how fast i went on 95 northbound if i don't actually know..."

+1 On the tires...Probably should stay off 95 Northbound until you do

I would stay off my driveway with 30 yearold tires.

[MOC]

PLEASE do yourself a favor and get those ancient tires off of there, unless you plan on parking the bike as a display item.

Most of us don't like using tires that are FIVE years old, let alone 33.

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Trust me, the originals are off. Sorry i wasn't very clear on that one. There was no way I was going to ride on the original tires. Yuck. I mounted and balanced some pirelli MT series tires before the bike had it's first foray out on the road. I love them btw. They're awesome:

90x90x19 front
120x80x16 rear



list of repairs/restorations to date:

1 Brazed and repainted tank
2 Replaced tires and balanced them (not as difficult as i had anticipated)
3 Rebuilt the front brake caliper with new rubber and new pads
4 Rebuilt the front brake master cylinder
5 Tore down the carbs and completely cleaned them from the bottom up
6 Rejetted for Pod filters (The PO had cut the airbox in half in an attempt to remove it)
7 Replace the factory sealed beam headlight with an H4 style setup
8 Replaced the factory handlebars with some Renthal dirtbike bars i got for free (think superbike bars)
9 Rebuilt, then re-rebuilt, then got angry and completely replaced the factory petcock

The list goes on

My goal is to make her exactly the way I want her without doing anything that can't be undone. I want to be able to return the bike to absolute bone stock original if I need to. No de-tabbing, no welding, no cutting, nothing. So far so good.

For only 4200+ miles when i bought her, she's showing her age. Most of it is issues with gaskets and seals as the dry rot has set in.

Like I said before, it's exciting to breathe new life into this old girl. She's a treat to drive.

[pete]

Mate good stuff! I put about 10000km's on my 450 before I had to take her off the road in 2001 (bought her in '98), and since completing the rebuild at the very end of 2011 I'm close to 15000km's now... and they keep counting up

[camaroonbinny]

Does that odometer shows the correct figures,Must be correct but very happy for them...

[tkent02]

105,000, right? Maybe 205,000?

[bccap]

Here is mine last summer.



Of course you can see the trip meter.

So over 100,000 KMs it is..

Daniel

Well it's about time you got the damn thing broken in !!

[KEITH KRAUSE]

Hope you enjoy the bike.