- a previous tenant left it at my apartment building like 2 years ago. Had to track one dude down for the key, another for the title. The PO started some kinda "cafe conversion" so when I found it it already had the back of the frame cut, all the lights (except the headlight) had been removed, a 2-1 exhaust w/ "custom" air box made from PCV joints and a single pod filter, shorter rear shocks, and a very amateurish attempt at a DIY fiberglass racing bump/seat pan.- Lumpy, misshapen, and literally held together with duct tape.
All it really needed was a full tune up and a little love.
Here's what i've done so far:
-clean out and patch holes in gas tank- it was filled with rusty sludge and leaking where the tank badges had been ripped off and filled w/ bondo.
filled the dents and gave it a quick spray with flat black for the time being.
- new battery and made a electrinics pan and reroute the rats nest of wires
-clean carb and rejetted within the "ballpark" (ditched the pcv contraption for a pair of pod filters)
-made new seat pan/ bump -I made the seat upholstery from a trash-picked leather office chair
-Fixed the exhaust so it kickstarter doesnt hit it.
-lights!
-new petcock
- new rear tire
-ditched the uncomfortable drag bars for a superbike set
-valves/ carb sync
...Etc
enjoy...
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Every time I ride, it gets lots of attention. Plenty of "what is that thing?" - last week a real PR biker gang member rode w/ me for a few blocks- kept saying "looks like an old triumph"....
Now that all the major maintenance is more or less done, I was think about a nice paint job - but Im afraid that it'll make the rest of the bike look like crap! Also I kinda dig the natural "rat" vibe this bike has goin'... Actually real rats were living in this bike for a while, when I first moved in and it still had a tarp.
What do you guys think?
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