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First post ever, woohoo
Just found this sight googling some questions on my bike. More on that
Later. this place is awesome! I am a member over at customfighters.com and had just started posting my build thread over there, with little interest. Hey to be fair its not really a fighter. thought yall might apprecieate this more.
So Ive been dreaming of a building a bobber/rat rod kind of thing for a long time, but never had the time or money. I was perusing craigslist as I always do (ever set the range to like 8 grand even though your bumming smokes off your buddies? I like to dream) and saw a 79 gs425 for super cheap.
Long story short...I bought it. and it runs great! sort of.......I had always planned on a hardtail chopper kind of thing, but I saw this bike and its screamed cafe racer, so there ya go. It is VERY rough around the edges but thats what makes this fun, and keeps it in my pitiful price range.
the right footpeg mount is broken (the guy who owned it before the guy I bought it from had a U clamp around it....super ghetto, and worse, ineffective) the chain is rusted to hell, brake fluid dark, muddy and almost gone and the tires have maybe 200 miles left in them.
buuuut whatever none of that sounds fun so why deal with it?
a few pics before molestation (or right after comencing molesty things anyway)
upon getting it home I immediatly pulled the bars, flipped them, juggled some hoses and wires and la de fricken dah I got a cafe racer.
However the stock bars make for some super low cafe bars so I swapped em with some rusty black bars I had laying around. Much better!
pulled the front and rear fender, turn signals, mirrors and various bolts that didnt seem terribly important.
the seat is torn to pieces Ive begun mocking up some seat pans to fiberglass. planning to use the foam from old saddle to shape the seat, then cover. thatll be a first for me so any tips welcome. I may just cut down and recover old seat, not sure...
pulled the carbs...lots of rust residue (yummy) and generally gross. Ive never seen metal floats before! Im a child I know.
(See what I did there?)
First post ever, woohoo
Just found this sight googling some questions on my bike. More on that
Later. this place is awesome! I am a member over at customfighters.com and had just started posting my build thread over there, with little interest. Hey to be fair its not really a fighter. thought yall might apprecieate this more.
So Ive been dreaming of a building a bobber/rat rod kind of thing for a long time, but never had the time or money. I was perusing craigslist as I always do (ever set the range to like 8 grand even though your bumming smokes off your buddies? I like to dream) and saw a 79 gs425 for super cheap.
Long story short...I bought it. and it runs great! sort of.......I had always planned on a hardtail chopper kind of thing, but I saw this bike and its screamed cafe racer, so there ya go. It is VERY rough around the edges but thats what makes this fun, and keeps it in my pitiful price range.
the right footpeg mount is broken (the guy who owned it before the guy I bought it from had a U clamp around it....super ghetto, and worse, ineffective) the chain is rusted to hell, brake fluid dark, muddy and almost gone and the tires have maybe 200 miles left in them.
buuuut whatever none of that sounds fun so why deal with it?
a few pics before molestation (or right after comencing molesty things anyway)
upon getting it home I immediatly pulled the bars, flipped them, juggled some hoses and wires and la de fricken dah I got a cafe racer.
However the stock bars make for some super low cafe bars so I swapped em with some rusty black bars I had laying around. Much better!
pulled the front and rear fender, turn signals, mirrors and various bolts that didnt seem terribly important.
the seat is torn to pieces Ive begun mocking up some seat pans to fiberglass. planning to use the foam from old saddle to shape the seat, then cover. thatll be a first for me so any tips welcome. I may just cut down and recover old seat, not sure...
pulled the carbs...lots of rust residue (yummy) and generally gross. Ive never seen metal floats before! Im a child I know.
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