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81 750 seca bobber trash ( UPDATED)

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by tank, Mar 26, 2010.

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    [​IMG][​IMG]It's a 1981 750 seca I'm building this bike to ride, so she will not be a beauty queen.
     
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    Re: my bobber project. blah-blah-blah

    What kind of "custom intake" are you planning? Keep us updated (pics if possible. REAL visual group)...

    skillet
     
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    Re: my bobber project. blah-blah-blah

    ?)(**
     
  4. tank

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    Re: bobber progress

    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


    Here are a few pics. Got the frame painted, picked my tank and fender color, I will be using a Maxim 650 tank on the final build, not this one. Motor should be back in the frame in two weeks and still need to rebuild front calipers, order a few gaskets and throttle tube, but it's getting there. Plan to hardtail it, but going to wait a little while, I want to ride it for a while before I take that step. EVERYONE I KNOW HATES THE FLAT RED, BUT IT IS MY BIKE.
     
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    I dig the flat red. I can't say I've seen anyone else use that color choice, so it's unique. Nice start. Can't wait to see more.
     
  6. tank

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    Here are a couple with the tank I'm using. I'm getting some 10in shocks from Koolaid so that should put the rear end right where I want it, at least until this winter. Motor will be going back in Sunday ( finally found someone to help get it back in)
     
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    Re: 81 750 seca bobber trash (PICS)

    nice. dig the speedo too.
     
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    Love the fender chop!.
    Now.......go the distance.
    Cut a notch out of the shaft cover, bend a little sheet metal
    over the new hole and put a nice fat tire on the back.
     
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    Re: 81 750 seca bobber trash (PICS)

    looks like your getting there your garage is as messy as mine that shows your working hard
     
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    Thanks guys, the speedo is from the PO, he didn't like the factory set up so he cut it all apart and this is what your left with, unfortunately he cut a bunch of wires to so I had to do a lot of rewiring.
     
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    A few of my other toys.
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    2007 SV1000s---braided lines,Leo Vince SBK exhaust, CRG levers, TPS mod, Gsxr 750 rear shock, cobra FI2000, Vortex clipons, Vortex -1 +4 sprockets.

    2007 Vulcan 900 custom-completely stock once again, saying goodbye soon
     
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    WOW....I just looked at the list of bikes in your signature. How about pics of the vulcan 900 before you returned it to stock, the kat, sv650, and the virago?
     
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    Really like the way this is coming out. The silver frame with silver tank combo looks great.
     
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    Thanks, the tank is going to be repainted, I've got to repair a dent, but will be going back with the same color
     
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    Here is the best pic I have of the Kat, it had alot of motor work done by the previous owner gsxr 750 swap, full D&D race exhaust, stage 3 jet kit, pod filters. Unfortunately this one is at my Aunts in Nashville, so I don't get to ride it that often and I'm scared if I bring it home my wife will want me to sale it. Oh yea, this bike also hit 174mph using a gps, stock speedo stops at 160.
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    nice kat.. I really wanted to see the pic of the naked lady paint job though :D pm it to me.

    Don't think I'm making it to the post office today. The shocks will go out tomorrow.
     
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    Finally making some progress. Got the motor back in, headers on, rear fender mounted, and made a new seatpan which still needs to be mounted. Waiting on a set of 10 inch shocks and new carbs. Thinking about making it a bagger using two ammo cans for the battery and electrical. Still have to make my intake also, pvc here I come.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
     
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    Loving the paint job you got goin on here. I was thinking of something kinda like that on my maxim. but with a black base coat. Keep up the good work.
     
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    Looking great man... sorry about the shocks. I hope they get there soon.
    Since I didn't sell you mine I'm thinking of just using them after all and hardtailing it later on down the line after I find a better welder cheap, so I can do it all myself.

    I'm thinking about doing the ammo can dealio as well. I was just going to slap one on the side though....not two. It's nice having you a few steps ahead of me. Get all the kinks worked out, so I can learn from your msitakes :D
     
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    Hey, I'm not trying to be your test dummie :D . I stuck a friends hardbags off his Harley on it the other day and really liked the way it looked, he said he'd sale them to me for 300, but that's more than I paid for the bike, so I'm just going to get a set of large ammo cans and mount them up. I figured I'd use one for battery and electrical and the other for storage. As far as hardtailing mine I think I'm going to hold off. There's a guy down the road with a XS650 for sale, he's only asking 400 for it and it's in top notch shape. My wife has already said no, but I didn't hear her. It would be a perfect project for a hardtail, but will see. He's really into guns so maybe I can work out a trade.
     
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    $400....you need to figure out a way to get the wife on board with that one. Anychance you can pick it up and hide it until she caves like I did with my XJ? hahahahaha

    Did you take a pic of your bike with the harley bags on it? I'd be interested to see it.
     
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    No, didn't take a picture. I didn't even think about it until after he left. I don't think she's going to go for it, I do have the vulcan sold though, the guy's picking it up Thursday, so that might give me some room. I thought about having a friend buying it and working on it at his place then just sneeking it home.
     
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    sell the katana, virago, or sv650 to make room for it
     
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    Katana is in Nashville, pick it up when we go to Gatlinburg, which is about 6 times a year so I can't let it go plus it is the first bike I ever bought. The SV650 belonged to a friend that passed away so I will never sale it and the Virago is a pile of parts in 5 seperate boxes, kind of hard to sale in its present state. I'm going to see if he'll take my S&W .44 in trade that way no cash will be involved and I only paid 350 for it 3 years ago.
     
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    Oh, right on.... I wouldn't sell any of those bikes either. Well... I DID sell my first bike, which was a '92 gsxr 750, but I regret it every day. That's why I will most likely never sell it's big sister... '90 gsxr 1100.
     
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    well no go on the XS, someone beat me to it!!!
     
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    Here it is with 8.75 shocks mounted.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
     
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    is there anyway to get those shocks to work? Would lowering the front an inch or two help at all?
     
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    No, they won't work, driveshaft is in a complete bind, plus one of them bent under the weight of the bike. I wish I could make them work, love the way it looks. I'll see if I can get a pic sitting on it before I pull them off
     
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    not even if you lower the front end a bit? That should put the shaft at a better angle, right?
     
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    Might look at a set of 10" Sportster lowering shocks. thats what I had on my 650. they lowered the back about 2" overall.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Koolaid, lowering the front would probably put the shaft at a better angle and might work, the problem is that they are not built well enough to be used on the bike. Like I said before, one of them bent under the weight of the bike, THAT IS NOT SAFE. I would not trust these even if I could get the shaft to work. :?


    Thought these were going to be 10 inches, but they weren't, just got to get it sorted out and get the right ones :D
     
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    oh shit.... I didn't catch that. Sorry. DAMN! I should have double checked on them and not just gone off of the link brawler sent me :(

    There are a few vendors that sell those other ones. Do you want to go with those or hold off for some savage shocks or something?

    I emailed two of the sellers to see if they would cut me a deal if I buy two sets. Then I could just have them send the one set directly to you. Let me know and I'm really sorry again...
     
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    Got shocks on, now got to get some sun on my legs :D [​IMG][​IMG]
     
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    MUCH Better. I'm glad you got the right ones this time. I can't wait to get mine. Now I'm thinking of just going in a different direction with mine. I might just lower it with those shocks, stay with the stock tank, and slap some drag bars on it and be done.

    Then I can use the '81 cb900f as my hardtail project.....or sell that off and pick something else up. who knows.

    What are your plans for the seat?
     
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    I've got the seat done, just need to mount it and the fender again. You can see it in a few of the pics, all my seat is, is a metal back from an office chair with one end cut off and them wrapped in foam padding.
     
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    Those still aren't the same as the ones I have, but as long as it works. My shocks are adjustable.
     
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    hahahahaha....I can't win with the shocks :(
     
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    I dig it
     
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    your really going to have to raise the fender to compensate for shock travel
     
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    The fender's not mounted yet, it's just sitting on the tire. It woll set about 1.5 inches above the tire when I mount it
     
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    thought it looked awfully close lol
     
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    anymore updates?

    I put my 10" shocks on yesterday. I think I need to follow your lead and look for a maxim 650 tank though. I'm not digging the stock tank or the king sporty tank I picked up for it.
     
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    Hey Tank ,yer herbs are showin in the background! :lol:
     
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    Hey Seaguy, don't point it out :D, I used to grow HERBS, but gave it up a long time ago.

    Koolaid I got my new carbs in Thursday, but won't be able to do any work on it until next weekend. Getting a new tat in the moring, a backpiece thats going to take about 10 hours then plans with the family on Sunday. I thought about using the original tank, but it just didn't look right. I got the 650 tank from a guy on here for 40 shipped. I like it, but it's only temporary, going to be getting a porkster tank from a guy in my club just as soon as I get the cash.
     
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    Do I have your email address? We can go back and forth via email instead of me cluttering your thread if you want to.

    matthew.smith5@gmail.com

    I just got a king sporty tank (porkster) in the mail the other day. I'm not really diggin it for the Seca though. I like the way yours looks on there a lot better. I'm searching ebay right now for a 650 tank.
     
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    A king tank tank is different from the porkster tank. The porkster is more rounded with two caps similar in shape to the 650 tank, the king tank is just a larger peanut tank with a single cap, which one do you have?
     
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    I thought I read that the king WAS the porkster tank. Guess I read wrong. I have the king sporty tank. I think I'm just going to put it on a shelf to use on another project.
     
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    It would probably look cool on the cb you got
     
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    all that project is right now is a frame with some gsxr wheels/front end mocked up on it and parts laying all over the place. That project is going to be a handful.

    Ok, so now I'm just cluttering up your thread AND your pm box... hahahahaha
     

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