The Show 'n' Tell Thread, Post your bike pics here...

Looks like a big willow. These trees grow fast.

 

Lol yep big trees on Jupiter! Its a cottonwood tree, and last time we checked it was the 2nd biggest in the USA! It marks the entrence of my trails. It was planted around 1860 my grandparents tell me, there is another up by the house that was planted around WW2. Takes about 7 hugs to wrap all the way around the one in the picture, sadly he's dying I removed all the numbers today and painted the plastics black (eventually ill order some black plastics)

I have 2 customers I'm hoping to get finished up in the next couple weeks (1 motor rebuild, 1 motor swap) so ill get a nice paycheck from them and hopefully finish the last of the XJ's winter restoration, then clean it and get some pics on a nice sunny day!

 

As far as I know (I'm a forestry engineer) we don't have cottontree up here, the most similar tree we have is black willow.

I've been in business for 30 years, but I'm always impressed by how big and how old trees can grow.

 

It is an amazing tree !!

 

How did you get that Rack. I like the look

 

Sweet

 

Biggyfaction, Do you mean the rake on the front end? I put the front end off a 750 Virago on the bike. I had to have the steering stems swapped as the Virago's stem is longer. The forks are 4 inches longer and the triple tree has some rake built in so I didn't need to change the head tube. Changed to stance and look without changing the levelness of the engine.

 

This is my 83 XJ750K. Picture was taken BEFORE she was put on the road. And it does have new tires on it now. This how she looked when I got it for free.

 

We have 1000 year old oak trees still living over here 8O no longer growing but still alive!

Mind you, they got nothing on the Bristlecone Pine!!!!

And Ground-Hugger, I believe I speak for the vast majority of our membership when I say "I F-ING HATE YOU!!!!! :evil: ! lol joking, that's one hell of a freebie! 8)

 

Do doubt, that is one impressive free bike.

 

It is a nice example of a well cared for xj

 

So I have some of these posted in other places on here, but this has been my labor of love for the past while. It's taken me quite a while to get her up and going, but this is my version of top to bottom, front to back "restorification" of a (now) lovely (IMHO) '83 SECA 900. I have other bikes, but they seem to be camera shy...

 

It may be in other threads too, but it bears posting again

have you had it up to speed at all yet? wondering how you find stability with the bikini fairing?

 

The fairing doesn't create much of a stability issue unless it's windy out. A really good cross breeze (20mph+) between barns and the like will push the handles a little, but not noticably more than the 20mph cross breeze pushes the profile of the bike. Maybe if you're really racing the thing and trying to drag knees it might be a little troublesome, but if I were up to that sort of thing, I'd get a steering damper!
Had her out on some highway close to shop. About 30 miles on the ODO so far (I'm surprised I've found that much time to ride lately) after getting her back together. Brake issues have been resolved and for that work I have a polished Al MC and resevoir (got tired of the paint peeling off).

 

Cool, don't plan on racing my baby but heard a few words on the fairing causing wobbles (even in the Haynes manual!!! 8O )

I know what you mean with the M/C, can never seem to quite get rid of that last little bit of brake fluid & there goes the paint again If I wasn't trying to be so anally original I might've stripped it & anodised it black, reckon that's look nice)

 

ok... I'll play

Here's my '01 750 ACE




And I'm sure you all know my '82 Maxim, VooDoo





Did the paint on both and all the mods onVooDooas well

 

THAT...IS...SICK

 

Voodoo is by far my favorite resto Maxim.....very very nice!

 

Man i wish i could hear that bike run!sweet!!

 

I'm sure there's a video in his build thread :?

Yessum, here it is! http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1 ... t=150.html

http://s262.photobucket.com/user/bnemo/ ... ort=6&o=17

 

http://s262.photobucket.com/user/bnemo/ ... xim?page=1

there is 3 videos on there, personally i dont like the sound of it. looks like a harley (except the motor of course) but doesnt sound like one.

 

Here's another one I made.. can't get youtube to post in the thread... sorry...

VooDoo promo video

 

That's the one I linked I think it sounds good, I like loud open pipes... I have an open can on my NC27.... My neighbours don't like me a lot...

 

1981 Yamaha XJ550


1982 Yamaha XJ750r


1983 Yamaha XJ900r


2001 Kawasaki ZRX 1200r


1994 Honda Goldwing SE with a California Sidecars hack


im in the process of looking for a good paint scheme for the 750. the tank has enough little dings and dents and the tail fairing is faded pretty badly so im looking for something different...

the 550 i bought as 4th owner. 3rd owner did a little band-aid fixing on it when 2nd owner smacked it into a car when he was walking it along while running, with the clutch pulled in. it sat from 1994 until 2006 when i didnt have time to ride. RickOMatic did a carb job for me and MiCarl got it running...

the 900 i bought on BigFitz's urging vs buying another 750 with a bad 2nd gear. MiCarl brought it back to life with tires, brakes, fluids, carb cleaning and rubber and coils. it currently has a repainted fairing (not in this picture) and new XJ4ever (Chacal) windscreen and turn signals...

the ZRX has pods and jets, a Muzzy header and Erion Racing (half of the Two Brothers Racing) can and a few other convenience mods...

the Goldwing is stock. it needs a new windscreen though. the one on it now has some sort of oxidation that ive yet to be able to clean with EVERYTHING ive tried...

okay, enough of me. post more pictures...

 

Try Brasso on the screen

Like the 900, almost identical to my 750E-II, save the bigger engine & different exhausts (pointed out by hogfiddles)

 

For sure, Mad_Bo. VooDoo is a sweet build.

 

A simple trick I learned from a painter friend, he did it to his acetylene gauges that were cloudy from age. He shot a coat of clear paint on them and they were crystal clear again.

 

Although the orange 650 isn't operating at the moment, I'm still proud of all the learning I obtained when doing the engine rebuild. The yellow 550 however is a blast to ride!

 

This bike I built from frame up for my daughter’s wedding but they didn't get it until their first anniversary.

My son’s first bike.

Traded it for this

My 13 year olds bike…I have a lot of work to do on this one.

My youngest daughter’s bike.

My wife’s 83 XJ750 with XS1100 gauges.

Wife’s XJ1100 the exhaust has been changed

My 78 XS1100

My 83 Venture

 

Has been fun restoring this bike. I still have some detail work to do to it. Didn't take any before pics, but this bike was rougher than a night in jail in Tijuana. The original color was red, though it was faded, rusted and eggshell cracked. All the chrome was rusted and the front of the engine was covered with tar and chip gravel that must of sprayed of from the front tire. The bike was pretty much abandoned and not taken care of. When I got it, it wouldn't run unless the choke was full on. Starts, runs and rides like a new bike now.
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Currently in my garage:



...and finally (mandatory XJ content):

 

Here's my 650 Seca with 750X motor. Currently apart while I try to finally get the cooling system looking and working right.

 

My first post in this forum. A picture of my xj900.

 

A few of mine:
1964 Yamaha Campus 60

 

Honda NS50F

I intend to build it into a street legal version of this bike I roadraced back in the day

 

The "Evil Twins"
Ducati 916SPS 1 of only 150 ever sent to the USA. Loaded with magnesium wheels and swingarm, and carbon fiber everything. factory race kitted motor(996)factory flashed computer. This is the bike the Italians used to break the Japanese domination of WSB racing.
And next to it, the Honda RC51 basically stock other than exhaust, this is the bike Honda built to break the stranglehold Ducati had on WSB with the 916/996. Hence the "Evil Twins" not to mention they are both 1000cc twins

 

1986 GSXR750 Limited
Nobody seems to know how many of these were built but estimates range from a low of 300 to as many as 600 worldwide. Sold as a street legal Racebike parts are ultra rare and obscenely expensive. Around $4K to repair a blown up clutch! $2K for a set of clutch plates! It is currently in the process of becoming a race replica back to as raced specs

 

Recently scored rear wheel for GSXR project, these were so expensive back in the day only factory sponsored teams could afford them, now days, 18" wheels are no longer cool. Scored this dude for $100!

 

This is my Wife stylin for the Photographer on a YSR50 that has too much invested in it, I'm guessing in the $10K range. We raced this several years and won several championships with it

 

Wife and her '07 GSXR750 on left son on right on my '96 GSXR750

 

GT750 Suzuki sidehack project

 

No longer own this one, it sold last year, but worth noting. This bike made the Wife the fastest Woman in Texas on a street legal bike for almost 3 yrs @ 201.5mph

 

here are my current children
the Xj will be getting a make over this winter
and the Scooter hopefully will be sold in the spring

 

A picture of my Yamaha fs1 50cc, or actually 60cc

 

Ooh! Ooh! I wanna ride it! Man that's nice! How about a full side pic?

 

Hit some gravel a few weeks ago. New headlight, engine cover, lost a mirror, bar end led, handlebars. All better now. Apparently had a concussion, but don't remember any of it. When I got the engine cover replacement, it had some scratches on it so I was wet sanding it and found that the YICS placard is made of copper. WOOOHOOO, COPPER!!!

 

Notorious.... That Suzuki side hack pic caught my eye.... After looking at it a minute, realized I think it's the same as a bike I have ..... Then I saw your description-----sher'nuff, GT750, the Water Buffalo. Mine only was on the road from '75 for 8 yrs then garaged. I bought it two summers ago with 6k mi on it----