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Three years ago my wife came home from work and, knowing my desires and ambitions of working on bikes, etc., told me that someone had a bike that they needed to sell. I already had a daily rider, so I figured I'd check it out. It turned out to be a 1981 XJ650. It was pretty funky. He wanted $300 for it. Told my wife I'd offer $150 or $200 and she said, "You will NOT! Give him the money, he needs it!" Which was true, so I dragged it home. Three years later and I've just finally registered the bike. It's not yet inspected, I killed the battery jumping it with my car (trying to tune the carbs, kept running the battery down, got impatient). I have them close now, but it needs quite a few odds and ends.

Almost done:

 

I really like where it's going. The paint looks good in the pics and that's a nice brakelight. Where did you get it?

 

Hey Willie, I was born in Sayre and graduated from Waverly High School. I'll bet that you live close to my home town.

Steve

 

Looks real good.

 

Schweeeet!!! Looks awesome!

 

Looks Cool, nice job.

 

Nice........

 

That's a very nice bike. So far, job well done.

I kinda like the brake light too. I dunno if it would look okay on the Seca with what I'm doing but looks very nice on yours.

I would wrap those headers in black. The wrapping gives it a very, very cool look. Keep us updated!