12 months of work. Here she is!!

Bought not much more than a parts bike last July.





Many enjoyable hours later, here she is. Meet "Jezzabelle". What do you think?









Here's what I did to it:

Installed stock air/fuel jets
Installed stock Y-13 needles
Changed carb bodies to bodies with fine threaded mixture screws
Replaced missing lower carb bracket with idle adjusting screw
Cleaned/Rebuilt Carbs including throttle shaft seals
Adjusted valves
Changed Oil/Filter
Changed Air Filter
Discarded corroded collector box, headers and aftermarket mufflers
Installed new (from eBay) stock headers, collector box, mufflers
Installed new header seals
Removed cam chain slack
Checked compression
Replaced airbox boots with new Fernco boots
Installed new valve cover gasket
Installed new valve cover pressure washers
Replaced right side engine cover
Installed inline fuel filter
New spark plugs
derusted tank
Installed new front/rear tires
Installed new tire valve stem cores
installed new front brake pads
Installed new rear brake shoes
rebuilt front master cylinder
rebuilt front brake calipers
installed new front brake hand lever
Installed new fork seals/dust wipers/cap orings
Installed new fork oil
pressurize forks to 10 psi
Checked level of rear differential lube
Replaced missing mirrors
replaced missing fasteners
Checked coil/pickup resistances
Checked regulator/rectifier resistances
Installed new alternator brushes
cleaned all connector contacts
Installed new Fuse holders/fuses
Installed new blinkers
Installed new headlight lamp
Replaced missing start button
fixed horn wiring
Installed automotive flashing unit
Installed battery tender lead
Painted carb hats
polished alloy covers
Painted tank and body parts
Added gas tank seam trim
cleaned frame
painted front and rear wheels
Painted front brake rotors
Painted frame
Painted center stand
Restored plastic parts Back to Black
Cleaned motor

Going to do a better job on the motor next winter. But for now, it's time to ride.

 

Very very nice job. I appreciate one going back to near as stock as possible - no offense to the bobbers.

What size is that back tire?

 

Thanks SecaRob. It's a 130/80.

 

Beautiful... Simply beautiful

Thanks for posting the before-and-after pics, it makes one truly appreciate the work you've put into this. Probably looks even better now than it did when it first rolled out of the showroom!

Great work.

Cheers,
Lucky

 

Nice, nice work cturek...simply much more patience (and time) than I will ever have. I'll have to keep an eye on EBay because my Maxim needs pipes and mufflers.

Congratulations!
Pete

 

very nice.

was the tank seam trim on the stock bikes (my seca has no tank trim - just wondering if it used to . . .)

looks good.

 

Wow!

That ride looks brand-new! Awesome job, hope I can get mine looking half that nice.

 

nice work! feels good doesn't it?

 

Fantastik man! Excellent job she looks gorgeous. My Maxim is down fore a while so I can do a complete carb rebuild and a bunch of other stuff. I'm hoping she'll look as good as yours when I'm done.

 

Very cool - great looking bike congrats on all your hard worlk paying off.

 

Very nice- job well done. Can I send you some of my old parts so you can make them look new again?

 

that looks damn nice! wanna trade for my 85 700?
didnt think so
*kicks dirt

 

Very nice job!

 

Looks great!!!

 

I like the color.
Very meticulous. A man after my own heart.
Nice work!

 

Very nice indeed Carl. Fine job; from your list it looks like you've covered everything.

Now all you have to do is ride it and see what sort of unexpected surprises it has in store for you.

 

Truly a beautiful restoration. Enjoy the ride and be proud.

BigFitz posted a couple weeks ago that often gets approached by people who notice how great his bikes look.

I would plan on allowing extra time when you go to the store in order to answer their questions.

Enjoy!

 

Nice Job!!!! LOOKS AWESOME!!! Be proud and safe!!!! Now Ride it!!!!

 

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I'll be getting a plate for it this week and can start putting some real miles on it.

I did take it out yesterday for about 10 minutes just around the neighborhood. It sputters just a little taking off from idle, but runs very smooth after that. It holds a steady speed very nice and accelerates without hesitation. The clutch works good, no slippage. It shifts and pulls thru all the gears which was a big relief as I had no idea about the condition of the transmission. While in third gear, I opened it up and WOW!! It took off like a bullet shot from a gun. Much more than my old 350 Honda did!

Working on the bike this past year was very enjoyable and I could not have done it without the resources on this forum. The sense of accomplishment of doing the work yourself does feel very good. Thanks again everyone.

 

Looks beautiful, nice job

 

Did you have the Carbs synchronized, maybe the sputtering problem

 

ooooo pretty.

I have the same color bike. I also like the seam trim on the tank. I think I'll do that to mine.

 

VERY nice indeed!! what did you use to get you plastic parts so dark and looking like new?
you get 3 attaboys for that one !

 

Mothers Back to Black. Works real good.

 

one word WOW! 8O
luv the paint job (correction) luv everything. Great work.

 

Very very nice. What a beatuiful color that bike is.