check out my custom xj650 j maxim. What do ya think?

I did all the work to this bike myself with some help from my friends. It took all winter but it turned out just like I had invisioned it would last fall. This is the first bike I've redone. I hope I'm adding these pics the right way. I will try to get my before pics up soon so you can see the defference. ok sorry for posting with out the pics i think I have it now

 

Retry photos. Cant see anything. From that description, that air horn sounds loud!

 

ok i got the pisc on there.

 

veery nice, love the front fender on the rear

 

Holy Cow. That looks fantastic. Nice work and thanks for the photos, she looks great.

 

Yes i like it. Looks great sort of has a Batman feel to it.
Good work fella.

 

wow that is great!

 

love how you blacked it all out just what I have in mind for my "Edith"

 

Nice!

 

That bike looks incredible. If only I had the tiime!!!

 

very nice don't it feel good to sit back and say I did that nothing is better than a vision coming to life.

 

Thanks for all nice comments.
Plumer that is a front fender off a honda vtx I got it from my friend and set it on the rear tire last fall. Thats how my whole build got started. I liked the look of it so much I had to roll with it. I was just going to replace the clutch and maybe do the forward controls. Well one thing lead to another. I spent about $1600.00 in parts and maybe have 200 to 250 hours into it. A lot of that time was drinking beer and brain storming with Josh. And a hole lot of sanding.
About that front fender on the rear I'm working on designing another bracket to mask the fork recesses. maybe

 

Do you mean you are going to make a bracket that will sit inside of the fork recesses rather than where it is now? i think that will look better, but It looks good where it is, maybe try and fill in the recessed with something, although the fender is probably plastic huh?

 

also wanted to mention how you smoothed out the neck, it looks great, I want to do that to mine when I strip down the bike to paint the frame.

 

Nice!

mikeg

 

yea its plastic so filling doesn't sound to fun to me with the flexing and all.
I have a couple of ideas I'm thinking about for the bracket.
-fab another small piece of alum to tie the two holes together and add a small blue led light behind the piece so you can only see the glo up into the recess
-make a larger piece and mount it so it fits like a triangle with the point of the triangle at the 2nd hole with about 3" legs
I really don't want to make a hole new bracket, it was a real bugger getting all the bends right so the spacing was equal around the fender.

As far as shaving the neck goes I ground most of the ugly down taking care not to grind to much of the structual integrity out of the neck welds. I then filled the rest in with "allmetal" its a body filler, like bondo but much stronger and it won't crack like bondo. You mix it up in the same fashion but be carefull it will harden before you can walk across the shop if you put a couple of drops to much of hardener in it. Its not a good idea to let it stand to long before sanding either because when fully cured its almost as hard as a soft aluminum. I found that out the hard way. Its best to sand when you can just make an imprint with your finger nail. Also it needs to be put onto bare metal don't primer then almetal it doesn't like to stick to primer or paint.
To show off the neck I also raised the front of the tank 1 1/2" . If your going to do this make sure you move the mounts back slightly or the rear mount won't line up :wink:

 

I think it looks great. You have talent sir.

 

The neck pretty much sounds like how I was going to do it. I've been using that same sort of allmetal stuff all over my bike instead of bondo, It holds a lot better. I think I am going to strip down the bike this winter to paint it. I have enough to do during the season already besides riding it.

I love the all black (or is that like a dark gray?) look by the way, That's how mines painted now although I say it's temporary. But as they say, "There's nothing more permanent as something temporary."

 

the frame,wheels,final drive,exhaust, and swing arm are flat black
the engine is semi gloss high temp engine paint
the fenders, covers, and tank are a dark grey with heavy metalic base coat with 3 coats of silver pearl clear coat and 5 coats of staight clear so I didn't wet sand off the pearl (it sparkles like it has crushed glass init when its in the sun)
the engine covers are stripped polised and alumacleared so all i have to do in the future is wash them no more polishing

 

Great unique look! This is one of the reasons that I just keep coming back to this site, you can get so many great ideas to apply to your own ride. Thanks for posting the pictures. I have yet to post a single pict of my bike. Its in way too many peices right now and, I want to show it at its best when I'm done. This year is mechanics, next year will be more cosmetic. I only have one bike and, I want to make it "mine". The mount of the rear fender has given me inspiration but, I'll have to wait and see where I finally end up.
Cheers
Ken