Members and their Bikes

Wiz, I can't lie-- of those three, you turned the Honda into a real 100-point bike. While the others are gorgeous, you can still tell they've been refurbished. The Honda looks almost freaking new.

Good work as always.

 

Wiz, that Honda is awesome.

And I like the horns on the 650, nice touch.

 

I still like the gold XS650 out of all of them. The 550 Kwacker was probably the most startling tranformation; the bike looked like it had been abused in the Outback for 20 years, like something out of Mad Max. I have a personal "soft spot" for that one; it led me to the perfectly-fitting Kawi fork boots I have on my Seca. (Thanks again, RL.)

But the XS650 just has that "look" maybe it's the Triumph influence. Gives me a warm fuzzy every time I see it.

 

Il fuss with the computer and see if I can the current pic of the Seca up (what it ooks like now) and the Shadow. the little pit bike is being beat to death by my boys, I may try to post it for a laugh, they are killing that poor thing

 

Here are the only ones i have at the moment.
1. 1963 centaur clinton powered. Folds up into a suitcase. absolutely the worst handling machine at 35 mph that i have ever seen.
2. 73 rd250 with 350 top end swap less then 5100 miles. 250 gearing with 350 top end makes it mr toads wild ride. Original paint and all.
3. 81 cm400a 9k just to be different 1st 2 speed automatic motorcycle i have ever owned.
4. 85 maxim x restored from bobber. Need to polish r/s crank cover and re install the carbs

 

1981 XJ550H - Most recent pic (mid-Nov)-about 1/2 through restoration



polishing, emblems, some paint detail, small windscreen, new shocks, new grips, and more still to come.

 

Clean Max, MM. Hey-- either your rear brake pedal is bent, or it's horribly mis-adjusted. Check your manual, you'll see what I mean. If the book you have doesn't cover it, PM me.

I WANNA SEE MORE PICS of this thing! It's a "modern" Welbike! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welbike I love bizarro attempts at "better mousetraps" like that; give us a better pic of it "deployed."

 

here is a link to a website with a lot of pics. Mine is behind a bunch of stuff in storage in one of my small garages. I need to drag it out and start it. After a rat got in my garage and ate a hole right thru the seat from the bottom up to get at a bag of dog food that was on the seat i kinda lost interest. Its an easy fix all it is a piece of wood with some foam and a homemade cover. Was going to post a pic from 30 years ago smoking the tire but it wont let me tells me i have reached my quota of 5 http://www.caroholic.com/62_centaur.htm

 

Don't need to do it this way. You can already draw up a list of members from the left-hand menu box, and you can post the pics in your gallery.

Dave

 

TIMEtoRIDE current and recent collection - -



Purchased 4 years ago for $700 , still in rehab
Seca 750 build page


Seca 900 thread




2 years ago I had a fire and lost 7 bikes -
http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... art=0.html

Got paid pretty good and bought a Goldwing 1500 and a FJR - the pinnacle of Touring and Sports-Touring. The Goldwing has 184,000 miles and rides like a completely worn out bike. After $500 in repairs I'm trading it. The FJR is flat-out awesome!!

GL1500 w/reverse

 

Maybe... but in today's instant gratification society this is a much quicker way to a whole buttload of bikes rgith now!... plus it requires a whole lot less clicking so the ol' index finger gets a rest too lol

 

potato

dave

 

here's a few, the dr,kz and maxim are history
google doc's

 

Where is the Suzuki ?

 

Second from the bottom; SV1000S

 

I missed that, but it's second from the top, here, is that the N-S hemisphere thing ?

 

i had them up once then resized them and replaced them, maybe that's the answer

 

81 seca 550 redid the seat since.

 

Time for me to contribute.

81 xj650 maxim. 750 maxim tank, custom fenders and exhaust, universal fairing.



82 xj650 maxim - scrappy, parts for sale.

 

Current bikes (except the T595 - should've hung onto that one! - and the GPZ)