Extreme makeover,,,1983 yamaha XJ750.

[RiceRider69]

Hey all,,,thanks for the interest in the chop. It is a shaft drive and it has not been lengthened,,,only lowered in the rear which changes the rake slightly allowing the ILLUSION that its longer.

[BOOSTED]

Inspriational.
I can't wait to get started.
I am anxious to see the re-assembled product.

[RiceRider69]

Originally Posted by BOOSTED

I am anxious to see the re-assembled product.

Yeah me too! Hopefully someday Ill finish it!

[RiceRider69]

Not a whole lot to show,,,I got the motor back in,,,,thats about it. Aint had the money lately to advance,,,,,soon though,,,,I want this fucker in the wind come spring!

[RiceRider69]

Well got some updates,,,hopefully Ill get some pics up soon. Got my wheels sandblasted, reinstalled,, rear brakes hooked up. Ordered some 15" apes, should be in in a few days. Got the motor back in,, working on the wiring. Gotta find a gell cell battery and build a batt. box still. its getting there,,,itll be on the road this spring come hell or high water. Pics to come soon!

[RiceRider69]

[Phantom]

This is not a slam but I have to say. I like the bike better in black and white. I think it would be cool with black, whites and silvers in the final machine maybe?

[RiceRider69]

OH,,no offense taken man,,,,that is just the rattle can job from before,,,havnt really done any cosmetic work yet. Ill be the first to admit the black and yellow rattlecan flames look lame as hell!!

[Barefoot Choppa]

Lookin good Chris!!! Now hurry up and finish that bitch so's ya can be in da wind bro!!!

[RiceRider69]

Well got some work done on the bike on my days off. The original headlight mount system required all sorts of funky shit that woulda cluttered the front end,, so I decided to figure out something different. I also didnt like the look of the lower triple tree, so I thought I would try to cover it up.


So here is how it looked when I started.




SO I cut and drilled this,,,


And used it to cover the lower tree,,,



Then I found this set of Fender struts of a Harley softail I had laying around,,,



And I cut them up and welded them to this other piece of steel,,,


Well actually before I welded them to the other piece,,,I bolted them to the light to get some measurements,,,kinda looks like a dog with floppy ears!!

[RiceRider69]

And here is how it turned out,,,,,

[Shawn1340]

Nice job on the headlight mount but you gotta do something about that bottom cover. It looks too much like a yield sign.

What if you cut out some fangs instead? Kind of like this but maybe a bit longer... VvvvV

Just being honest, don't take offense!

[RiceRider69]

I think with the headlight installed,,,,and once its all painted to match,,,it wont stick out quite so much.

Hell as far as that goes,,,mabey I will paint it like a yield sign

[RiceRider69]

See Shawn,,,its not so prominent in this pic

[RiceRider69]

Alright,,,,I was WAY over thinking the battery mount,,,was going to build a whold enclosure for it,,,,,decided to say "fuckit' and this is what I came up with,,,,combined witha black bungee and some foam,,,this should work fine!!