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07-23-2010, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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I restored the Yamaha
I originally bought this little bike to resell it, but wound up doing quite a bit of work to it and decided to keep it. Plus I fell in love with the little guy.
My buddy Ron recently had his custom Harley repainted a beautiful dark metallic blue clearcoat, and had some leftover paint. The paint and clearcoat alone were about $300. Because he did not need and would not use the leftover paint, he donated it it me. It's good to have good friends. I have another friend who is an out of work car and motorcycle painter, and he offered to paint my little bike for all of $100. 8) So for $100 I have a custom painted bike. I also repainted the fram and everything that was black from the factory, polished the chrome, and she's beautiful! :P Mechanically she's great too. I rebuilt the forks, cleaned the carbs, replaced the fuel line, fixed a minor ignition problrm, changed the oil, etc. I have a new rear tire, but the old one still has some useful service left in it. 8) When I change the tire I will also change the chain and sprockets and regear it up a little for the freeway. I'll take more pics when I can if you all are interested, this is just a quick snapshot from my cell phone. It really does not do the project justice.
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07-23-2010, 02:17 PM | #2 |
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Sweet bike! Yes, I'd be grateful for more photos.
I loved my '79 650, and your bike looks very similar. How's the front brake? The 650 version had a disc, and perhaps a donor could be had for cheap as an upgrade if necessary.
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07-23-2010, 02:39 PM | #3 |
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It's brakes are adequate but not great. It's not the strength but the modulation ability that's sub-par. I thought about upgrading to a disc brake but for it's use as a commuter it's fine. Also I just redid the forks and don't want to repalce them and do it again.
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07-23-2010, 03:58 PM | #4 |
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07-23-2010, 07:11 PM | #5 |
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Wow! She looks great Doc! Hard to believe its the same bike . I would love to see more pics as well when you get a chance.
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07-23-2010, 07:32 PM | #6 |
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That paint looks about 6" deep. 8)
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07-23-2010, 07:51 PM | #7 |
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It's a killer paint job. It would look great on a $20,000 custom. I really lucked out with the free paint and nearly free labor. I take good care of my friends and they take good care of me.
The paint looks black in the cell phone pics but's its a dark metallic blue. Now I'm thinking of having him do my GS750....
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07-23-2010, 08:55 PM | #8 |
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More pics:
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07-23-2010, 10:28 PM | #9 |
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Not even a hint of orange peel. I wish I could say the same for my '09 Caravan.
Is the engine solid mounted like the 650? If so, are the bars isolated? Your instruments look alot better than mine did.
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07-23-2010, 10:56 PM | #10 |
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Very nice work Doc
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07-24-2010, 12:28 PM | #11 |
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Thanks guys.
The handlebars ar rubber mounted and work well to isolate vibration. The pegs and engine are soild mounted. There are no counterbalancers. It works well. There is a soild buzz in the pegs between 45 and 50 but other than that vibration is tolerable. I would not mind figuring out how to mount rubber mounted footpegs.
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07-24-2010, 01:39 PM | #12 |
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Foam rubber insoles maybe?
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07-25-2010, 01:48 AM | #13 |
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That is a very nice bike, Doc. Also, the paint job is superb! Please remind me. What year, and what model is this motorcycle?
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I'm thinking of having him paint my GS750. :P This little bike has a nicer paint job than my car for crying out loud.
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07-25-2010, 07:04 AM | #15 |
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The bike does look fantastic! I have worked with the metallics quite a bit and I always love the way they turn out . The fellow did a beautiful job on it.
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