Finally!!!

It's been almost a year since I picked this up on ebay. It took on a life of it's own as it came futher and further apart. Couldn't have done it without Chacal's help.

 

Very nice job. Well done.

How does it ride?

 

very nice!

 

did you have any tuning problems or mods to go with the pod filters?

 

It rides great. In the late 80's I had a Kawa GPZ 550, this bike reminds me of it. They're just fun to ride.

 

Very nice; indeed!
Really nicely done Fuse Panel.
Details.
The connections to the Panel look great with the Heat Shrink.

All your work is evident from the photographs.
I hope it runs good with the Pods on there.
Sometimes it takes some finessing to get the Carbs right.

 

Love that paint job, are you going to recover the seat?

 

I have a NOS cover for the seat, but since I've never done any upholstery, I was wary about doing it. There's 1 place in town that does them, but they wanted way too much. I guess I'll give it a shot.

 

I changed the jets in the carbs. Chacal sold me a selection so I could see what would work. If I really snap it open at 5k, it gurgles a little. A friend told me to open the hole in the top of the slide a little. He says it will help to get the slide moving faster. It's not really a bother how it is now and winters coming, I'll probably deal with it in the spring.

 

Unless you have an industrial sewing machine, it won't turn out so good.
What you can do is, unpick the existing cover, get your new piece of vinyl & cut it using the old as a pattern, then take it to the upholsterer for stitching. That should save some $s.
Here's a picture of one I did like that, on a Honda.

 

Looks good.

 

I bought a NOS seat cover for my XJ900 and it was very nicely shaped to
fit over the existing seat. I got my lovely lady friend to help (She actually did most of the job). The extra pair of hands was a great help. The only tool we needed was a staple gun. End result looked really good. Very hard to tell from the original. The seat base has a "soft" border so you can staple into it. Honestly, just take your time and you'll finish up with a good look.

 

+ 1 for what Ross says - redid mine and it looks great as long as you have the fitted cover.

The Bike looks great! You did a great job cleaning everything up and the fuse box looks like it belongs!

 

Thanks for the nice comments. I bought a wiring harness off ebay, opened mine up and traced the the wires back to their junction points. Used wire from the donor harness for the extra length.

I do have the fitted cover, I'll give it a shot.

 

Test fit your cover giving it a bit of stretch over the seat. Then place a couple of staples on one side and stretch to the other side and staple. It does help to have an extra set of hands.

I stapled every couple of inches to make sure there were no creases. Then when I was happy I put the rest of the staples in. I had never done anything like that before - not that hard. Pics of mine in my gallery in the after cleaning shots. I scooped 2 inches of foam out to lower the seat - I like the way it looks better.

 

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