1981 maxim 650 first timer

My son loves helping me out in the garage but sometimes he likes to grab little things that he shouldn't and somehow misplaces like nuts and bolts and I'm stuck looking for about a good day or two or for example when I disconnected some wiring and I had made these little sticker tabs for each wire had them labeled so I knew where it went to, he decided it would be a good idea to rip all of the labels off and throw them on the floor so now I'll know if something is messed up if i turn my left turn signal on to turn and my headlight or taillight starts blinking out of control lol

 

Very nice bike

 

My progress today

 

NICE!


Have you thought about putting a MTB shock on the rear instead of just a standard springer seat?

 

Yes I have but idk if I really dig that style

 

I am going to be raking the frame this is where I am at as of last night

 

What do y'all think stock handle bars or the after market ones that I have on in my other pics?

 

Hey man,

It's always going to look good if you're doing what you want to do.
Because it doesn't matter what anybody thinks that it looks like. It's an expression of your personal tastes, nobody can tell you what you think looks good. There's always going to be people who don't like what you like.
The internals, the workings of the engine, and how things work, however, is more what this site is for. People spend a lot of time learning and they want to help you build a bike that will ride for as long as it can, so you can learn and pass on your knowledge.

That being said,
It's looking like a sweet bobber. I have the same bike, but you seem much more skilled than me. But I'll catch up some day.

 

Which is more comfortable for you?

 

Pics from today cut the handle bars and tack welded them just to get the fee of a more higher bars the stock bars I wasn't really to into because it looked like a bird flapping its wings out wide

 

Thank you, I am actually wanting to get this somewhat done because I have never worked on a bike before this is actually my first bike and the bike I learned to ride on I bought it last summer I have learned allot on this site I love it that's what gave me the confidence to just say screw it lets go straight to the bone but this is my learner project bike I want to get rid of it and get a new one and go completely custom on it

 

They both are actually pretty comfortable I had them new drag bars on and before I extended the neck 2 1/2" and gave it a little rake the drag bars just didn't look right anymore so I decided to put the stock handle bars on to see how it'd look and it went more with the bike after I raked the front but the handle bars flared outward to much it looked like seagull wings so I decided to cut the handle bars and bring em in just a notch to get the feeling of how I want the handle bars

 

Man I'm pretty biased. I love the look of drag bars, but considering that you've raked it some they may be pretty uncomfortable. That being said I used to have a foam pad rather than a seat on my old race bike..."weight savings."

 

I love the look of drag bars as well just the rake changed the game plan a bit

 

Reinforcing the neck