New toy! 56K stay away

[swtjames23]

Picked this bad boy up for $0, thats right 100% free boys and girls . It's a '79 Yamaha XS750 in amazing condition. 11,000 miles, minimal rust and a nice coat of dust. Here's to gettin good gas mileage from here on out

Needs a tuneup and 3 rubber boots connecting the carb to the head.

I doused the carb with carb cleaner, inside and out and started shinin her up.

It's amazing what a lil elbow grease can do. This is gonna be so sweet when it's done. More pics comin soon

 

[BlackBII]

Looks pretty good man!!

Thats a steal for 0$, good job!

Yamaha is the way to go! And you will love how smooth that shaft drive is...

 

[Boggin]

yea, the shafts on them yammy's are something else

 

[Boggin]

Yamaha is the way to go!

Hell ya!

 

[swtjames23]

yep, gotta love them yami's. Here's my other baby, this is probly why i don't have a gf; i'm in love with this:

 

[Thumper113]

Nice find! Keep showing pics as it progresses. I like those older bikes.

I'm a Yammie man myself but I like all bikes.

I have a 96 WR250 I use to put around in the Rockies plus..................

 

[swtjames23]

damn! that bike is sexy. I might just have to paint mine all black now...

 

[pillen140]

speaking of free yamaha's.... i got this one for free the weekend also!!! '88 yx600. this is after i painted the tank and fenders. painting the mufflers and wheels this week.

 

[swtjames23]

alright so i'm callin it a day. I got it in the garage (quite a chore, that thing weighs 500lbs+ and the tires are low) and up on its kickstand (another HELLUVA chore). I spent a little time with steel wool on all the chrome and it looks pretty good. Now i'm waitin on parts (carb-to-head boots and an air filter) they'll be here on tuesday, hopefully, and then i'll put her back together oh and i should probly get a battery too...

speedo goes up to 140 that's exciting

 

[pillen140]

mine also just needs battery and carb boots! and some tlc! where are you getting your parts from? how much were the carb boots?

 

[swtjames23]

I'm gettin parts from the local yamaha dealer, the boots were $33 a piece and i'm gettin a manual too. I'd recommend you get one too if your gonna do any work on the bike. good luck

 

[Thumper113]

alright so i'm callin it a day. I got it in the garage (quite a chore, that thing weighs 500lbs+ and the tires are low) and up on its kickstand (another HELLUVA chore). I spent a little time with steel wool on all the chrome and it looks pretty good. Now i'm waitin on parts (carb-to-head boots and an air filter) they'll be here on tuesday, hopefully, and then i'll put her back together oh and i should probly get a battery too...speedo goes up to 140 that's exciting

It's nice to see that you're fixing it up. I'm sure it'll make a nice ride for you. I see quite a few bikes from that era around here but they aren't in nice shape. But when I see one that is in almost pristine condition, I gotta give the guy some kudos. I'm gonna follow this thread

 

[BlackBII]

Man that thing is clean!!!


Here's my Yammie, '80 XS1100, been working on her all winter! Finally finished now

Before, It even had a big 'ol fairing and saddle bags!

 

[swtjames23]

Well, i've done pretty much all i can do till parts get here. Took the front wheel off to take it to get a new tire, got some spark plugs, ordered a new battery. Some more time with steel wool, armor all and some skilled use of a rattle can and she's lookin pretty good! I can't wait till tuesday, i wanna here her run SOOO BAD!

I put the body pieces on just to see how she'll look and now im torn...part of me says paint it all black but the other part of me says leave it; keep it original. Seeing as how i've already spent plenty of money on this project and it doesn't even run yet, i'll probly just leave it. Besides the paint ain't that bad...

 

[swtjames23]

Before, It even had a big 'ol fairing and saddle bags!

Yeah, i got the original fairing, saddle bags and sissy bar with it but i took em all off unneeded wind resistance as far as i'm concerned