Hello there, I just recently purchased this 750 twin for $40 off of Craigslist. I've been wanting to build a cafe out of a japper for a long time and this twin just spoke to me(actually it was the $40 part that spoke to me, but whatever). Loading it into the van I realized what an absolute lard-ass this bike is. Thats just not gonna cut it, especially when I looked it up online and found out what the meager power output of this old sewing machine was. Sooo, I got right to stripping it down and making her a little less embarrassed on the scale. The most unbelievable thing was removing that headlight assembly and the wiring harness attached to it. Thats a ton of weight right there! A lot of steel brackets were cut off of the frame, and so was the last 16 inches of the frame under the seat.
Its going to get the works equipment wise, and will eventually have alloy rims, but I need to save up some cash for that.
I'll make most of the parts for her, as thats just what I love to do. I'm working on the rearsets right now. The GS1100 swingarm I just added and am waiting on the GS rear axle to make it all work. I was stoked when I got that package in the mail. That swingarm feels so much lighter than the steel one!
Post edited by: steell, at: 2007/02/11 23:32