Ben's 1976 XS750
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First attempt at fibreglass seat; based off the MEEN STREAK XS750.
I didn’t get enough layers, and it has a few air bubbles so I’m going to have another go.
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The fins are pretty holy and had a lot of silicone pumped into them…
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Covers sandblasted and painted.
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Looking good !!!
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Lights and Clip ons.
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Making progress.
Almost ready to start!
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Looking good. The tail came out great and it’s always a great feeling when you do the work yourself. Keep it up.
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So now I finally found pics of those bullet signals - they look very nice - I think I will get those for my bike!
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@valley
Yeah, the indicators look great
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Converted petcock from vacuum to manual.
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Seat painted and padded.
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Tank painted.
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Gauge.
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Crank pin pushed in so trying to find TDC using dodgy method.
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Running!, but only just.
Requires full choke and no throttle.
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Rearsets, the brake side hits on the kick starter so I’ll have to sort something out.
And the brake master cylinder is only temporary.
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looks awesome! I like the single gauge setup, kind of wish I went that route, I did the dual small gauges and they work good, but I don’t think they look as nice.
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@jdseibe
Yeah, I think it looks tidier but I’ll be wishing for a tacho at some point.What front master cylinder do you have and how are they working for you? I’ve just ordered some that look very similar.
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The bad idle was caused by wrong pilot jets and bad ignition timing, it’s running heaps better now!
First ride, just in the yard as the front brakes are missing.
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