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I'm about to embark on a project the likes of which I've never undertaken before...
I'm going to build a bike for cheap.
My roommate, who is a long-time friend and otherwise dope gal, has decided that she wants to get into motorcycling. She actually decided a year ago, but between buying an old house and all the bullshit that comes after that, has found herself without the necessary funds to cover the bike plus gear, her license, bike registration, insurance, etc. I told her that if she'd provide that stuff, I'd provide the bike.
I found a likely suspect- an '81 Maxim 550- that I plan to turn into a mean little cafe fighter using spares from my collection and whatever else I can source for bottom dollar. Why a Maxim 550? Because I don't have a truck, and it was on Craig's List, running, cheap, inspected 'til 2018, and two miles from my house.
The plan is to remove the heavy crap, undo a third of a century of questionable wiring "fixes", abate the truly unholy amount of oil leaking out of everything, fix the ergos and the looks, and maybe do some heavier-duty stuff depending on how all that goes and just how far into the parts boxes I dog. Oh, and definitely make it so that it can survive a tip-over.
Here it sits, wearing today's edition of the finest free periodical I could find at the local Metro station:


This will be fun...
I'm going to build a bike for cheap.
My roommate, who is a long-time friend and otherwise dope gal, has decided that she wants to get into motorcycling. She actually decided a year ago, but between buying an old house and all the bullshit that comes after that, has found herself without the necessary funds to cover the bike plus gear, her license, bike registration, insurance, etc. I told her that if she'd provide that stuff, I'd provide the bike.
I found a likely suspect- an '81 Maxim 550- that I plan to turn into a mean little cafe fighter using spares from my collection and whatever else I can source for bottom dollar. Why a Maxim 550? Because I don't have a truck, and it was on Craig's List, running, cheap, inspected 'til 2018, and two miles from my house.
The plan is to remove the heavy crap, undo a third of a century of questionable wiring "fixes", abate the truly unholy amount of oil leaking out of everything, fix the ergos and the looks, and maybe do some heavier-duty stuff depending on how all that goes and just how far into the parts boxes I dog. Oh, and definitely make it so that it can survive a tip-over.
Here it sits, wearing today's edition of the finest free periodical I could find at the local Metro station:


This will be fun...