I picked this 1979 Yamaha XS750 Triple up last spring, and am now finally ready to work on it as a winter project. The PO was the original purchaser, and the bike had been sitting in his garage for the past 25 years. I was fortunate enough to aquire the bike for free, which always makes a new project that much better. And yes, the "King and Queen" seat is for sale.......
The teardrop gas tank had a pretty good size dent in the top of it after losing a fight with a trolling motor. I picked up a different XS tank, that is a little more classy from eBay.
Plan is to slim it down as much as possible, dump the dual coil rear shocks for a mono, cafe it up a bit with a tail section (I am open to anyone's ideas on the style of tail), reposition foot peg set up, add some clips ons, new clutch and brake controls, re-work the gauges and headlight area, ditch the airbox in favor of some screens/pods, 3-1 the exhaust, etc. I would love to upgrade the front end with a late model fork - but have to find the right deal. My goal is to keep the entire project in the $1000ish range.
First thing I had to do was get it running. Since it sat so long, I pulled the airbox (for the first and last time) and went through the carbs. They were pretty nasty, but cleaned up nicely. I dropped the old oil in favor of some new stuff along with a new oil filter. Put in some new spark plugs, and picked up a battery. Put it all together, and it fired right up.
Now, to start cuttin'...........
The teardrop gas tank had a pretty good size dent in the top of it after losing a fight with a trolling motor. I picked up a different XS tank, that is a little more classy from eBay.
Plan is to slim it down as much as possible, dump the dual coil rear shocks for a mono, cafe it up a bit with a tail section (I am open to anyone's ideas on the style of tail), reposition foot peg set up, add some clips ons, new clutch and brake controls, re-work the gauges and headlight area, ditch the airbox in favor of some screens/pods, 3-1 the exhaust, etc. I would love to upgrade the front end with a late model fork - but have to find the right deal. My goal is to keep the entire project in the $1000ish range.
First thing I had to do was get it running. Since it sat so long, I pulled the airbox (for the first and last time) and went through the carbs. They were pretty nasty, but cleaned up nicely. I dropped the old oil in favor of some new stuff along with a new oil filter. Put in some new spark plugs, and picked up a battery. Put it all together, and it fired right up.
Now, to start cuttin'...........
