"Pickup_man" (zekeh)
09/17/2018 at 14:04 • Filed to: None
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"Pickup_man" (zekeh)
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Decided it was time for a new look/feel for my old XJ750. Inspired by OPPO’s own Skychismo I sanded my tank down to bare metal, threw on a couple of cheap graphics in a non symmetrical fashion, and finished it off with a couple coats of satin clear. Then this last week I found a set of ProTapers I had laying around, bought a couple of adapters , and bolted them on.
Compared to the low clip-ons I had before it’s like riding a completely different bike. This thing is such a fun little hot rod now and is an absolute blast riding around both city streets and back country roads. I’m super happy with both the way the bike looks, and feels.
This bike has changed nearly every year since I’ve bought it and started out as a completely stock bike. I’m on at least the 4th set of bars, 3rd paint job, and 3rd body job (had custom side panels before), the 2nd or 3rd wiring job (complete custom harness from scratch now), plus the frame chop with custom seat, and the open exhaust/pod filter combo. I cant find all of my pictures from the first iterations , but here’s a few from the last.
DipodomysDeserti
> Pickup_man
09/17/2018 at 14:14 |
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That looks really good, nicely done!
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Pickup_man
09/17/2018 at 14:21 |
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Highly approve
jimz
> Pickup_man
09/17/2018 at 14:46 |
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neat. I’ve been toying with the idea of one of these as an F-around bike:
‘cos they’re cheap, and pretty much what I was thinking of doing with the V-Star 250 I had (until I realized how much time and money it would take.) Plus the engine is basically the Yamaha 250 twin, so I already know my way around it.
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Pickup_man
> jimz
09/17/2018 at 16:01 |
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What is that even? I like the looks of it, and those cylinders are so little and cute.
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jimz
> Pickup_man
09/18/2018 at 10:26 |
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SSR Buccaneer. the engine/trans is (I’m almost positive) a license-built clone of the Yamaha V-Star 250's, made by Lifan in China. only 18 hp or so, but at 283 lbs it’ll still be fine for normal traffic. and if that’s legit a 4.5 gallon tank, at 70-80 mpg that thing will run a while.