Distraction alert:
I'm tired of complaining about my '35 getting no attention from my bodyman/painter. It was supposed to be done 2 years ago and really has barely been started. I've gone pretty much as far as I can with the chassis and have ordered every single replacement body part (including a completely new bed) that he has asked for. I can't
make him do it.
So, I've decided to embark on a winter project to keep my mind off the '35.
Enter; Street Scrambler. I got the fixation a few weeks ago and was talking to my buddy, Marc, who was totally on board. We are building them with the idea that we can have smallish street bikes that would be capable of logging road duties of light offroad camping. Target budget is $1500 for each build.
After only a couple days of CL stalking, Marc picked this aborted project up.
His is a CX500 Custom. Took us about 10 minutes to get it running. It's been heavily sliced up and a monoshock conversion has already been done.
A few days later I located and bought this GL650 Interstate (Silverwing).
I rode it about 90-100 miles home and it ran pretty good but needs some attention in the suspension department. I spent a couple hours yesterday cleaning it up and giving it a closer going-over. All the fluids look great. Plug don't have many miles on them. Has a little tick in the engine that I was hoping a valve adjustment would cure. It didn't.
Anyway, we're both in research and parts gathering mode right now. Tentative plans for welding on Marc's this weekend.
These two bikes are close cousins so it'll be fun to see how they look after the transformations.