My (almost) finished project

[XS400chopper]

I’m finally able to post this, it’s running good but just like a lot of vintage bikes, it seems like every time I’m about to take it out for its inaugural run, something else needs repairing, last week I did the fork seals and noticed the tire had dry rot so I replaced that, and today I noticed a big crack on my intake boot, labour of love that’s for sure. It’s a 1980 XS400 Special, bought it for $250 and everything was in totes, was bare frame when I started and it’s been 2 years in the making gathering parts and clearly the bike has decided it’s not ready for me to ride yet.

 

[tstidham]

Wow! That's looking great! Here's to the inaugural run soon!

 

[XS400chopper]

Thanks! The intake boots were easier to find than expected so they should be here in a couple of days.