theJonatron said:
My uncle almost killed himself on this model of bike after seeing my best friends dad on it. My best friends dad is Steve wise, world champion super bike and motocross, so he could handle a bike like this
My uncle could not lol
Respect the throttle and see if you can replace the braking system with something newer and stronger
Part of my plan right now is to replace the stock forks with some much newer upside down forks and the brakes that will come with them. I want twin piston calipers on both sides up front. I will have to see what I can do with the back brake, but as long as it is working fine that should be more than good enough since the fronts do all the heavy work. I will also use steel braided lines instead of the old rubber ones.
Making newer triple clamps work with the older headstock is going to be fun, as I doubt the bearings and headstock length are going to be easy to match.
Out back I will put new Ohlins or Fox shocks on in lieu of trying to refurbish the old ones. It is a shaft drive, so not a lot of changes can/will be made to the rear of the bike.
I am going to keep the dual exhausts, but will change the canisters to modern ones and they will be much more upswept instead of low to the ground.
Everything is going to be disassembled for cleaning/fixing/polishing/painting except the engine and transmission. If the engine is seized and I cant free it, then I guess that will get disassembled too, but wish me luck on that.
