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Well, I finally have some photos to show after promising to post some a couple of times.

This is how the bike looked when I bought it in spring '04.
A practical commuter. It’s my first street bike; purchase price was $700 CDN.



Phase 1 was mostly about getting the bike into good mechanical condition and was carried out early in the spring of ’05.

Repairs included:
- new tires
- rebuilt carbs
- new engine gaskets and seals
- new clutch
- changed fork oil
- removed hard bags
- 2 into 1 exhaust
- bar-end mirrors
- polished aluminium parts



I rode the bike like this for most of the spring/summer. Definately an improvement on original, but I needed more.

Phase 2, which took place over the last couple of weeks, included:
- clubman handlebars
- height adjustable headlight brackets
- painted spare tank and side covers
- wrapped exhaust
- removed front fender





I now feel infinately cooler riding bike. Mostly because of the handlebars, which are 3.5" lower and 2" farther forward. They also had the added bonus of making the bike handle better.

The spare tank and side covers were painted using advice from ronboskz650sr and others (thanks guys!). The paint is actually not finished in the photos but it turned out well. I have a couple of Honda wing stickers coming to finish it off.

Future plans, which will be done over the winter, include:
- aluminium bodied turn signals
- aluminium headlight brackets (the current chrome ones look cheap)
- custom café style seat
- modified tail light and license plate bracket
- modified rear fender
- new chain and sprockets
- painting of wheels graphite gray
- lower the instrument cluster and headlight

All comments good or bad are welcome. Open to suggestions too.

That looks sweet.

Amazing what you can do with an old UJM.

I would guess that that little custom treatment didn't cost you too much either.

Looking Good!

It was a nice bike before, now it's a very nice bike.

Looks really sharp. I like the colour.....but then again it's the same as my bike

Sweeeeet!

The bars do make it look much nicer. Good color choice too.

Thanks for the compliments.

I would guess that that little custom treatment didn't cost you too much either.

Yeah, thats part of the beauty of it. I've only got about $1300 into it, including purchase of the bike. The most expensive part was the exhaust at $250.

sexy looking bike.

You forgot to mention how much TLC you spent on it, looks like plenty to me. Great job.

sapaul wrote:You forgot to mention how much TLC you spent on it, looks like plenty to me. Great job.

Yeah, you are right. I spent many, many very enjoyable hours working on it. I enjoy working on almost as much as riding.

Had a little scare yesterday.
A truck backed into my bike at work yesterday. Luckily he just tapped it and it tipped over onto a juniper. Only damage was a tiny scratch on the tank.

Woa! Now that's nice! I really like the new color. The bars are sweet, too...Can you post a pic of them closer up? I may eventually do that to mine after I adjust to my drag bars, and really get comfy with them. I only have a few hundred miles on with them, mostly highway.

BTW..IT"S ABOUT TIME! I think we've all been very patient with you. Please don't let this happen again....