My New Toy, A 79 Special

[tinman905]

Just picked this 79 today found it on Kijiji $500.00





The forks tubes are shot and the front brakes need a rebuild .The engine has 34000 km with a big bore kit installed and a new set of custom made gears.

It's been outside for a while ,why people don't invest in a cover if they can't store a bike inside is a mystery with me.Tank and side covers are mint and a nice set of like new shocks thrown in along with a few boxes of extra parts.

The tank has a surprisingly small amount of rust inside but has some nasty gas in it.The engine oil looks a bit brown so I will have to change that before I try to start it .

[MaximPhil]

Hi Tinman,
Definite RUST theme going there I am sure you will soon have it all running and nice and shiny. remeber to ride on teh good days and fix on the rainy days
Phil

[Crazcnuk]

My bikes have all sat outside for up to 15 years, never had an issue with rust.

The problem is with neglect. Strangely enough, even covered a lot of that stuff will still rust if it's not cleaned now and again.

[79XS11F]

There's no doubt it can be saved. It's a shame that someone could just let smoething like that sit and rust eh. ... I see an e-bay shopper ...
Rob

[tinman905]

The picture look worse than it really is. With a extra engine,carbs ,seat, front and rear wheels, CDI's and coils, excellent shocks ,side covers the rust wasn't much of an issue. I bought the bike for the exhaust and tank but now I am thinking just to clean it up and ride it .

[tarzan]

Was that bike near salt water? Ive never seen the forks do that before.
Aside from the rust it looks like its in pretty decent shape.
Congrats. Rick

[tinman905]

Was that bike near salt water? Ive never seen the forks do that before.
Aside from the rust it looks like its in pretty decent shape.
Congrats. Rick

I'm a few thousand miles from the closest ocean so it's not from salt water.I guess the last owner stored it uncovered and with a few dings here and there sitting through who knows how many winters outside would do it. I have an extra set of forks so that's no big deal .I 'm just happy the exhaust and tank are in excellent shape.

[petejw]

Great buy,
that'll do up nicely,
the exhaust is the hard to come buy 'spagetti' pipes.

[dbeardslee]

Partsnmore sells a nice little 34 piece allen head bolt set for $7. They're cadmium plated so they are rust-resistant, and might help with that case of chicken pox . For $7 you can't beat 'em.