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Well, last May 4th, I wrecked my SF due to a stuck throttle. I ended up running smack into a high curb head on at about 30 mph and flipped the bike (and me). Damage was relatively mild (to the bike....), bent front wheel, bent forks, bent triple tree, bent handlebars, busted headlight, right side signals, headlight bucket got dented up, bent ears, mangled front fender, and muffler got pinched pretty badly.
I found an '81 that I was going to use for parts....but it was too clean to tear apart, so I bought parts from a few great guys on the forum, a few parts came from fleabay and a few more from the local bike salvage yard.
Today is the day......it's back on the road and even better than before in my opinion. I deviated from stock on a few of the parts, but it looks pretty cool.
Fortunately it rides straight and smooth. No wobbles, shakes, or shimmies. When I take my hands off the bars, it rolls straight and true!! WHEW!!!
I replaced and rebuilt the forks and painted the sliders black.
I massaged the headlight bucket and painted it black.
I used 'cafe' style ears.
I went with aftermarket small style blinkers.
Bar-end mirrors.
Black super-bike bars....but I think I'm going to replace them with black clubman bars.
Replaced the exhaust with a black four into one that tucks up nicely under the bike and retains the center-stand.
Next is to have a set of MNS wheels powder coated red and replace the tires with Dunlop's.
Happy day.
I found an '81 that I was going to use for parts....but it was too clean to tear apart, so I bought parts from a few great guys on the forum, a few parts came from fleabay and a few more from the local bike salvage yard.
Today is the day......it's back on the road and even better than before in my opinion. I deviated from stock on a few of the parts, but it looks pretty cool.
Fortunately it rides straight and smooth. No wobbles, shakes, or shimmies. When I take my hands off the bars, it rolls straight and true!! WHEW!!!
I replaced and rebuilt the forks and painted the sliders black.
I massaged the headlight bucket and painted it black.
I used 'cafe' style ears.
I went with aftermarket small style blinkers.
Bar-end mirrors.
Black super-bike bars....but I think I'm going to replace them with black clubman bars.
Replaced the exhaust with a black four into one that tucks up nicely under the bike and retains the center-stand.
Next is to have a set of MNS wheels powder coated red and replace the tires with Dunlop's.
Happy day.
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