"81 Midnight Special pile of parts

[tarzan]

I picked up this bike today cheap. The PO decided to cut the rear seat rails off....hhmmm. I want to use the frame, so I may weld new ends on it. It has the the original exhaust, but one side has a small dent and scratches.
I'm wondering if I can use the pickup coils out of this '81 motor in an '80 motor?I am assuming so.


Anyway, here are a few pics of the parts.

[jwhughes3]

I don't know...the pickup coils I think are the same, but the advance assembly with it is different in 81. If you separate them you may be OK.

John

[CatatonicBug]

So, are you selling any of those parts?? I have the same road rash on the right side exhaust - would be nice to swap it out. I also might be interested in front brake calipers.

[tarzan]

So, are you selling any of those parts?? I have the same road rash on the right side exhaust - would be nice to swap it out. I also might be interested in front brake calipers.

I'm sure I will be selling some parts from this bike. I'm just not sure what, yet.
I may be willing to sell the exhaust as well.

[WSL91]

Another project bike with the owner in over his head results in a pile of parts.
Good catch, what a shame

[tarzan]

Another project bike with the owner in over his head results in a pile of parts.
Good catch, what a shame

I know, it's a shame. It looks like it was in pretty good shape before it was hacked up too. It apparently only had 24,000 miles on it.

[Duaner]

Another project bike with the owner in over his head results in a pile of parts.
Good catch, what a shame

Haha, I am feeling the same way with my MNS, only 22,000 KMS on it and it is just frustrating how much I need to learn.. haha

[trdriver71]

Haha, I am feeling the same way with my MNS, only 22,000 KMS on it and it is just frustrating how much I need to learn.. haha

If you have any questions or problems just let me know I don't live very far from you. I live in the booniedoon area.

[mikubuilder]

so, how much is motorcycle in boxes run these days for? I'm looking for project/parts bike for me....

[tarzan]

I finally got the frame reconstructed. I had to cut the tabs, brackets, and rear frame rails of of another frame to fix this one. These two pictures are the same frame that is up a few posts from this one. I'm not going to restore the bike back to the Midnight it was, due to the fact it is missing so many key pieces. So I will be building it more as a regular Special. The donor bike is an 80 SPecial. This frame is an 81 Midnight.

[Schming]

Wow !!!

That's quite an undertaking.

Great work on the rebirth of the frame.

I'm subscribed.

[fredintoon]

I picked up this bike today cheap. The PO decided to cut the rear seat rails off....hhmmm. I want to use the frame, so I may weld new ends on it. - - -

Hi Tarzan,
there's some as started with a worse pile o' parts and were able to turn it into a runner.
Most importantly, did you get papers with it?
I read that in some States the DMV Nazis delight in making things difficult for the restorer.

[tarzan]

Hi Tarzan,
there's some as started with a worse pile o' parts and were able to turn it into a runner.
Most importantly, did you get papers with it?
I read that in some States the DMV Nazis delight in making things difficult for the restorer.

Yes, I did gets title with this one.Thats the only reason I went through that much trouble to cut and weld all the stuff from one frame to another. The complete frame I had, didn't,t have papers.The hacked up Midnight did.

[Petersg_99]

Kind of funny when you think about it, you had to cut one frame up and weld the cut off parts onto a second frame because it was against the law to stamp the numbers from the second frame on to the first frame. End result is pretty much the same though...

Yes, I did gets title with this one.Thats the only reason I went through that much trouble to cut and weld all the stuff from one frame to another. The complete frame I had, didn't,t have papers.The hacked up Midnight did.

[brcree]

frame

Dang...wish i had seen this post earlier...I have a perfect 81 frame......just don't have a title for it.....oh well...anyone need a good frame that can get a title let me know...I'm in S.C.