picked up a project 79F

[motoman]

Here's an interesting little thing I noticed while looking closely at the pics:
The vac line for the petcock has a 'keeper' clip on top of the carb.

Was this stock? Steve? any other Guru's?
I looked up the parts fiche and those 2 clips are listed and shown ontop of the carb 'bridge' mount.
WOW! to find one that still has the stock little bits like that.

That they are, as my Venturer has them intact also.

[WMarshy]

Very nice bike to start with. Sounds like it will need tires front and rear and likely a good carb cleaning. As mentioned, a brake system disassembly and cleaning to stop that steed. Ask questions, use the search function and have patients and you'll make a nice riding bike out of it.

PS, welcome to the addiction.

[mikubuilder]

very nice bike, almost exact copy of mine Mine was all original with 7K miles on it, and Yammy fairing...




except that my pipes were shot...but I welded them back up

[crazy steve]

Yeah, there was all sorts of little brackets and clips that tend to disappear over time....

[throttledemon]

Thanks for all the great info everybody and for making me feel so welcome! The more I look around in here the more amazed I am with the XS community.

I cant wait to get the bike to my garage tomorrow and start the fun!
I will update with photos as I go.

[GLoweVA]

Thanks for all the great info everybody and for making me feel so welcome! The more I look around in here the more amazed I am with the XS community.

I cant wait to get the bike to my garage tomorrow and start the fun!
I will update with photos as I go.

+1 on that. This site and all the guys (and gals) on here have been most helpful and friendly. I feel like I belong to a special club. (and that goes for all you FOXSs too.) FOXSs(Former Owner of XS's)