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Appearance and re-finishing tips and techniques.




- RUST NEVER SLEEPS:

Here are a few other good ways to de-rust metal products:

- soak iron (steel) parts in heated vinegar (doesn’t matter what kind) overnight, then rinse with clean water. and finally spray with fogging oil (or similar) to prevent rust from re-forming.

http://www.mopedarmy.com/wiki/Removing_rust_from_a_gas_tank

http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/nsaeta/electrolysis.html

http://www.moreg.org.au/dissolving_rust.htm

http://www.htpaa.org.au/article-electro.php

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/32838

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php...val-no-frills-easiest-fastest-cheapest.48196/

http://www.robertscycle.com/chrome-clean.html

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/teds-2nd-82-xj750-maxim-bobber-project.47929/#post-478002

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general-archive/rust-removal-using-molasses-90452/




- REFURBISHING ENGINE COVERS:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/22125

and

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/polishing-your-aluminum-parts.48149/




- WHEN REFURBISHING JUST THE ENGINE COVERS ISN'T ENOUGH....:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/21840




- WHEN REFURBISHING TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW MEAINING....:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threa...restoration-thread-saddlebags-and-trunk.92055




NIP-n-TUCK: BOBBERS, RATS, CHOPPERS, and CUSTOMS:

Time to bring out your scalpels and Lincoln welders!

https://www.xjbikes.com/forums/thre...system-to-make-air-cooled.119547/#post-599865



- STRETCHING THE SWINGRAM:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/27469



- XJ400 BUILDS:

He’s the Jumpin’ Jack Flash, it’s a gazzz, gazzz, gazzzz:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/my-xj-eight-ball-cafe-racer.48291/




- XJ550 BUILDS:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/rear-disc-set-up-installed.76888/#post-489074

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/10313

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/14779

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/13877

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/2897

http://thebikeshed.cc/2014/03/14/matteucci-garage-ocean-wave/


And who says you can't have it all? This article illustrates an XJ550 bobbing project and then a hardtail, all on the same bike!

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/23727


Not a real bike, but a “photo-chopped” XJ550 Maxim:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/22929


A cafe the Broberg way:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/43430


We really like this one:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/xj550-cbr900rr-front-end-conversion-project.93241/



- XJ600 BUILDS:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/my-seca-ii-scrambler-project.65159


At this level of restoration, there are no details, everything is important:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/bensalfs-4-year-caferacer-build.78581




- XJ650 BUILDS:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/3860

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/23410

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/27084

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/44172



What Steve McQueen should have ridden in The Great Escape:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/xj-650-military-bobber-sale.56731

or this one:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threa...0-podded-modded-but-not-cut-first-built.98279



This one is really nicely done:

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/01/07/yamaha-maxim-transformed/


The following article illustrates a XJ650 bobbing project and then a hardtail, all on the same bike! Check out the diagrams on page 15, these are excellent visuals to get an understanding of what these projects require, both in the cutting-and-welding stage, and more importantly, in the planning stage.........

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/9144



Hablas espanol? Lorenzo gets creative:

http://www.lorenzoruano.blogspot.com/



A very nice XJ650 Maxim cafe project:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/10875



XJ650 Secas become cafe racers, too:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/33594

http://thebikeshed.cc/2015/01/25/black-cloud-xj650/

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/10553



When scaring the crap out of yourself isn't enough:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/highly-modded-650-seca.85760



YO! the classic cafe look:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/19003




- XJ700 BUILDS:

a/k/a Batman Rides Again:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/13972


jonrms has a mission in life:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/22922

and

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/23386

and

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/25244

and

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/27870




- XJ750 BUILDS:

XJ750 Seca street fighter project:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/23014


XJ750 Maxim streetbrawler project:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/23003


and another mad bohemian masterpiece:

https://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/mad_bohemians-voodoo-build-revisisted.121264/

the photos for the above build can be seen here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/131873096@N02/albums/72157649720274704/page2


an XJ750 Seca photchop of a Ural:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/47700


and an XJ750 Seca film bike:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/48450


the non-existent XJ750 chain-drive bike:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threa...ve-xj-bike-that-does-exist.48461/#post-430955




- XJ900 BUILDS:

http://www.prototype900turbo.com

http://www.bronyaur.co.uk/xj900.htm

http://tarmaccustommotorcycles.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/yamaha-xj900-las-fotos.html


How To Be A Playa:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/john-player-xj900.112617/


An XJ900 cafe? Sure, why not!

http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-xj900

http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/2012/02/readers-rides-9hunge-yamaha-xj900.html

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/greg-hageman-builds-an-xj900.56826/


Naked 900’s: beauty that’s more than skin-deep.








- XJ1100 BUILDS:

Resto by Camelman:

http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/29199


And XS1100's Forever:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/1979-xs11sf-project.94764/


The Dark Knight Rises:

http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/82-maxim-xj1100-dark-knight-build.100250/



- NON-XJ BUILDS:

Life the Cheesy Way:
http://xjbikes.com/forums/index.php?threads/7550


XV's Forever, Too:
http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-xv750

https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/yamaha-motorcycle-cafe-racer/virago-xv750-caferacer/


To the Moon and Beyond, Alice!
http://www.xjbikes.com/forums/threads/power-restrictions.99042/page-2#post-534051
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