wild foamy Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Well peeps, much like a domestic cat i have brought home a half-dead but adorably tiny piece to play with. Yep, it's another chappy!... bought this one at the Kempton Park autojumble on saturday, looking very sorry for itself, the front end is in a carier bag with bent forks and generally looking sorry for itself. Tonight will mainly be spent reassembling and finding out what is missing, luckily i still have a selection of parts from my american chappy which i did manage to smuggle back (seat, wheel, complete exhaust e.t.c), started with a few kicks and ran quite nicely ,only thing it is missing is a headlight although im fairly sure i have a similar one kicking around in the garage which will do for now. Also picked up a couple of XT350s for me and my dad to do some green lanes on, and an XT600 just incase i want to wrap myself around a tree 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted December 5, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 5, 2016 you amaze me foamy, don't know how you find the time for it all...don't you have to go to work? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Ho Ho " stevie, cracking find, been splashing the cash eh, 2 XT"s,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 3 XTs... one is a '86 600 which I'm not overly sure what I'm going to do with, and two' 87 350s for me and my old man to play around on. Airhead, there's more important things in life than working 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Variomatic Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 The XT350 had that weird dual carb didn't it? It was that a different model? Brilliant engineering but utterly pointless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Yeah that's the one... twin carb and dual chamber exhaust, goes well enough but needs some better rubber, not sure wether to keep the 350 or the 600 yet...both have their own charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted December 12, 2016 Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2016 600 it's a no brainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 So the electrics are all working which is a good start, new ignition switch and battery ready to go, Got myself a little chrome headlight for it, opted to buy another used set of forks rather than rebuild the existing legs which were missing parts. All being good when these new forks arrive I can start using it to get around the airfield in Jan! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Variomatic Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Gotta say it's a very cool little project, sure it's not a Norton Dominator or a KZ1000 but you get all the fun of a project without the ridiculous cost, love it! Personally I'd keep them both, the 600 is a brilliant bike from what I've heard, and I'd keep the 350 because it's a bit of an engineering oddity and I have a feeling they're gonna be a future classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Looks like it has the Fs1e speedo, ,,them 600"s are good bikes stevie, was out off road with mates on them, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 it does appear to share a fair few parts with the smaller yams of the era, im just excied to have a new toy to play around with and keep my bike no claims current!. havent really touched the XTs since i last posted, we fixed the decompression lever on my 350 and had a bitof a ride along the farmland where our unit is, the 600 isnt in quite as good condition as the 350 so i think the 350s are going to be the first to get MOTd, wont be until the new year though. Got a Suzuki SV650 taking up space in the garage aswell which i never really wanted, so that can go on eBay in the new year, it's looking more and more likely that im going back to Afghan to work as a contractor, so starting to downsize the fleet a little; get rid of the 4x4s, boats and bikes etc, so only a select few will be staying and going into a rented lockup (XZ550, the DTs, Chappy and my smallest 4x4) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Well here it is so far!. Once again massive thanks to Sacha for sorting out the logistics. Runs quite nice, throttle cable is sticking where it runs into the splitter for the oil pump though... Which resulted in an unplanned trip through a hedge row... And the front brake shoes fell to pieces when I put the hub in... Luckily they are the same as the DT50 ones! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnerz89 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Looks like you're getting quite hedgeucated foams [emoji23] Sent from my E6553 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Been using it to get around on site this week, had a little bit of a clean and there's a few wiring issues to sort out on account of the new ignition barrel not being exactly the same layout as the old one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Its a tidy wee bike stevie,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Got some new chunkier rubber on there now, handles much better across the rough stuff!. Needs a front mudguard though ...not much fun picking cow shit out your teeth... Also, it just about fits in the back of my Delica... So when it breaks down I can ride the Chappy to the nearest civilisation to get help... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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