made2care

First of all, thank you for responding! I was examining your pics last night. I will print them off and take it to my welder. So bracing it will be sufficient? I will have him check the frame and current welds too.

Thanks, might need one. Here is a pic of my frame I just received. Appears as though it has been welded. I will get it sandblasted, then reinforce, then paint. What do u guys think of the welded areas? Cowpuc and Randy, please chime in as well. Thank you.

Crane assembled. Carbs out! I'm enjoying every minute of this !! This bike is a beast !!

Lol

How much does my engine weigh? I'm suspecting 2-300 lbs?

Took the plunge! Every shop should have one of these. Only paid $200 .

Yes, frame matches engine.

Wow! This is very interesting! Here is the engine #. 31M-001808.

Interesting design.

Don't go too far everyone. I will have a million questions , soon! With that being said, the next 2 months are very busy for me work wise. Then, I'm fortunate to have 3 months off during which time I hope to make major progress on this bike ! With your help of course.

Thanks for all the advice and generous offers. I just want to say something t everyone so we are all on the same page. As most are aware I have restored some bikes but not as in depth as some are wanting me to do on this one. I am not familiar with this bike and all the vocab being mentioned is total "Greek" to me. Although stepping back it does make sense but I'm doing my best to take this all in and it is a little overwhelming. I'm definitely not downplaying these suggestions, I just want to take this a day ata time and assess every option. When I eventually get to these checkpoints I will be considering all these upgrades and changes, especially since I'm starting from scratch. Thanx again to everyone for their help.

Fingers crossed!!

Sounds like a plan !

I thought about that !!

I've watched the video on how to remove the engine. I'm not quite there yet but thinking ahead. I don't want to purchase a hoist and the video shows just using the center stand to set the bike up, then sliding a floor jack underneath. This bike is missing a center stand and the makeshift jack I had made year ago will not work since it rests on the bike frame segment that must come off( right side) to slide engine out. I'm thinking to just get a center stand but maybe that's not the best route since the frame attached to the center stand housing is cracked. thoughts??

You guys are pretty " bright"

Frame has just been shipped!!

Absolutely. Hope it's solid but will reinforce anyway. Must have adequate lighting. Will eventually switch to LED's.

Good to know. Thanx

There's enough wiring to reach the moon and back ! Tagged and took lots of pics!

Thanks man ! Yes, I spend more time wrenching than riding for sure. I sill have the gl 1100 and was the only bike I had professionally painted, way too expensive! But came out beautiful. I just sold the Yamaha 180 a few days ago to make room for this one. Hate to see it go but the proud new owner was beside himself. This build is going to be interesting and I've found the right forum for sure. Will keep everyone up to speed throughout the build. Good luck with yours too.

Yes, I will definitely reinforce the frame being mindful of muffler clearance and such. As far as titling the bike, no problem in this state. Thanks for all the concern too. This forum is for sure a second family and I've only just begun !

I'm not familiar with this bikes stock design just yet but those lights did seem a little odd and I think they are on the back of the saddlebags too. MMMMMMMMMMM.............

Thank you again for finding this ! What a steal !

Yup, me that was. I'm still familiarizing myself with the bike and I think this frame is everything I need. Just add sub frame to it. Thanks for the ebay link too, that was a bargain!