1983.
It's getting some major work done.
I bought it this year as an unmolested bike with 32,000 kms on it. Spent its life mostly in a heated garage:
I resisted the urge to do anything other than ride it for about 6 months.
I'm in the process of adding a 2002 royal star transmission gear set, vmax rear differential. VMax heads and vboost manifolds.
It's getting coil over plugs and digital ignition.
I'm ditching the old bias ply tires and putting 17" radial tire rims on it. Thats the reason for the green rear rim off a zx7r (modified to hold the spline drive for the shaft) and a 2006 r6 front rim. The wheel swap is the main reason I built the laser alignment jig (needs swingarm work to fit the 180/70r17 rear tire/rim).
Cartridge emulators for the front forks and I'm still working on what to do with the rear. I was working on a zg1400 shock, but I don't think that is going to work out (too long).
R6 monoblock calipers are also going on.
It's getting the later style side paniers in the photo, since they have more capacity than the 83-85 ones.
I'm also chucking on a set of r1 mufflers, mostly because they look kinda cool sticking out under the bags:
I'm thinking of making it sort of a "bagger" for around town use:
![baggerv3%20copy_zpsip4eotqe.jpg baggerv3%20copy_zpsip4eotqe.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/153/153465-7370f319c75108b29a2698bfbfdbe4c5.jpg)
(That's just an image I grabbed off the net and photoshopped )
Sort of a "honda f6b" concept. Low enough sheild to get a good blast of wind in the face around town (gets pretty warm behind the tall shield at low speeds) and put the top trunk and tall windshield back on for long distance rides. Bagger like the above pic is easy to do. I'll just build a second seat to bolt on and off with the small rear duck tail on it.
Lots of work done, lots of work to go....
![baggerv3%20copy_zpsip4eotqe.jpg baggerv3%20copy_zpsip4eotqe.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/152/152351-7370f319c75108b29a2698bfbfdbe4c5.jpg)