XV750 Project

[Conquiztador]

As nobody took any notice of the Project thread where a few of us asked for a place to post projects I decided to plaster it here.

Picked up a 83 XV750. Motor runs but she has no rego or WOF. No plates. So it is a start from scratch thingy. But it is all there. And not too shabby.

This project is a 4 stage one:

Stage 1: Get her road worthy.

Stage 2: Get a VIN, WOF and rego.

Stage 3: Customize

Stage 4: Get her through the legal stuff.

I have given my self 2 months to get stage 2 done (So I can ride her for Xmas)

Stage 4 is about 6 months away.

Will keep on posting here as I do stuff. Why? Well, perhaps someone learns something. And it also puts a little pressure on me to get her sorted. (Don't really want to look like a dork that does the talk but not the walk)

I don't have a pic of her, but the one here is the way she is (All standard 83 XV's are the same). And the drawn one is how she should look like in 6 months.

Apart from the obvious when you compare pics there is:
A 21" front wheel, a 18" low profile back wheel. Both wheels 200 straight spoked.
Redone electrics.
The flame paint job.
The straight pipes.
Forward controls.
Shortened forks
Heaps of bits in the bin
Some minor motor work (I am still not sure if I fit a NO2...)

[mattimeo]

Looks pretty sweet dude. Your sketch shows lots of potential. I can't imagine it being very comfortable with such a low profile seat, but thats a style thing eh..

[Conquiztador]

Hey!!! I am not alone burning the midnight oil!!

Cheers for comment. The XV750 is a relatively light motor. And there is not much frame (motor is used as part of frame and there is no tubing under motor) so she is light. I rip heaps of stuff off and she will be even lighter. A fun bike with enuf grunt to overtake any car. U can throw her around easily.

But she will be made for the ride down to the video shop, to the corner dairy and to cruize on a sunny afternoon around town. No need for her to travel the long roads of NZ. (Have others for that) So she does not need to be comfy for 5 hours. If there is a tingle in the leg after 30 minutes I have been riding her too long one way anyhow. :-)

[Eurodave]

Hey dude, nice sketch ,shows potential, my only comment: way too high off the ground, need to either adjust ride height front [ forks up thru clamps] & rear [adjust shock] or fit a shorter back shock , or most likely, all of the above

[Conquiztador]

Hey dude, nice sketch ,shows potential, my only comment: way too high off the ground, need to either adjust ride height front [ forks up thru clamps] & rear [adjust shock] or fit a shorter back shock , or most likely, all of the above

Thanks for comment. And agree. It is part of the plan.

[dino3310]

should be a lot a fun,i look forward to seeing stage 3,will be keeping an eye out for your updates

[Wired1]

Cool idea, I have had a few of these and never quite got around to chopping one. I have seen a lot of these that have been modified, you shouldn't need to actually cut the frame, and the swingarm as is looks like a hard tail without the discomfort. Just removing all the excess wiring, relays under the seat, all the body covers and guards will give you a pretty good idea on where to start. These look good with a solo seat/saddle.
I would leave the forks stock length to get the sloped look but that's just me, you can always slip the forks right up the triple clamp. Keep us posted, and take plenty of photos as you dissassemble. Send me your email address and I'll slip you a parts catalogue for this baby

[Laava]

XV750 might also be a good base for that cafe racer project you've been putting off!

[Conquiztador]

Cool idea, I have had a few of these and never quite got around to chopping one. I have seen a lot of these that have been modified, you shouldn't need to actually cut the frame, and the swingarm as is looks like a hard tail without the discomfort. Just removing all the excess wiring, relays under the seat, all the body covers and guards will give you a pretty good idea on where to start. These look good with a solo seat/saddle.
I would leave the forks stock length to get the sloped look but that's just me, you can always slip the forks right up the triple clamp. Keep us posted, and take plenty of photos as you dissassemble. Send me your email address and I'll slip you a parts catalogue for this baby

Thanks for that. Really appreciated!

No, I will do nothing to the frame. No need to touch it. And I can not be bothered to get any modifications certified.

I want a compact bike. A fun one that is easy to throw around, so will keep the rake as is. Will shorten forks as I dont want the legs sticking up from triple clamps. And as I will fit a 21" front wheel the forks will come up also. So I recon I will cut about 3 inches from the forks.

I will use original triple clamps, just strip them of all bits and lugs I dont need. Same goes for frame. So she will be clean and simple.

[Conquiztador]

Carbies are off, the starter is coming off and some odds are getting sorted. Plan is to have motor running tomorrow.

Realised when I took the seat off that stage 3 is gonna be easier then I thought. The whole back end is a bolt on thingy. Leave shaft and backwheel and rest bolts off. Sweet!

Found that to take the carbies off all had to be done in sequence. If done in wrong order you are not getting them off. Bloody japs!!

More tomorrow.

[rudolph]

That would make a pittty sweet chopper, I made a CB900 Boldor chopper, but it pounds my kidneys to much

[Wired1]

Yes the trick is to loosen both carbs in the holders, then loosen the holder bolts. One end of the holder is slotted so that bolt can stay in but you end up taking at least one holder off to get them out. As the rubber gets older it is probably safer to remove both carb holders to protect them. Keep the photos coming - but you could reduce them by 50% with "paint" to make them load quicker!

[McDuck]

Looks good mate, looks good.

[hospitalfood]

had one once upon a time.....long ago. not really a cruser rider but got it cheap after my VF750F was stolen.
put straight bars on it the day I got it and away I went, lots a fun.
stacked it into a merc at one stage doing 60 odd, supermaned before impact and I was sweet, had to replace the straight bars but aside from that the bike was sweet.
chop-on

[Conquiztador]

Spent what time I had available today cleaning the carbies. Decided to do a top job as I have no plans of taking them off again after they are back on. So have been scrubbing them on outside (bloody heaps of small hard to reach spots on the f...rs )

Used hot water with dish washin liquid and a tootbrush. Got most of it off. But then had to use some de-greaser to get some stubborn sheit off. Before re-fitting I will give them a coating with Turtle Wax. That will fill the pores and stop the dirt from sticking.

Internals in good condition, so no need to get any additional bits. Just needed some cleaning. Now happily drying for re-assembly tomorrow. Then the same treatement to the complete motor. That should leave the motor and carbies all sorted from the "look the part" point of view.

Now things are starting to happen!

(Pic from before cleaning)