Suzuki VX 800 - Page 20

M@gneto · 11-08-2011, 01:35 PM

As I bought it.

M@gneto · 11-08-2011, 01:37 PM

Before

M@gneto · 11-08-2011, 01:38 PM

With a farkle or two.

M@gneto · 11-08-2011, 01:39 PM

After!
Now I just need some decent tires. Luckily, there is a huge selection for adventure bikes anymore.

LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 08:36 AM

O K, everyone, as of now I declare this project complete, done and ready. Eight months and about $1200 latter I have a bike ready for a Prudhoe Bay trip. For a complete explanation of how this bike came to be the project, please check out the first two or three pages of this thread. VX is the original model of this bike, which has no meaning, I changed it to VXA with a meaning, { Very Xciting Adventure }. These first pics is the bike when I started.

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 08:42 AM

This poor machine hadn't run in about 10 years, It had a lot of missing and broken parts, we were hoping to have it ready to go for about a $1000. Would have about made it, but I had to also replace the gas tank, almost $200 there.

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 08:49 AM

One of my neighbors told me when I started, he wouldn't give me $10 for it, now he wants to buy it. I told him he couldn't afford it.

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 08:53 AM

I did more to this machine than I figured on at the start, but it just seemed to come together.

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 08:59 AM

One of the first items replaced were the carbs, probably the worst condition of carbs I have ever seen. Other than that, no problem, put on another set of carbs and It started right up and it runs great.

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 09:04 AM

I have only had it out on one 400 mile trip, after I get another 1000 miles on it this next spring, I'll be satisfied

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LikeItLoud · 11-11-2011, 09:11 AM

This has been a fun project, next winter I may have to do another project like this one. In a couple weeks there will be some ADV stickers on it. They should make it run even better. OK M@g, Unc, Get with the program. Lets keep this thread going.

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joenuclear · 11-11-2011, 12:12 PM

Congrats on the build!

I'd like to add, don't overload the front fender rack as bad things can happen.

LikeItLoud · 11-12-2011, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joenuclear

Congrats on the build!

I'd like to add, don't overload the front fender rack as bad things can happen.

Thanks a lot Joe. I appreciate your comment on the front fender rack, It wont get anything more than a sleeping bag or maybe groceries for the day. It is very solid, but like you say, bad things can happen.

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Drunk_Uncle · 11-12-2011, 07:48 PM

I will start posting some Tiger pics once I finish the XR project I have started. Hoping to have that finished by late Jan or early Feb. Then its on to the Tiger. I have the plan all mapped out, just have to do it. Really both bikes are mapped out. And the Uly is now at El Dorado Cycles waiting to find a new home so a Tiger 800 can join my wife. She rode it today and declared that she wanted it.

LikeItLoud · 11-13-2011, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drunk_Uncle

I will start posting some Tiger pics once I finish the XR project I have started. Hoping to have that finished by late Jan or early Feb. Then its on to the Tiger. I have the plan all mapped out, just have to do it. Really both bikes are mapped out. And the Uly is now at El Dorado Cycles waiting to find a new home so a Tiger 800 can join my wife. She rode it today and declared that she wanted it.

That's cool Unc, You might get her turned into a biker chick yet. Looking forward to seeing your Tiger.
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11-08-2011, 01:35 PM	#286
M@gneto ^OP Esoteric Meanderer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Leonard Wood, MO Oddometer: 283	Dl1000 As I bought it. Attached Images __________________ It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, That form ever follows function. This is the law. Louis Sullivan

11-08-2011, 01:37 PM	#287
M@gneto ^OP Esoteric Meanderer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Leonard Wood, MO Oddometer: 283	VStrom Before Attached Images __________________ It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, That form ever follows function. This is the law. Louis Sullivan

11-08-2011, 01:38 PM	#288
M@gneto ^OP Esoteric Meanderer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Leonard Wood, MO Oddometer: 283	Dl1000 With a farkle or two. Attached Images __________________ It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, That form ever follows function. This is the law. Louis Sullivan

11-08-2011, 01:39 PM	#289
M@gneto ^OP Esoteric Meanderer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Leonard Wood, MO Oddometer: 283	VStrom After! Now I just need some decent tires. Luckily, there is a huge selection for adventure bikes anymore. Attached Images __________________ It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, of all things physical and metaphysical, of all things human and all things super-human, of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul, that the life is recognizable in its expression, That form ever follows function. This is the law. Louis Sullivan M@gneto screwed with this post 11-08-2011 at 01:41 PM Reason: More comments.

11-11-2011, 08:36 AM	#290
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa O K, everyone, as of now I declare this project complete, done and ready. Eight months and about $1200 latter I have a bike ready for a Prudhoe Bay trip. For a complete explanation of how this bike came to be the project, please check out the first two or three pages of this thread. VX is the original model of this bike, which has no meaning, I changed it to VXA with a meaning, { Very Xciting Adventure }. These first pics is the bike when I started. LikeItLoud Attached Images LikeItLoud screwed with this post 11-11-2011 at 08:42 AM

11-11-2011, 08:42 AM	#291
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa This poor machine hadn't run in about 10 years, It had a lot of missing and broken parts, we were hoping to have it ready to go for about a $1000. Would have about made it, but I had to also replace the gas tank, almost $200 there. LikeItLoud Attached Images

11-11-2011, 08:49 AM	#292
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa One of my neighbors told me when I started, he wouldn't give me $10 for it, now he wants to buy it. I told him he couldn't afford it. LikeItLoud Attached Images

11-11-2011, 08:53 AM	#293
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa I did more to this machine than I figured on at the start, but it just seemed to come together. LikeItLoud Attached Images

11-11-2011, 08:59 AM	#294
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa One of the first items replaced were the carbs, probably the worst condition of carbs I have ever seen. Other than that, no problem, put on another set of carbs and It started right up and it runs great. LikeItLoud Attached Images

11-11-2011, 09:04 AM	#295
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa I have only had it out on one 400 mile trip, after I get another 1000 miles on it this next spring, I'll be satisfied LikeItLoud. Attached Images

11-11-2011, 09:11 AM	#296
LikeItLoud Adventure Seeker Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Boise, Meridian, Id. Oddometer: 138	Vxa This has been a fun project, next winter I may have to do another project like this one. In a couple weeks there will be some ADV stickers on it. They should make it run even better. OK M@g, Unc, Get with the program. Lets keep this thread going. LikeItLoud ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Though with each passing day I grow older, I REFUSE to grow up! Attached Images

11-11-2011, 12:12 PM	#297
joenuclear Planning..... Joined: Mar 2007 Oddometer: 5,240	Congrats on the build! I'd like to add, don't overload the front fender rack as bad things can happen. __________________ Ride safe enough....

11-12-2011, 07:48 PM	#299
Drunk_Uncle Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2009 Location: Anchorage, AK Oddometer: 1,450	I will start posting some Tiger pics once I finish the XR project I have started. Hoping to have that finished by late Jan or early Feb. Then its on to the Tiger. I have the plan all mapped out, just have to do it. Really both bikes are mapped out. And the Uly is now at El Dorado Cycles waiting to find a new home so a Tiger 800 can join my wife. She rode it today and declared that she wanted it. __________________ "I refuse to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death" 2009 Buell XB12X(sold), 2006 Triumph Sprint ST, 2006 Tiger 955i, 01 XR650L replaced by a KLR, and now a 2010 Honda NT700V for the wife.

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