3XV basketcase restored

[Rok]

As Casal Fan aptly said, "everyone loves photos". I didn't have any photos of my 3XV-00 in its current, restored condition. Finally got around to taking some, so here they are.
Too bad I never did take any "before" photos. It was so bad I guess I subconsciously didn't take any on purpose, although now I wish I had, just to compare...

[Rok]

hopefully with photos now....

[yanw]

Very nice, I'm impressed.

[jcsnook]

Very nice!!

[Crank]

Superb machine!

[Paul]

Nice work
What country you in and who the F&@$ spray painted on your rock work

[Rok]

Thanks for the comments guys. I can't begin to list the amount of work I put into the bike to get it into this shape!
Paul, I'm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where import laws are one of the most restrictive in the world. My bike was very unusually imported as a grey mkt japanese bike. It had some cool non-oe rearsets (can anyone ID them?), but rest was bone-stock. It was probably ridden some, but when I found it (& bought it for a song, really), everything was in boxes (not joking). Engine was all there but they'd tried repairing the crank and not succeeding. I brought several new parts from Japan thru a helpful local Yam dealer - new crank, new oil pump (just to be sure), pistons, rings, gaskets, and other small bits. It took me a few years to get all parts together, then assemble everything (hey, just the parts took over 6 months to arrive!). I rode it in ugly black & yellow livery for another year or so to shake everything down - sorted out suspension, carburetion, etc. Can't say enough about how helpful the old site was in getting everything together! (Modded airbox info among other stuff). Then I got the Lomas pipes, a plug-in rev limiter de-restrictor which I found on ebay, and a steering damper. Finally decided to paint it. I was inspired by this simulation which I'm sure many of you have seen:

I just fitted new oe size Bridgestones now and what a difference from the 120/160 rubber it had previously!!
Next mods are ported cylinders and eventually a Zeel, but to tell the truth, it's such an enjoyable ride the way it is now that I'm in no hurry...

[Rok]

Paul: the paint job was done by a friend, "Ciganinho" (little gypsy) who does mainly helmets here - all old paint was removed (trick was to leave the plastic panels soaking in ethanol!), fixed all of the broken plastic fairing tabs, and did a fantastic prep. job. Another curious fact: before I bought it somebody had already stripped the black paint from frame & swingarm, and the anodised aluminium was in perfect shape, so I left it looking like a TZ, which I tend to prefer over the black frame!

[Hendo]

Very nice!

Rear-sets appear to be Coerce ones. I have the same ones, very good quality.

[Paul]

I used that pic for this bike: http://pure2strokespirit.net/forums/index.php?topic=140.msg10999#msg10999