Yamaha XS 500, Rolling work in progress

It has been a while, but I've started work on the XXS 500 again.

More parts.

I bought some parts on the internet ("Oh no! Not again!?!").
I also started on a tank of a XS-750.

This is the tank after I stripped the old paint and painted it with primer.

Some Raydyot lamps. Don't know if I can use them for the XS-500, but I like them anyway.

The previous owner of the tank has done a bad paintjob on it, so I started stripping it.

XS 500 with wheels

I fitted the wheels, just to get an idea of how it looks.

Carb cleaning

These carbs need cleaning

Just imagine the wheels

Just use your imagination. Do you see the wheels? I do.....

Except for the engine, the exhaust, the handles, the headlight, the taillight, numberplate...
I see the wheels, only the wheels ;-)

More stuff

I got even more stuff from the internet...

To use these handles on disc-brakes, I have to move the master cylinder. But where? And how do I connect it to the handles?

Restarting XS 500 project

Took some time to get started.....

Get some parts from the internet.

Strip the frame.

Lazy bastard

Due to weather conditions, work stalled on my projects the last couple of weeks.
Sounds like an excuse, I know. Fact is, that I don't have a heating in my shed, so it is impossible to paint (too cold) or work in the shed for a longer period of time (again: too cold).
But I managed to strip the frame of the XS and remove all the unnecessary tabs and mounts. During the process of grinding and cutting, I made some friends in the neighborhood (not really).
The quality of the welds is disappointing and I'm wondering if this frame is original, or someone else has mutilated it before I did..

Fat tyres

New tyres for the XS 500.
Well, now I see them on the rims, I wonder "What was I thinking!". These tyres can never handle well, compared to BT45's or Heidenau's.
Maybe the looks compensate for the handling??

XS 500 fun

I think the XS 500 is a very underestimated bike. That's a good thing, you can buy it for just a couple of euro's.
I have one, because I was curious and because I wanted to customize it.
This is what I started with:

Shark

Busy with the brakes of the XS 500.

Looks like a shark from a cartoon.

Autumn

Autumn really started.

I have to take my Guzzi somewhere else, or I will be surprised when removing the canvas next spring.

Made a start with a Yamaha XS 500 (like to take things slow, so I use a small brush ......)