The "Sick Fiddy" build - Me and my son

[cybrhick]

My 15 year old son and I have started a bobber build to construct his first motorcycle. It is a great way for us to spend some time together, and a great way for him to get a ride that will be the envy of all his friends.

My son Tony and I received a 72' Yamaha XS650 from a friend of mine over on the VTXOA forums. I went to pick it up at Bobby's place in Denham Springs, LA on Friday night. Eskimo and Muntz met me there, and we loaded the bike and parts into the truck, and then stayed up chatting till 4AM, and I rolled out for the 5 hour trip home. Tony and I unloaded the bike Saturday afternoon, and got right to work at tearing her down. In 2 days, with just about 6 hours of work into the build so far, deconstruction has us most of the way to a bare frame. Here are some pics of our progress so far.

[ksboy19]

Hey dudes, looks good so far.. im in a build myself and unless you have unlimited funds its a slow and tedious process... But all worth while, plus nothing like some good ole bonding time. Keep us posted!

[sixxfiftyboy]

cant wait to see more. looks like its steady goings.
Cheers

[G Man]

Great pics of your progress so far!

Looking forward to following along.

Take care,
G Man

[richard]

Nice, It should be a fun build :-)

[cybrhick]

Thanks for the positive words folks. What is scarey to me, is that the bike is a year older than me, and I have never dealt with an air cooled bike, not with points. I know my way around modern Hondas and such, but this is new territory. So I figured I would find a forum full of folks who have some experience I can draw from to help us make the right decisions throughout the build. I know every question won't be answered here, but I'm sure many will. And I thank you all in advance.

[ksboy19]

Im no expert as well, but im in the tail end of my build, so any questions you do have shoot em this way. Doubt i can answer em all, but anyone i can. Good luck!