Giles's Yamaha SR500 Build…

[Giles]

The bullet has been bit.

Base SR500 has been purchased:

Now begins the task of making it look more like this….

or this

Or probably a bastard mongrel of the two….

[4c]

Nice one G! Love the agility of the old small cc Japanese bikes. Always find myself cringing when I see knobby tires/no front fender though…

[Aetas]

I can very well imagine you enjoying the next weeks @Giles.

[pillowPANTS]

Id go with the top one G. Maybe olive drab for the tank tho

[harley dave]

youll need some black paint then

[Graeme]

Read goatskin for the seat? :o

[harley dave]

has to have a iron heart denim seat

[Giles]

No, it'll have reverse out Domain…..

[hajduk]

I remember some leather seat from IH… Years ago...

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[FurattoHeddo]

http://www.take5jeans.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=1863

[hajduk]

I was thinking… FH maybe will...bingo! Thanks!

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[harley dave]

ooh i like that seat very much

[Giles]

Concept…

[MP]

Looks very cool, I like their work a lot.

As an added bonus, you're doing the world a favour by getting your donor bike off the street in the condition it was in.  Only my opinion of course, but just because you have blue paint left in the can, it doesn't mean you need to keep finding shit to paint.

[Graeme]

Looking good @Giles - shame I won't be around to see the finished result.

[pillowPANTS]

Awesome G. Liking the green tank.

[harley dave]

im liking it a lot are you going to run a drum brake at the front ?

[Giles]

I thinking so, yes….

[Moonshine]

Looking forward to seeing this come to life, G!

[Finn666]

hey there @Giles are you able to share the costs of the customizing as well?
just asking cuz i'm really interested in to do the same one day…buying a not so cool bike during the winter months and customize it to something sweet for summer.

just so i can see if and how much i have to save up for a project like this.