This is what it looked like when I got it Saturday. The tank and seat section were just sitting on the bike. Actually took the seat section off when I was hauling it in the back of the truck so it wouldn't blow away. The wiring harness was a mess, no battery, brake parts missing, no air filter, just somebody elses mess that they couldn't finish. I've already straightened out a lot of the wiring. Got the front lights and controls figured out. Taillights figured out. Had to replace quite a few of the connectors to get all the lighting to work correctly. Got the motor to crank tonight, but has no spark. I need to put the exhaust on before I actually try to get it to run. I basically have all the motor parts of the harness to figure out to get it to run. Hopefully won't be to hard, but............
I guess it's a good thing I didn't get this bike to save money. I know I'll put a lot more into it than it's worth, but I didn't buy it for the money. The challenge is worth something.

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Holy Crap
Price?

Quote from: codajastal on June 28, 2013, 12:59:21 AM
Holy Crap
Price?

300 bucks!
Hoping for a budget build, but I guess we'll see.
I have my Harley that is pretty much in mint condition so I got something to do in the garage. Lol
Keeps me out of the wives hair.

I know how you feel.  Mine was in similar shape when I picked it up a couple of months ago, and I'm still working out the bugs.  The person I bought it from couldn't ever get it running and neither could hte person before him (both of them owned it for a couple of months each), but I don't know any of the history aside from that.  It's been a great education about the world of bikes though.  The search feature of this site has helped me tremendously.  Everything from bolt sizes/threads for missing fasteners to threads and pictures of other bikes that help me determine what is original and what is not (PO did some alterations).  On a good note, I found out last weekend that I have progressive springs when I was replacing fork seals.  Was a nice surprise.   

  pics!

Can't wait to see what you do with it and read your progress!  awesomeness

Not my style of bike but 300 isn't bad at all

Welcome to the club. The project bike looks cool... I envy you in a way, my bike is all stock all factory, everything I do to it might screw it up. You get to modify everything to your liking and build your dream bike! 

I concider all of my bikes "my dream bikes". I'm not brand bias, I love them both.
My plan at the moment is to get it the way I want it, then tear it completely apart and do the cosmetics, ie-paint, powder, chrome if any. If you saw my Harley, you'd see I'm not really a chrome kinda guy. Time is progress.

Not a bad starting point. You have so many options here, but a bobber GS isn't the worst look huh?