A old friends 84 500 XC

The bike was my best friends, now his brother owns it and has had it hiding away for 20 years since Mel died.
After seeing what i did with my bike. He got a hold of me and asked if i could do another bike.
So now he brought over Mel's Husky to me for a restoration.

Got some pics coming of how it looks before i tear it down.

Steve

plate from the last time he was on it.

Wow is the pipe in good shape!

Looks in great shape considering, is it a runner?

Fresh gas and then about 20 kicks it did run.

Looks awesome, monster motor and pretty much no brakes. Last of the great twinshocks !!!

WOW no dings thats one clean bike brother what an awesome project lookfoward to see it at the end goodluck

Got the motor looking sweet.











I am not having any luck finding the 500 xc decals for the side plastic, also looking for a nice mint tank.

Looks awesome Might need some "wheelie bars" for the bike also Great stuff, wish they still made an open class two stroker.

Thanks, lol no wheelie bars but i am swapping in some 86 forks and wheel from a spare bike so it will have a disc brake F/E.

leave the H in the tank and get rid of the other stickers. it will look clean enough if you scrub the tank.
i would leave the tls as thats what it is and i would guess your late mates brothers not gunna ride it much so why modify it? Give it the double sided sticky tape fix, grease the pivots etc and it will be as purchased...( just my thoughts, you do what you u want!) Actually looks spectacular as is, a real survivor..

Why couldn't you go to good auto paint store and find out if you could wet sand the tank to remove the age stains/most scratches. Then they make pads that you can wet that will take your finish to 3500 grit. Then you could use an auto buffer/compound @ lower speed and polish the plastic? With plastic, you have to go little slower/patience. But I bet it could look like new.

I tried all kinds of sanding and or painting with my 86 tank, that can work.
But the 84 has some deep scratches in it.

Thanks for the help guys!

Steve

Yes the disc brake is a must! Sweet bike. Had a chance to buy one about 5 years ago, but was to slow to make the deal...bike was gone.

Got a tail of a frame from Huskydoggg so i could repair the mess some one made.
Now its all ready for powder coat.

Got the pipe and foot pegs done with a high heat ceramic coating.