1977 Yamaha XS650D rebuild Part 2

Right.....the first thing that had to happen was it needed to be in bits and all the parts sorted out. Out came the motor that was leaking oil, all the paintwork was naff, the chrome was knackered, the rear shockers were rusty, the wheels were duller than a very dull thing, it was all very depressing.

The next step was the frame and swinging arm and various other parts were sent to Carnaby Powder Coatings for a damn good blasting and a coat of gorgeous gloss black. All the chrome went to Quality Chrome in Hull and a bucket full of assorted rusty crap went to a zinc platers and was made to look like new for £10.

The above 2 pictures show the coated frame, shiney zinc bolts and one of the half finished side panels in it's new peppermint sea green colour.