Update time!
Firstly, I finally had a chance to take the XBR for a test drive and man do I love this bike!! Tho at 80MPH it may not be the easiest bike to handle, but I was looking for a city bike and a bike for some backroad fun and thats exactly what I got!
Then on to the build - it's teardown time!
This is where I started:
As I said before the electrics are a mess:
Calling this a rat's nest is polite...
But I'm not that concerned about the electrics, what I am concerned about is the face that it seems this bike has suffered a bit more serious crash than I expected.. See how this turn controller has bent:
Also there's something wrong with the front forks.. either the pipes, triangle pieces, the axle or the lower fork bars have bent seriously. I didn't notice this while driving, but look at how off the front wheel is in relation to the forks:
I couldn't tell what it is just by looking at it, have you guys seen anything like this before and do you know what could cause this?
Anyway, it's late and this is how the bike sits now:
I'll post more tomorrow