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Posted by paulfuller12
- April 23, 2019, 17:46:03 PMJust saw this post. What a great looking bike in excellent condition. These are rare cause the 99 was only sold in Canada and Europe. I personally would have never painted the bike. Sad to see. These blacked out models and their 1500 counterparts are getting rarer and rarer. I put a 99 1500 back to stock and just did my 2000, 1500. I had a blue 2000 800 that was pretty rough but did all the repairs and turned down selling to a guy that distresses them to make them look old and messed up, like the one in :"defiance" on Netflix. Ended up selling it to a young guy who was committed to keeping it stock. Would love to find a low mile red 800 down here in socal but not much luck of that happening.
Posted by Tush
- April 23, 2019, 05:12:10 AMPosted by Tush
- April 20, 2019, 22:01:26 PMThanks Jeff,
The inside of my tank is perfect..not a spot of rust...I'm really pleased with the overall condition of this bike. It's only got about 8000 miles on it and was well looked after by the PO.
I think I'll hang on to the stock seat and components for now but if I change my mind, I'll let you know.
Cheers,
Tush
Posted by Lucky
- April 20, 2019, 19:11:22 PMNice work
Btw, the entire seat assembly comes off with the 4 12mm frame bolts.
Please put a light in the gas tank and look for rust
Both run and res have a Vacuum solenoid but prime is the basic "on" and will mostly drain the tank. The petcock then comes out pretty easy but it's a lllloooonnngggg filter.
I have no problem even welding on a tank FULL of water, but each person's safety And risk appetite is their own
Would you consider selling the sissy bar and mount?
Posted by Tush
- April 19, 2019, 07:25:38 AMNext Video is up. Making progress. Got some priming done. I wish the weather would co operate...
Cheers,
Tush
Posted by Tfrank59
- April 18, 2019, 15:16:56 PMI'm sure it'll be awesome. Especially with the white wall tires. We've had discussions and some debate on this forum whether to sort of crossover to an Indian or keep it as a Indian tribute and I'm more towards badging mine as an Indian. My experience is do whatever makes you happy because people don't really care what it is --Kawasaki, Indian knock-off, or whatever -- folks generally just like our bikes and often compliment us on them 
Posted by Tush
- April 18, 2019, 13:09:26 PMThanks guys...yes, Tom when I first saw the bike I knew that I would have some trouble deciding about weather to repaint or not since it was in such good condition. I even contemplated getting other fenders and tank for it so I could leave the stock ones untouched. In the end, I decided to stick to my plan and do to it what I envision in my head..
Second coat of primer is drying as I type this...
Cheers,
Tush
Posted by Tfrank59
- April 18, 2019, 10:13:49 AMYeah Welcome to The Forum. That was a beautiful bone stock bike, and I think it would have remained so had I purchased it, but will look forward to pics or videos when you got it the way you want it. Meanwhile get your motorcycle endorsement so you can ride her when she's done!
Posted by mittico68
- April 18, 2019, 09:34:07 AMNice Drifter!
That's exactly like mine was, when I bought her back in '99.
I've been mumblin' about 2-tone paint for her, but I'm still undecided... 
Can't wait to see yours.
Posted by Tush
- April 18, 2019, 06:23:55 AMQuote from: greenbarn on April 17, 2019, 21:33:29 PMThank You! Just in the process of getting ready to paint it...I like the two tone look so I'm going to go black and Wimbledon white. Whitewall tires to go with that and a new solo seat. A few other small mods like a light bar, crash bar will go on later I think. Nothing over the top.Great looking bike, what are your plans for her???
Cheers,
Tush
Posted by greenbarn
- April 17, 2019, 21:33:29 PMGreat looking bike, what are your plans for her???
Posted by Tush
- April 16, 2019, 19:46:48 PMPosted by Tush
- April 16, 2019, 19:14:25 PMHi guys...
New owner as of a couple days ago...first foray into bikes (don't even have my licence yet 
) I usually do car restoration videos ( I have 6 Triumph TR's and 1 Alfa Spider) but I've decided to document my Drifter project on my channel.
Here's the first introductory video if anyone's interested.
Just getting ready to upload the next instalment, Disassembly, Part 1
Cheers
Tush