It's been a while since I last posted since my motard attempt.
I put the motorcycle back to stock, and it sat for a while.
I then put on GSX-R 600 forks and tail, then let it sit for more time. Fast forward to a year later, and I finally got sick of the bike sitting. I tore the gsxr tail off, as it was still an incomplete project, and ended up putting the stock tail back on.
This bike has been sitting for over a year without starting, with gas that is older than that in the tank, and a dead battery. I hooked it up with jumper cables and tried starting it. After fiddling with the throttle and the choke, the bike roared to life. Ran on a single cylinder at first, then cleared up within a few seconds and ran on both. I let it sit around and idle for a few minutes and she runs fine.
I will throw some sea foam and fresh gas in it and run it, then clean the carbs when I get a chance. Should be fun. Can't wait to ride it with these new forks. I can already tell they are stiffer, and the brakes seem significantly better. Hopefully I can ride her this weekend.

 

Nice! Taking my girl out tomorrow after 3 months. Good times!

 

Nice. Hope y'all have a good ride. I'm not one to do a lot of mods on my bikes. Don't like the downtime, and the riding season is all year, lol.

 

Well bad news.
While my bike was down, my friend had my mufflers and fairings on his bike.
Anyway, I spent all last week trying to get them back so I could get my bike running. Well, I found out Sunday that he died when a minivan pulled out in front of him. He went down, then slid into it.

 

That is bad news indeed.
My condolences on the loss of your friend.

 

My Condolences as well.