New plastic on my 1976 Yamaha TT500

[Blown 331]

Well I debated on plastic from The Vintage Spoke or DC Plastics here- http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...-Vintage-Spoke
I've already had the bike for 16 years, I've got the title and don't plan on every getting rid of it so I decided to go all the way. I went with The Vintage spoke and also got their new grommets, side panel hardware and sprung for the side panel decals as well. I still need a new front number plate and might go with DC Plastics on that.
I gotta say this plastic is amazing. Its injection molded so its nice and shiney like OE. I also cleaned the wheels and repainted the bottom end of the engine and the exhaust. I've painted the exhaust a few times now and it will eventially burn off. The wheels need a bit more work and the bike still needs some overall detailing but its looking pretty good. The exhaust might seem odd at first, I thought it was and actually bought a stock exhaust for it probably 12 years ago. It really lost a lot of power with the stock exhaust. Through some research, the open down pipe is pretty popular for this bike. Back 10 years ago I found several places selling them new, but I can't seem to find them anymore.
I gotta say the TT500 is my favorite Yamaha of all time and really puts it to my pre 1982 Honda 500's with 3 years older technology and half the valves. I'm a Honda guy but I gotta give credit where credit is due.
Here's before and after.

[86T3]

That looks sharp. How loud is it with that exhaust? does it have baffles in there or is it just straight through?

[Blown 331]

Thanks! The exhaust is straight through with no baffles. I am thinking about adding a small internal baffle. It would be real easy. Its 1.75 inch pipe which is real common on Harleys. I'm just curious to see if it might help performance any, though I have no complaints in that department. I would say its about as loud as a motocross 450 that has an aftermarket pipe, so its not excessively loud I guess. It doesn't make my ears ring or anything like that.

[MonroeMike]

Looks good.

My first street legal bike was a XT500, always liked it.

[Blown 331]

Nice. Most of the XT500's I see in my area are stripped down like a TT500, kind of a shame.

[Six Stroke]

Nice, the dirty counterpart to my '78 SR500.

[Blown 331]

Yep! I was actually looking for an SR500 years ago but I got over that I guess.
I've been doing more cleaning and polishing, its looking much better than the pics above. I'll post an update when I can.