1980 Exciter Build Complete

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Well just thought I would post some pics to see what everyone thinks of my 1980 Exciter 440 project. I first started by stripping the hood and had to reinforce it around the hinges and then we painted it as close to Yamaha Blue as we could match. I had a local graphics shop duplicate the stock Exciter decals but changed the color scheme to go with the blue hood. When I first purchased the sled it already have a Phazer front suspension installed, so I decided to use the suspension from my 1998 SRX 700 and install it into the Exciter. I also had a seat and plastic skis from the SRX laying around as well, so I put them on as well. So all together it took removing 7/16" from each side of the suspension mounts to fit it into the tunnel of the Exciter. It was definitely a good learning experience but I think it turned out pretty good in the end.
 

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That thing is sweet looking!

I'm not huge on the vintage sleds, but this thing is cool
 
Nice sled man I had an idea like that once but I was told it would b stupid that's awsome
 


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