1985 Honda Shadow VT500 Cold Start

This is my 1985 Honda Shadow VT500 which I bought recently for a cheap price, I'm the third owner :D The engine is in a very good condition with 23 000 km on it. Don't mind the dirt, it was raining the whole week and I didn't menaged to clean it throughly :D And also, it still need to be tweaked entirely because it hasn't been driven 11 months :D
The bike has been customised a bit from the previous owner:
- extended fork tubes, new mileage meter, new handlebars, front light, stop light, new turn lights, foot pegs, new exhausts, ugly looking rear fender and a very, very ugly looking seat :D etc.
I'm planning to make it look like a bobber a bit and I will do a few changes on it, something like:
- I will paint it matte black finish with 2 white Iron crosses on the sides off the fuel tank; custom Ape handlebars, new custom brown or white leather carved single seat, red painted rims, tires with white lanes, short rear shocks etc etc.
I'm working on it with my brother at the moment and we expect to finish it in the next couple of weeks. And as usual I'll post a video when it's finished :D
Cheers!

[@GoceMilanoski]

Luckily I bought it that way, but the previous owner told me that a proffesional had cut and streched the frame and welded 2 triangular pieces from both sides on the triple tree. Also he extended the fork tubes by adding two 12cm long pieces on the upper side.
I was a bit suspicious about that and when I bought it I took it to a honda proffesional and surprisingly the bike was perfect, even when driving with no hands it doesn't lean right or left :D

[@davidhall2141]

Good looking for a Japanese custom of the period.thanks for post.

[@hondaxl250k0]

i have a big fat 4 in 2 in to 1 straight pipe on mine.. i like the sound better than split pipes.. and its loud as hell

[@keziahjones7887]

Where did you get the seat

[@colejabush8409]

What did you do to stretch out the front?

[@TheRAVIN79]

Where did you get this pipes?

[@justinorem6672]

What type of exhaust is that

[@rogerioaraujo9581]

preço dela nesse ano 85?

[@rodrigoalvizo8873]

i would like to buy that bike

[@kyokushin93mkd]

ле-ле :D

[@mpmpozega8977]

i ja imam hondu vt 500 c 73 000 km ide dobro troši oko 4 litra dobra mašina

[@MikmaqWarrior]

Automatic?

[@GoceMilanoski]

If you mean transmission? Then no, standard bike transmission on the left foot.

[@cadillackman]

sounds like a land mower

[@DavidLee-no9uc]

Your worried about "Cleaning the Bike?", try cleaning up the Garbage laying around your house!

[@abstractapproach634]

David Lee a clean shop is an unused shop. I wouldn't trust the guy had he cleaned it up first