Because I'm just learning to post pictures I am posting, for fun, the new to me 1978 MC-5 400 below. I wasn't going to buy it but the seller made the deal too good to pass up. One is a picture of the bike as acquired and the other is one step along the way to a planned semi-GS transformation. Haven't tied down the headlight/number plate yet and won't until I re-route or re-cable the controls. I took off the tank and the bike appears to have a lighting coil based on the extra wires.
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c36/80fj40/IMG00162.jpg)
(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c36/80fj40/IMG00183.jpg)
The bike really rips and is a bit of a handful. Incredible exhaust note!
Best, John
Hi John,
Did I see you at Wendy's this AM with my Sunday School Class?? I was talking to a guy that saw my cap, and told me he recently bought a 78. wnm
Nope, not me. Old KTMs (and Pentons) are lurking everywhere!
John,
Good looking bike, I bought that model when it first came out. A suggestion, find a rear frame loop for your bike. If you do not, your rear fender will not last long. Especially true if you have a mud run.
Tony
Thanks Tony, good advice I'm sure. I received a bolt-on rear loop w/ the bike but it doesn't really fit well w/ the UFO fender you see in the pic, which otherwise fits pefectly in the seat cavity, etc. For now, I have the UFO attached to the frame and also using the holes in the seat used by the mx fender, but I don't like that arrangement at all. I'm sure it will rip out of the seat w/ little force. Waiting for a proper GS fender repro from Tom Brosius, at which point the loop will go on. Regards, John