I mainly think that my bike looks like teh poo because of the way it was maintained. I bought if off a guy who is a Pediatrist, he bought it in 82 new, put a little under 1,000 miles on it, dropped it once and put it in the back of his garage... where it sat for over 20 years! I got it about a year ago. I've had it apart for the better part of 9 months. I did get it working about 2 months ago... I'll admit I had to take it into a shop.

It wouldn't stay in third and then wouldn't drop into first easily. So you'd down shift into neutral and look really stupid when the light turns green! The biggest mistake I did was buy old cheap tires for it. I was strapped for cash. So, naturally I dropped it about two weeks ago. I bent up the rear brake arm pretty good and scrapped the front brake handle... (i was going really slow, just testing it out) Now the carb is leaking again and the rear drum brake it really mushy... I have to get it all the way down before it engages... lastly the left turn signal stays on solid... all the time... so I think there's a short in the trees somewhere.
Other than that the bike is nice. The wheel base is a little small because it's built on the old rebel frame, which was a 250 but... it sounds beautiful when it's running.
I'll admit that I'll prolly buy a ricer next. For $8,000 you can't beat what a ZX6 will give ya. Then I can take my 450 apart and try to chop it.
My dream is to take out the rear axle and expand it to fit a larger rear tire. Increase the rake. chop the handle bars down and give it a custom paint job. I was thinking a medium blue with metal flake and white/pearl tribal designs down the side of the tank with silver pinstripping. I'm gonna call it the Rebel Yell since it's esentially a Rebel with a 450 engine.
There is so much involved in that mod though... cutting the frame, an engine swap (maybe just a re-build) all sorts of extra's like new exhaust and chrome all around... new fenders and paint...
But when it's done it'll rock!