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Nice work! 

Just one word - WOW!
If I were get my hands on one, I'll just stop looking for motorcycles.

So taking my friend Brian's help (knows fabrication) we tried fixing the left exhaust. It turns out someone jimmied it to a level that even after handful of tries we could make it stop leaking. Got an inspection with State Patrol coming up shortly and I'm afraid it won't pass as it's too noticeable so, a new item to add on.

I was thinking to try out just different silencers but know I'm on hunt for the entire thing. If anyone is willing to part, I'm all ears.

That bike looks wonderful. Nice work. Fix your little issues and enjoy riding the thing. You will get lots of attention most everywhere you go. Thanks for the YT channel mention!

Thanks Ken, your work is truly motivational. Speaking of attention, I already was asked by my mechanic if I were to consider it for sale. Needless to say I declined but promised to give him first stab if I were to change my mind.

by the way.. the brass choke tube ont he TH carb isn't used. it all feeds off the left.

looks great! enjoy it!

Good to know, I had the VM34s on standby but I'll run these for now.
Thank you!

AND it's riding season! Congratulations, and enjoy 

That was the plan to have it done by summer so yes worked out fine.

Thanks you!!!

So, I had a last minute surprise when I went to pickup - one oil seal was missing. I got lucky to have it in stock at local store and FINALLY got it home.

It rained going home but was trouble free nevertheless.

Still have few issues to deal with:
a. Overflow in Carbs, probably float height needs to be adjusted.
b. Left exhaust leaking.
c. 2T Oil tank seeping, still need to find ways for a fix.

All in all, very happy with end result.

HUGE thanks to:
Brian
Dave
Orlando
Ken's Garage: https://www.youtube.com/c/KensGarage1
powervalve pete's garage: https://www.youtube.com/@powervalvepetesgarage
Members on this forum
and my kid brother.

Street Legal TZ750 !!! 

I'm all eyes and ears.
This is to me the pinnacle of motorcycles.

GLWS.

Nicely done, now all that's left is to enjoy the labor of love.

I might have an oil tank to donate, let me check my "STASH".

Much obliged.

Question for you guys - I have a leak in the inside seam of the 2T oil tank (see pic). Have any ideas on fixing it?

At this point, I'm so broke that I don;t want to shell more money on a new tank. 

9. Gas tank and the other body work is back from painter. He did quite an impressive job sans the time taken but I'm quite happy on the outcome. He's a hard-working dude and I guess we can cut him a slack after-all stuff happens.

10. The neutral light was still ever elusive as it has been and I ended up with a CU but the existing one magically worked after few starts. Yay!

11. Fuel petcock needs rebuild so I'm waiting on it.

12. Still have thermostat issue to tackle, it's been leaking and we tried 2 of'em so far and on to testing 3rd one. Apparently they do not sell just the seal so it has to be in it's entirety.

13. Got the kick starter spring and ball which were missing too.

7. Swingarm linkage dust covers were missing so I ended up procuring those.

8. Coolant pipe on the clutch side wasn't seated in all the way so that would have been a disaster. I'm glad I got to Dave and let the SME handle it. I would have surely blew up the transmission and not even know the why's of it.

4. Carbs - I had taken apart only of the carbs and it was clean so didn't bother with the other one. Turns out that had all the gunk in it and there was no way it would have started. The other issue was that the brass starter bleed pipe is missing on the right one (not sure if that's how they come) so ... eventually ... I may just go for the VM-34 that were bought from up north many moons ago for a RD350 and were never used. I was fore-warned by KawiTripeFreak on the carbs and how they are a pain to setup. I learnt it (kinda) first hand.

5. Sticky throttle was not because of handlebars or tube as thought of earlier. It was the gunked-up carb doing it all. After cleanup, just works fine.

6. Had a nail in the tire so I had a new one installed. I went with the factory specs Bridgestone Battlax BT46.

So, got quite a few updates ..... quite a bit actually.

1. The speedometer had missing parts - clutch meter and retainer clutch. Luckily I had them so that worked out.

2. The front brakes were installed incorrectly - yea that's solely user/installer error -> Me. So Dave (my mechanic) ended up fixing that, also swap hoses (again, no guessing who that was) and bled them.

3. Needed rear wheel bearings, seals and sprocket carrier bearing. I had a stash of those that came with the parts, so that's off the to-do list now.