just a small update on the bike...
pulled the battery box and gauges to see if I want to go that route... ignore the wiring mess where the battery box used to be. I will be cleaning that up with most likely a faux oil tank.
as with every winter, I have some big plans for the bike but we'll see if my budget holds out... looking to swap to a smaller front wheel and run a matched 130 front tire to match the rear (both will be white walls), cleaning up the bars by ditching the factory signal/starter boxes and hiding wiring, a different headlight, possibly ditching the air box for pods, and some general maintenance items. probably also removing some of the tabs/mounting brackets off the frame for parts that have been removed from the bike and maybe having the frame welded shut where the rear rails were cut.
a couple pics of a fellow xj forum member's bike that is running the smaller front wheel with the "fat" front tire:
