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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Mar 8, 2012 13:44:03 GMT 1
A picture I have not seen of the John Deere. I have a John Deere pic as my phone wall paper, I do like the adventure look.
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Post by striderider on Mar 14, 2012 18:53:24 GMT 1
"Fettled by a Witch"; the name of this project & also quite apt to describe my thought process in finalizing the 'look' & the plan to offer to the builder. As this is my 1st endeavor into 'major' changes on a bike, I'm finding it difficult to convert what I have in my head to what would look good in real-life. I've have come to the conclusion that it's going to be a single seat road-going, off-road styled, cafe racing bobber. This 'could' work, or look like a complete shambles. My intention is to cause people to look at it rather than look away in disgust. Below are some more inspirations I'm borrowing from. (I apologies for my horrendous attempts at Photoshopping & basic MS-paint work) Firstly the simple 'street' look, single bar sub-frame; This shows off the red Showa mono-shock, which I like Then there's the 'Cafe-racer' look, keeping the side-panels & the standard sub-frame intact; This is bit easy to achieve & still 'standard' which isn't what I want. Also there's a horrid looking attempt at an enduro. However does have the 'rally-rack' hidden (very badly) the gubbins behind the side-panels. Eureka!!!!!Without even realizing, I've created an oddly-framed flat-track. Whatya guys 'n' girls think?
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Mar 14, 2012 20:49:42 GMT 1
If you only have one bike and want non-standard; for me 'Cafe-racer' look is the one to go for. It has the potential to look different and hot But for me I also want a bike I can take on a trip and an all out street bike, would not fit the bill, if is the only bike I had.
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Post by striderider on Mar 22, 2012 12:12:01 GMT 1
After much head-scratching & failed attempts at trying to draw what it may look like, I've settled on a final idea.....It's going to be a Super-moto styled 'street-tracker' (albiet quite a bit heavier). The latest changes is a GSXR lamp unit. The fly screen is cut from an old front fairing, using copious amounts of glue, mini self-tapping screws & glue. I also attempted to place LED inddies where the side runnings lights are (these are so small & insignificant, it's almost pointless having them there - so It looks like I have to keep the mini-stalks :-( ) Plus a more up-right riding position handlebars & low-profiled mirrors
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Post by striderider on Mar 24, 2012 18:59:21 GMT 1
Whilst I'm waiting for the appointment with the engineer to start cutting up the bike. I've kept up with some more fettling; this time it's some day-light running lights:
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Post by striderider on Mar 28, 2012 8:42:55 GMT 1
I could get used to these longer evenings. Yesterday I got the soldering gun out (my favourite toy at the moment) and decided to add some idiot lights to the handlebar brace. We have; left & right indie’s, neutral, high-beam & oil - Not quite finished, hence the amalgam of wiring all over the place. Whilst the cables were all over the place, I also removed the mini-stalk indie’s to just have the stealthy inner headlight-cluster blinkers (I hope these are still MOT valid). I'm glad that Maplins still has at least one good member of staff who was able to sort out the right resistors for me 'cos I've forgotten all I should've known.
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Mar 28, 2012 12:56:19 GMT 1
A tidy job so far. They should see you coming Just the ones that don't look to worry about..
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Post by striderider on Mar 29, 2012 9:29:04 GMT 1
Cheer,
1st ride home on dark roads last night. Was thinking these are quite awesome; nice wide throw of natural (non-yellow) light illuminating quite far ahead - I was feeling quite please with myself, A LOT better than my piddly little H4. ;D
Then came the unlit part, so time for the High-beams. nuts!! not working!! oh well, just slow down a little bit a pootle along a bit slower.
When I came to a junction, I realised that I've been just using the LED running lights & the dipped beam wasn't on at all!!
A quick flick of the switch and Beelzebub himself would've been blinded by the smighting of the holy white bright outburst.
Moral of the story Halogen bulbs & modern reflectors are a very worthy upgrade. Oh, and wondering midnight devils beware.
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Mar 29, 2012 20:08:41 GMT 1
I also removed the mini-stalk indie’s to just have the stealthy inner headlight-cluster blinkers (I hope these are still MOT valid). For your own safety I hope this isn't MOT-valid. No oncoming road-user will ever see your indicators when they are soo close to the headlight. In the European rules about approval for NEW motorbikes there is a minimum distance stipulated between the dipped-beam headlamp and the front indicators. That minimum distance depends on the intensity of the light emitted by the indicators (if they produce more light, then they can be fitted closer to the head lamp). You'll probably think that I'm a fussy "know-it-all", but I hope you understand that this is for your own safety. GvS
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Post by striderider on Mar 29, 2012 20:34:12 GMT 1
I can see your concern & I'm with you on it. I think I remember something similar about a distance apart they need to be.
I'm thinking of a backup plan, perhaps bar-ends ones for better side-illumination
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Mar 29, 2012 21:45:48 GMT 1
How about built into the wing mirrors? Attachments:
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Post by striderider on Apr 1, 2012 18:00:26 GMT 1
How about built into the wing mirrors? I think LED Strip-Indicators of the radiator side-covers look quite cool:
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Post by striderider on May 12, 2012 16:45:06 GMT 1
Little bit of an update; Phase I is now complete & I've the bike back from the engineering firm who's carrying out my requests: The foot peg mounts have been cut back (no rear pegs or exhaust hanger required on this bike) & have moto-x style pegs altered to fit. There's a banjo switch on that master cylinder & the side-stand cut-off switch is also removed. After the BMF show, I'll be looking into removing some more 'gubbins' which is hidden behind the plastics. A very annoying bit is the pre-load adjustor on the Showa shock, does anyone know if this can be easily removed, blanked off or a little valve inserted (since it's going to be single-seater I don't need to be adjusting this in the future)
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Post by thatsawkward on May 12, 2012 16:51:52 GMT 1
Great hangers and pegs! Brilliant ideas...
Could swap the shock for a Revere 600 shock? No external adjustment on them...,
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Post by realnutter on May 13, 2012 10:06:14 GMT 1
I have a 600 shock lying around... It's pretty old and tired, but might be rebuildable...
Your's for postage!
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