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i really like that shovel!! im kinda weary about the finger on but thing though?? j/k!!

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Nice stuff there for sure sweeper!Right up my alley!Yeah,I had never thought bout that finger thing......then one day I rode from MN to St.Louis....got where I was goin,got off the bike,and made a comment bout my ass being sore.Guy says no shit with that finger there.

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bwaahahaha!! wanna see somethin funny?? this is the seat for the first bike......hey he wanted it not me!! lol

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:unsure:

Not sure how I feel about finding out how many guys on this site enjoy sitting on fingers...


















:grin:-it was too easy

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bwaahahaha..its not mine!! and i'm trying to talk him out of it! but its his bike???

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http://www.storzperf.com/images/XR-1200lr.jpg

I'd take one of these too!!!!! :thumbsup:
Jeff

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Did someone say they wanted to build a VW bike?
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1918/p1010005xz1.jpg

eBay Motors: Other Makes : VW DNEPR (item 300290161150 end time Feb-05-09 07:1

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Jeex Mike, don't tell me you got one of those too??:wacko: A bunch of years back a buddy went to clean out a barn, as in they paid him, including "some kind of old rusty motorcycle." Yup, while I would have found a beat up old Honda, Craig came home with and old Beemer running a 40 hp VW. The clutch cable was gone, maybe why it was parked, but we got it running in an afternoon. 'Had dual Solex's, straight pipes, sounded great and ran like stink.:grin:

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although i like the idea behind it....that frame doesnt look like it would hold a lawnmower motor let alone a vw!! just my oppinion...but theres a bike in another post that could use that motor to match his oil tank!!:Idunno:

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streetsweeper , thats a nice gose neck bike !!

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thanks! i bet its gonna suck in a parking lot though! rake on it is 50 degrees...and the neck was dropped 4 inches..so its gonna be a tricky one at slow speeds.:unsure:

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If its a ural frame....there will be no problem......thier frames are very thick wall.I had 2 of them.......motors were junk,trans,driveline,and rest of the bike were fun as hell.I beat the hell out of the second one,rode all winter...had the driven sidecar.

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bwaahahaa!! a ural!! yeah my friend had one of those! we called it the urnal! he'd get mad as hell cause my friend deisel mike would piss in the sidecar!! but as far as the frame its the area right at the base of the backbone that worries me?? but it wouldnt be the first time i was wrong?

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Sport bike? Canadian? :stoned: :tongue:

For about a year I worked at Polaris in what became the Victory motorcycle group. A sportbike was talked about but never built - it was going to be a triple BTW.

And as already mentioned, Polaris is an American company. Headquarters is in Minnesota. Bike engineering started out in Wisconsin and moved to Minnesota a few years ago. Some of the manufacturing is done in Iowa. They do have a facility about ten miles south of Canada in Roseau, MN, but that's as close to being Canadian as they get.

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Oooh, starting `em early.:dancing: What's the ticket for, excessively loud training wheels?:wink::wink:

Electrical question/ help
 

Alright, I have an ignition/electrical question for you motorcycle guys (but could also be related to cars).

My CB750's coils, I believe, have a rating of 4 or 5 ohms and I'm interested in throwing on a set of newer model, hotter sparking coils. The new coils have a rating of 2.5-2.8 ohms but will be eating up my new points left and right.

Here's the question: Is there a device that can be installed to allow a lower ohm resistant coils to work on my bike?

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Just picked up a 69 honda cb175 to make a bobber, will try and get pics up i a few days.

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If it is a single cam motor with points you could get away with running some dyna 3 ohm coils but prob nothing less as the coils swill prob run to hot. I would think you would want to go with a Dyna S igntion if you are wanting better spark getting rid of the points would help. i fyou really need alot of spark you could get a dyna 4000 or 2000 box the 2000 takes 2.2 ohm coils and the 4000 takes .7ohm but that is prob overkill for a stock motor if that is what you have

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Thanks for the reply.
I've read up on the Dyna coils but they are out of my price range, plus I know for a fact that the Dyna 3 ohm's need the electronic ignition set up. I'm staying with the stock points set up (spent $50+ on an OEM points plate not too long ago and don't want to spend more money to replace it). I know the 2-3 ohm coils that I want to buy will be rough on the points but produce a way better spark.
I was hoping to find a contraption/device that will allow me to run those coils with my points set up without the headache of burning the points up.

I'm still clueless as to whether the stock coils I have now are above or below the 2-3 ohm range. Below perhaps? :Idunno: This shit is confusing... :wacko: but thanks for the help anyway.

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Are you a member of forums.sohc4.net ? There is a guy there that sells a transistorized ignition system. His name is Hondaman and people swear by them. Supposed to make your points last nearly forever. That is the place to get all info for a cb750, 500, 550, 650 350... nearly any old honda.

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Jesus H. Christ, not ANOTHER forum... :panic:

You know what, it'll probably do me some good. I'll czech it out.
Thanks dude. :thumbsup:

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BTW my handle is CB Ghia over there.

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hubby tacked in a rear light last weekend~
bug fender, bug light

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I thought bug lite was a beer. :hmm: How 'bout the front end? I'm thinking that an early bug headlight as part of a fairing would look pretty trick.:grin::grin: No seriously, or have I (yet again) missed something?:ohmy:

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he keeps changing his ideas on the front. Concentrating on finishing up the rear before tackling the front. Plus, out of argon, not much now til he gets another bottle.

Has thoughts of an 40's (?) dodge truck tear drop headlight. Will have to dig the local junk yards to see whats still useable first.

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Oooh, I like that idea. Very Art Deco.

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This should go in the eBay thread, but it's more Motorcycle Thread related.

Vincent Comet anyone?

http://i8.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/2f/91/ddb9_1.JPG

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Whats the 411 on that bike? I really dig those old Honda twins.

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oooh man. I just went up the street to the fairgrounds where they are setting up for this weekend's motorcycle show. we were helping onload one of the shriner's bikes for my Brother in Law's drill team. I don't know which one Iwant more, the Triumph Scrambler 900, or the Nightster 1200. Man is that a bad ass sporty!

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Ooooohh!! .. right out of my youth ...

I don't suppose Phil Cotton is still doing this sort of thing, but he was building brand new Norvins a few years back ...

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...n-motorcycles/

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My bro-in-law got the nightster........VERY nice bike.

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Nice thing about your choice is that you can't lose. Both have a great look. I've ridden the Scrambler, but not the Nightster. The Triumph is really nimble in the twisties and has plenty of torque.

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i was thinking Bobber style Im not to into the cafe's. you cant tell from the pic but it has a lot of surface rust so it needs to be torn down for repaint. Oh ya 4k on the speedo and one owner its been sitting out side for years and was left with gas in the tank.

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Without a doubt, that bike would look killer as a bobber. I don't suppose there is a company selling hard-tail kits for those?

What size is it? 350? I think 500cc and up was a 4 banger, right?

Here's a sick Honda CB750 bobber that I found on ebay last year:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...bbers/bob1.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...bbers/bob4.jpg

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nope its a 175. Im just playing with it for now tring to clean it up and get it running.

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175 is a fun bike. I had one with the high side pipes. Built it out of two dead ones for my wife to learn on. Except for one leaky carb (tweeked float bowl) it ran fine and was great on the back roads.

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Got a PM request from trebor13 for more shots of my friend Mike's Iron Sporty so here's what I could dig up.

Another early shot:http://www.waybackgarage.com/bbs/myksbyk2.jpg

and in it's current state:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...intjobs002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...intjobs001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...intjobs003.jpg



That's about all I can dig up now. If I find more I'll post them.

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Found a couple more.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...racking272.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...racking274.jpg

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Bill, that friend of yours has one kickin', sexy-ass bike. Everything from the coffin tail light to the springer front end is perfect.

Please tell me it's kick only...

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I took a couple snapshots of a couple current projects that Mitch and I are working on at his shop.

I have no clue what this is, but it catches my attention every time I go to work.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/berg2.jpg

Sweet bobber/chopper project for an older (60+ year old) guy. Harley Panhead, kicker +electric start.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/Berg3.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/Berg4.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/Berg5.jpg

Working on a Captain America replica.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/Berg1.jpg

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thanks trasherbill:bow::bow::bow:

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Wow, and wow some more.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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:thumbsup:

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after looking at the bike more i dont think i can bobb it or at least it would not look right. but there are some sweet cafe body kits on the net. dunno yet?

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Cool bikes.....Love the pan....really like the peaked rear fender.

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You can bob it if you have some pics of the tank and seat off post them up I have done hardtails on all kinds of diff stock. Frames that thing would also look sick done in a board track style real thin

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the frame looks to be stamped steel not round stock like i see most bike frames. i have the tank off now cleaning it i will try and post up some pics tomarrow. what part of fl you in?

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I am in West Palm Beach Are you near me?? Here are some pics of two frames i have done both started with stamped steel frames one kept it the other did not

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Top Frame is a CM 450 the bottom frame started as a cb350 four 1973 prob very similar to your frame

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no im up in jax, i may cafe this to get my feet wet with bikes

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well order a seat and got some bar's fron a local bike shop and started it up today. still tring to get the tank clean.

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The weather finally decided to do something other than snow or rain or both and it was sorta almost warm out (low to mid 40's) so I slapped a plate on the new beast and went for a ride around to a couple of the local beaches today.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1545_02.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1545_01.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1610_00.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1546_00.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1647_00.jpg

Here's the view from that last parking spot:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...09_1258_00.jpg

:grin::grin::grin::grin:

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cool pics eh.... thanks for sharing eh...

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Well it's pissing rain again and suposed to continue right through next weekend so I now have some time to post my report from this last Saturday.

Started out at about 9am and met my friend Mike for breakfast. I ordered the waffle special and (of course) a side of bacon. Apparently at this particular establishment a side of bacon is about a 1/2lb. :grin:


http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture001.jpg

After eating we went to pick up Mike's friend Randy at his place.
Mike on the left, Randy on the right

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture002.jpg

From Randy's we headed across to the north side of the Mighty Fraser River for some foothill twisties.



This road takes a hard left and turns into a veritable roller coaster through the hills :grin:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture003.jpg


Mike and Randy

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture004.jpg

Me

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture005.jpg

Random scenery

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture006.jpg


Randy went home to attend tto his honey-do list and Mike and I headed back over th Fraser to Fort Langley for a coffee. Mike ordered some cinnamon latte froofy thing and was a little embarrassed when the cute server girl brought it out to him

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...Picture007.jpg


I scored a tiki mug for the home tiki bar at a junk store next to a gas station along the way but I didn't take a picture.

All in all a pretty wicked day of riding and hangin with good friends. I think I've said it before but I really can't complain about days like that in mid February in BC.

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well today i trimmed the front fender and added the spacers for the fender brakets i had made by the machine shop . Now all i have to do it weld in the licince plate holder and then i can brake it down for paint . I'm really happy about the way she turned out .

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSC00004.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...ontfender1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSC00002.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...1/DSC00005.jpg

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BILL, is that Whipped Mayonnaise next to the waffle? You weird ass canooks...

Where are the pics of the tiki mug?

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I caught this pic while surfing the net. It really could be the perfect bike for me. Big, racy and fairly reasonable to replicate.

www.bikeexif.com/page/7

http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/u..._gold_wing.jpg

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Yeah i have pics the chevelle , where should i post them for ya ?

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Some guys call them Naked gold wings.

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and in the id link, thats what it's called,

http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/naked_honda_gold_wing.jpg

hubby likes it, too bad he's already turned his honda into scrap metal~ or he'd change his mind again and leave it like that which looks nice I think.

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just e-mail em to xkursedx@hotmail.com I've got a 72 malibu I'm going to start stripping down soon for resto...

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sent ..
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...Picture396.jpg

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Drop the handlebars and call it done!!:grin::thumbsup:


Hey Carlene, I posted that and didn't even use the word Cafe'. :wink:


:funny::funny::funny:

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A guy I bought parts from in Austria just offered to sell me his BMW r75, if my wife wouldn't kill me and I could afford the import charges I'd be all over that... oh well

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The bars are just low enough for me. Lower would look cooler but, I think that height is just practical enough where you could still throw some bags on it and go a distance.

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:funny:

I hope to have an update on his pile o , yyyeeeah~ pile of metal is what's laying all around it :blink:
it's beastly~:)

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I thought I'd give an update on a bike I've been keeping my eye on since I started working for Mitch.

Before:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...blic/berg2.jpg

After: Paint, front wheel (100 spoke with twisted chrome spokes), cables, brake lines, and a bit of striping.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...c/IMG_0172.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...c/IMG_0173.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...c/IMG_0174.jpg

and some wiring:
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...c/IMG_0175.jpg

A local striper from Banning did the stripes and paint. Looks killer so far. I wish the bike was MINE. Since I haven't the time to work on my own bike or v-rod project, I've been keeping busy documenting the work at the shop lately.

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ok, here it is, meet 'scrap iron'~
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a71...43/bikes/5.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a71...43/bikes/6.jpg
other pics in the intro~

he's now sweeping up all the scrap metal laying around in the shaop, no bare feet allowed in there! and one ford hood skeleton on the side~

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That's awesome!!!!

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saw this on my way home on saturday... sorry for the crappy phone pic. it is a bmw (1100 i think) with a flame job and ape hangers

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yeah, it's a flamer alright

:funny:

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Via the Naked Goldwing pic I ended up here - Wrenchmokees

Nice stuff!
http://www.wrenchmonkees.com/IMAGES/cbwm.jpg
http://www.wrenchmonkees.com/IMAGES/bmw09.jpg

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nope this is the perfect bike for me but i jsut cant cope with the 100k price tag after its shiped to the usa
http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/u...monotracer.jpg

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Is Tron FINALLY becoming a reality?! :stoned:







Does it come in blue? :funny:

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It's an Ecomobile, I think. Tandem seating, BMW running gear..very cool.

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Or mens'? :funny:

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May be a dumb question but how do you stop you cant put your legs down.:Idunno:
http://www.bikeexif.com/wp-content/u...monotracer.jpg

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hers a video of how
from old top gear
its their old model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdkZB9-Sd4

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^^^Awesome now that I get it! :thumbsup:
Can't wait for it to get warm. Needs a little work but I'll be riding it once it gets warm enough...
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...maha650001.jpg

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Purplemyth, that bike has the perfect stance! :bow:

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I figured a way to ride again,
http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2...g%20Wheels.jpg

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Oooh, nice, and they look like mags too.:thumbsup::grin: There is one on the other side right?

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Hell Yea, I aint crazy.

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Oh yeah, on closer examination I can see it through the wheel. Nice job!:clapping: By the way, where do you get V rated tires for those goodies?:hmm:

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Did someone say "Cafe"??

http://image.motorcyclistonline.com/..._side_view.jpg

Build Article

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Or is it bluuuuuuuuuuuue... looks like a Prius that got caught between two big trucks

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Let me know if yall get tired of these...

http://www.tottimotori.com/zoom_97/76_zoom.jpg

Tottimotori

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hmm rickman honda 750, stil one of the coolest things on two wheels :bow:

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Ummm, how do I put this....
MORE PLEASE!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
Jeff

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I'm very slowly working on a 250cc honda cafe. I have bid on many of these fairings. they just go for too much. I bought a short one and going to make it look like this.
http://image.motorcyclistonline.com/..._side_view.jpg

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...z/100_1184.jpg
I have this tank I may chop.
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...z/100_1183.jpg
I'd love it it if it looked like this :funny:

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/k...eton-bike5.jpg

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:bow: :love:
The Honda factory racing bike. CR750.
I was soooo tempted to build a replica bike with my cb750, but I'm more into the original 50s-60s brit cafe bikes.

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Mikelrome, here's a link to a company that produces factory racing and vintage parts (replicas) out of fiberglass.

Airtech Streamlining

I say you should strip that Yamaha tank down, stretch it, throw some knee inserts in and rock it. :thumbsup:

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Try Airtech. I bought a copy of and R90s BMW fairing from them for a lot less than anywhere else. Quality is excellent.:thumbsup: You have to fab your own brackets but a man of you many talents should pull that off easily.:grin::grin:

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I posted this 2 years ago. It's still one of my favorites.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...0120071317.jpg

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That is nice TP, looks like a Redneck Mutant...
http://www.redneckengineering.com/im.../BUELLS-01.jpg

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Love the hardtail look but on the roads around here suspension is really nice to have and my back can't take the sudden surprise of a pot hole..or pot hump if the road crew has been at it.

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Just run a shot less air in the rear and yer good to go.:wink: