| Author | Message | ||
     Ilikehotchicks |
Just bought some Amber Tri led Lights and screwed them on. Also Hacked Part of my Plate Holder off to make it look better. What do you think? ben http://members.tccoa.com/rjpeters/tail1.jpg http://members.tccoa.com/rjpeters/tail2.jpg http://members.tccoa.com/rjpeters/tail3.jpg | ||
| Rocketsprink  |
Looks nice. Where did you get the LED's from. I'm doing the same type of mod on my 12S. | ||
| Ilikehotchicks |
http://www.xoxide.com/lazerled.html they are made for computer lighting but these are the ones. | ||
| Charlieboy6649  |
Hey Reuben, Nice job. Good to see you have the "Real" faster color. White is it! | ||
| Biofilter  |
heres my update  | ||
| Cyko_bob  |
Biofilter... Isn't that for the S model? Did you do it, or is that a purchased item? I cannot see the bracket for your plate... | ||
| Rpmchris |
Bio - let's see a shot from below | ||
| Biofilter |
Yeah thats for the "s". I cut the cheese grater off and polished it myself then made a plate holder out of alum. will upload som pics tommorrow | ||
| Evil_twin  |
A buddy of mine did that to the back of his ZX7. Looks very clean, but hard to see in the daylight. Nighttime is another story... Thought about it my self, but I think I will stick to old fashioned turn signals for now... Rich  | ||
| Letzfoto |
Hey Biofilter, I have been dying to cut the cheese crater off myself but not sure where to cut and what power tools to use. I want guarantee that I can do it perfectly the first time. Please advise, thanks. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Watch out, Blakes sponsorship bat will be swinging your way! | ||
| BadS1  |
$150.00 ??? Sheesh you can do it yourself in about 2 hours easily. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Hack saw, side grinder, maybe a little metal filler and sand paper. And the will to take your time. It wasn't that difficult. Just make sure you don't cut too high. I'm still tryin' to get the paint on mine. So damn cold now, the heater in the garage doesn't get warm enough!! | ||
| Rocketsprink |
  Maybe this will give you a better idea. | ||
| BadS1 |
Easy as 1 2 3!!!  | ||
| Reepicheep  |
Blake, or one of his Lackeys  Understandable gesture Thanses, but if you want to advertise services (for anything above materials cost), you need to be a sponsor. Besides, we are a pretty tough crowd of chronic cheapskate doityourselfers  Contact Blake offline if you want to be a sponsor, its not super cheap, but not so much that you can do moderate to low volume business and still make money. | ||
| BadS1 |
Then share what you did and how you did it.Like what type sandpaper etc. so people can do it them selves. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
I told you Thansesxb9rs. Whether fair or not, them's the rules. I see it from both sides. Don't get turned off to the site, just don't ever offer services. Too much red tape!! By the way, yours turned out nice. Like the color match. Me, I used paper with sand on it. That's the type I used.  | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Seriously, mark your line. Cut about 1/4 inch away from it, and use a side grinder to shape, metal filler to fill any voids(amazing how easy this thing marks up!) Start out with a fairly course sandpaper(NOT TOO COURSE, note above marking issue). Progress to finer paper till smooth as a babies  , and go from there. Me, I used a paint stripping gel. Took a few coats, but brought it to bare aluminum. More sanding to smooth it out. Now just waiting to paint. That's how I did it anyway. One other thing. Don't uses a saws-all. Way too rough. Use a hack saw. More time consuming, but easier to control. | ||
| Hanses25  |
Add some common sense into Rocketsprink post and anyone who wants to perform the hacking of the cheese grader will do just fine!!!!! Seriously!!!!!!!! | ||
| BadS1 |
Wow you didn't need to strip it Rocco just scuff the rest,prime and paint. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Common sense!!?? Common sense tells you NOT to cut pieces off your bike!! The idea of something new and made me do it! But your point is well taken and should be used. | ||
| BadS1 |
I taught young Jedi Rocco well I did.  | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Actually Dana, with the Anodized paint, it needs to be bare metal. Then shot with a "groundcoat" as they call it, which is basically silver metal flake paint, then the two different top coats. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Hey, I thought I WAS Yoda!! | ||
| BadS1 |
I suppose I'll be Chewy | ||
| Reepicheep |
Thanses, don't take it personally. Nobody expects you to do work for free. You were fine until you quoted a price and indicated you would do it for others. The non sponsor rule is not super obvious until you have to think about it, we understand that. And it is SUPER easy to find yourself accidently on the wrong side of it, we understand that too. So no hard feelings, no anger or anything, we just want to protect the investment of the people (sponsors) that do help Blake fund the site we all appreciate so much. | ||
| Rpmchris |
OK, you guys talked me into it! I'm doin' this myself. BadS1, my 12S is gonna be a black copy of yours, since I kinda wanna emulate ya. Got the Moose bars, 3rd Eye mirrors, etc. Just waitin' to do the tail now! Thanks for the inspiration.  | ||
| BadS1 |
Chris just look inside the tail section with the seat off and before you take the cheese grader off.You'll want to look to see where you want to drill your holes for your turn signals.Otherwise the stalks may hit something in the inside.mark them off so you know. | ||
| Biofilter |
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