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Archive through September 21, 2011Rick_a30 09-21-11  08:07 pm
         

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Reepicheep
Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 08:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I really liked that same X1 when I first came across it Ft.

I think it's Beautiful.
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S1owner
Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I second the front fender I want one also!
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Blks1l
Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 11:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nwrider I misread your post I thought you meant the picture above your post, which is the flat black bike.
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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No tuber looks better than an old-school, bare-bones S1.


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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 08:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah, but it already comes with a nice, tidy tail section.

Add about 3 feet to it can call it an M2. : (
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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The fix is but "simple" tail chop away.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

One of the criteria I placed on my project is that I wouldn't permanently alter the frame.

There are only so many in existence. Some how it just seemed wrong.

Additionally, I wanted to retain the capacity to comfortably carry a passenger. I will retain the current stock seat, but I have a second seat that I will use to create a "cafe seat" for it.
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Guell
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm going with the monster seat. Looks so much better, ill shorten the frame a little but that doesn't bother me that much
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Weatherbyman
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 09:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

whatever! Cafe' is still just FUG-UGLY
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 10:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You can't tell me that this isn't art:




It's like sculpting, eliminate everything that isn't statue and you are left with the work of art.
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Nwrider
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think this is a piece of art myself.

And again.. another front fender I WANT!

Anyone recognize the fender?



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Ltbuell
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 04:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

...Ft,i'm with ya on those cafe'd bikes.Always loved the style,looks(i even had a '79 Yamaha SR500 cafe'd...way too much fun on that bike)..seem alot of them ,all shapes and sizes.Brings back very good,fun memories.....LT
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 05:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nwrider, that is beautiful!
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Nwrider
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 06:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I found that when looking for ideas for my tail section. The use of paint powder coat are amazing. I am baffled by the lower fork tubes. Anodized? Would nt it wear off?
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Nwrider
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 06:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The more I have looked at that bike the more I drool. Notice the tank cover... No accents... One piece! Other than fasteners you can count the number of parts that are not black or white on one hand. Even the front of the filter has been color matched. Its all in the details. I don't like the headlamp tho.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yeah, I'm not crazy about the headlight either. It's a generic "cafe" headlight.

I would have gone with a VRod headlight:

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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


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Rick_a
Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 11:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is an alternative tuber tail I like


Nwrider, those forks are nitrided. It reduces stiction. A lot of OEM's are doing it as well. They are often called diamond-like coatings.

I'm more a fan of gritty than pretty when it comes to bikes.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011 - 12:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, that's one way to get GP shift pattern.
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 08:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

nwrider, its a 999 fender, it might have been trimmed.
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Nwrider
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Looks like I need to find a 999 fender and have some fun with my dremel!
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

there was a red one on ebay for 45 bucks, looked like it was in good condition
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Buelltours
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

just saw this one over in Switzerland...

ktm
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

thats a very cleanly designed ktm cafe, i like it
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Nwrider
Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 01:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Guell.. Good looking out sir. Bought that fender. Thanks.
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