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Tom_b
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:12 pm: | 
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Friends chopped suzuki |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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Kccyclone
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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Tom_b Tell your friend
Larry |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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Between the two above pic's I posted, I think the suzuki being fabricated by one person in a small shop is way cooler than the kit chopper below. It is an mcworx buell kit chopper I saw at Cassoday,KS bike rally. Was for sale for 13,000.oo |
Kccyclone
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:27 pm: |
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Tom, being that you are so close to us here in KC, you need to hook up with the KCLW for some rides!!!!!
Larry |
Dragon_slayer
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:37 pm: |
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Damn, they are talking about our chops, then our clothes, and life style. What's next, our rock & roll, drugs, and sex habits? Hell, I am starting to miss the old days! Let's go for a beer. I will bring the panhead springer! You get to kick start it after I am drunk.  |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 07:28 am: |
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I'd bet the Suzuki has a purchased aftermarket frame too, with the necessary mods to fit that engine. It is a serious PITA to build a straight frame from scratch without proper jigs in a proper shop. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with purchasing the parts that are totally impractical to build yourself with a welder, grinder, vice, drill, and normal hand tools.
Many of the Buell choppers have a purchased frame, but are very practical because they use wheels, engine, and forks from the donor bike. It is cheaper than buying a Harley and I'm sure much more gratifying to ride, if you are into that kind of bike (which I am not, for the record). |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 07:53 am: |
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Spatten, the suzuki does not have a purchased aftermarket frame. I saw it being built. it has suzuki vin# the parts on the bike except seat and handlebars are 78 suzuki, just modified. Besides who makes an aftermarket frame for a suzuki gs 750?. I've seen very few aftermarket asian rigid frames these days. What I have seen are most yamaha 650. One company Amen used to build them , but haven't for 15 yrs at least. I'll show two other stock modified chopper frames, one I'm building, the other another friend is building. |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 07:55 am: |
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81 Yamaha xs 100 |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 08:22 am: |
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Tom, tell your buddy nice work. I stand corrected.
I've seen many Amen frames and others on EBAY. I figure your could modify one of the aftermarket Honda frames for a Kawi or Suz easier than building one from scratch or modifying a stock one to the extent your buddy did. Kudos to him.
Have you seen the frame stretching articles floating around for Japanese bikes? Basically you cut the backbone and downtubes, insert a pipe inside for strength and one for the OD and weld up. Then, or course, the bike is would not be level.
So before welding it up you and your fattest friend sit on the bike to bend the frame near the seat to get the final stance proper. Then you weld up the backbone and downtubes.
It seems ridiculous, but with a $1000 or less donor machine, what the hell. |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 08:27 am: |
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Those upside down forks on the Yammy are a nice touch.
I don't know why Japanese chops get me stoked. I know I'd hate riding them, but I love them because they are different, and true home garage work.
When my kids are older and don't want to hang out with me any more and I have some free time..... |
Leftcoastal
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:29 pm: |
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I've been at this since '71, so of course, my opinions mean.... well, the same as everyone else's opinion!
Here it is:
1) It's your bike, do what you want with it.
2) To paraphrase the old and silly "Ride to Live" "Live to Ride" litany -
Some riders "Ride to Go" others "Ride to Stop"
Buellers tend to be in the first batch, chopper guys the 2nd.
3) You RIDE a Buell
You WEAR a chopper
4) I like them ALL!
AL |
Leftcoastal
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |
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2 cents more:
I personally think that it's a freakin' travesty that perfectly good Buells are being used as donors. Trashed, crashed or salvage bikes, well OK, do what you will.
AL |
Skull
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 02:35 pm: |
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I think everybody in the world should be exactly 5ft 10in tall, have blonde hair, blue eyes, and ride a buell. Nobody else should be allowed to play. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 04:56 pm: |
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kinda interesting, chopped rice, if the scooter is trashed kewl, if not waste. Nice workmanship on the suzi I had the 79 1000, if you change the oil and keep it adjusted those motors are anvils
I put in a couple of 800 mile days on mine it never missed a beat. |
Thansesxb9rs
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 07:23 pm: |
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Tom B, I can't believe you and your friend would take a perfectly good Jap bike and chop it up into a custom. It disgusts me, you must be a Biker Boyz Wannabee Drunk Bar Hopper. You are the lowest form of life. I mean that bike had the perfect frame and you had to destroy it.
Just kidding, thought I would act like Buellgrrl.
I think those Jap chops are awesome, but I do not agree that the above MCWORX bike is a kit bike. If you ever go into their shop you will not see that that is one of the bikes they built. Someone bought the frame and put that bike together in their garage, yes it didn't come out as nice as some but I bet he/she put a lot of time and labor into building it.
Again I can't pull my eyes away from your friends Suzuki.
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Leftcoastal
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 08:10 pm: |
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Yo Skull - I only fit 1 of those criterion, but I still wanna come over to your place and borrow your Electraglide! I demo'd one of those at Laughlin and I LOVE that bike!
AL |
Tom_b
| | Posted on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 08:45 pm: |
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Thanks for the compliments , I'll pass them on to Mitch, the rice chopper fabricator. you work with what ya got, and asian bikes are a LOT cheaper than old american or brit stuff. The Honda rigid I'm working if I ever get it done will have less than 4 grand in it,. A lot less than any other rigid. If I blow the engine a honda 750 can be rebuilt for around 600.oo stock or 800.oo with some hi po mods. Or better yet find a low mileage barn bike for engine. The red x-1 behind the suzuki is mine, it is now black. I still love it too! |
Skull
| | Posted on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 07:25 am: |
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Al - Your'e right, nothing can beat the Electraglide with the 103ci motor (my favorite bike by far). Come on over any time, as long as you don't mind riding next to a Mutant! |
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