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Koz5150
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 10:17 pm: | 
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Nice job Road_thing! I just keep a rag on the top of the oil tank. |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:04 pm: |
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Damn. Why didn't I think of that? It would have saved me from having to do a midnight material procurement operation, and it would have saved the Zion Baptist Church from having to replace their "Reserved for Pastor" parking sign...
rt |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:08 pm: |
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I try to avoid bad weather
What, you're moving to the south of France?
rt |
Blake
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:53 pm: |
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Sean,
American Sport Bike used to sell them. Not anymore though. Not sure why. But I got one!  |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 11:53 pm: |
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Oh that I do wish Thong!
Rocket |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 09:17 am: |
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No hugger fer me, but I did make up an alloy plate a bit like Thing's . . .also a lil plate to cover the rear of the oil bag -- that plastic is pretty sturdy stuff, but, in the gravel infested roads up near Road X, I noticed some pretty serious dings in the oil bag -- so I made an ablative shield fer it -- I'd just as soon keep most of the oil in the bike, thanks ;-}
from what the news folks say, the south of France is not a pleasant place to be recently! |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 11:46 am: |
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Ablative? I used aluminum...
Got any pix, there, Pete?
rt |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:07 pm: |
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yep -- they're in the pic archives somewhere . . . . . . . I'll go lookin ;-}
signed
Re-pete |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:16 pm: |
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thang
not very illustrative, but for the imaginative soul . . . .
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/43/141889.html?1121802433 |
Road_thing
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:40 pm: |
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Thanks! I might have to go find another sign... |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 02:07 pm: |
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I'll loan you my sheet-metal shrinker, bud -- make the job up by the swingarm MUCH easier --
more pics of this entire project in a day or four |
Blackbelt
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 02:18 pm: |
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I use it, just incase my oil sack springs a leak on my tire... bad day indeed |
Blake
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 03:00 pm: |
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Another new trick for very wise dog? Try...
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Make pic already existing on other internet page appear on post.  |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 03:02 pm: |
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wow -- I think I'd better go lay down! |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 05:07 pm: |
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I love the hugger!
Say Bomber, could you give me a few details on what's involved to relocated the voltage regulator? I never did like the factory location. |
Bomber
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 05:26 pm: |
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DJ -- you betcha!
I searched for a location that would leave the poor dear open to at least some airflow (I figured they didn't put those cooling fins on it for no reason at all) -- the pic shows it's location fairly well -- I had to bend up an alloy place to mount to the holes that the tailsection previously used for location, but that was (for me, at least) fun . ...
as part of getting the lil dear located, I found that the wiring harness wouldn't reach quite that far (natch!) -- I simply cut the wires, spliced in some more (I was lucky and was able to preserve the color coding), soldered and heat shrunk em up, and covered it all with some similar to the factory braided wiring loom material -- been runnin it that way for about a year --
I'm sure I left out something cruicial, so holler with any questions ...
oh, yeah, I was careful to run the grounding wire all the way to the unit itself -- I know these things die quickly with a good ground, and three wires in the loom rather than two wasn't a big deal, while counting on it grounding itself on the frame, didn't seem like a good bet to me
btw, it would be deadnuts ez to mount it in the old S! (?) position, on the side of the battery, but I wanted it further outa view |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 10:59 pm: |
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Come on Blake, if you've had it that long SELL IT!
Rocket |
Blake
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 12:22 am: |
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No way! MINE!  |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:24 am: |
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You know I'm gonna be ringing you soon don't ya 
Rocket |
Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 01:44 am: |
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Drill and plate your steel sprocket Rocket! |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 05:32 am: |
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That's the height of tack. Not a chance!
Rocket |
Blake
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 03:40 pm: |
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Dude! You plated your frame. Not tacky at all. |
Rocketman
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:28 pm: |
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So did.........
Dresda, Seeley, Harris, Moto Martin, Egli, Rickman, Beamish, Polygon, Spondon.
All British RACING heritage with a tiny bit of Swiss marvel in there too.
Rocket |
Seth
| | Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 03:14 am: |
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Bomber:
"...mebbe two more parts to remove before it no longer works!.."
I'm still laughing |
Bomber
| | Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 10:25 am: |
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in my fight to increase the power/weight ratio of the poor old nail, I've been removing things that are non-mission cirtical (you'd be surprised at how may there are), and replacing things that ARE necessry with lighter things --
this year, I made a new chain guard out of lighter (thinner) alloy stock -- I was told that I may have gone to tin on the stock, as it lept from the bike (vibration-induced stress fracture is plain to see on the remaining bit) in a very spirited manner and hurled itself to the road.
sadly, it landed right next to my better half's foot as she followed me through Michigan -- got her really alert ;-}
I made a replacement of slightly thicker stock, and it lasted about a month -- until it lept etc etc etc, landing you know where, next to you know who, during a spirited ride the the Galena area -- it was gently suggested that perhaps I should
1 make the next version (Mk3) out of still more robuest stock, or
2 let he lead, so as to avoid the trail of aluminum left in my wake
girl may have a point, hey? |
Buellzebub
| | Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 10:32 am: |
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Nekid rear tires rock... i guess i should get off my a$$ and make a better splash shield. the one i made out of an old oil jug suddenly looks like crap, thanks road_thing. |
Lake_bueller
| | Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 10:39 am: |
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No rear hugger here:
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Hodakaguy
| | Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 11:58 pm: |
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One vote here for the Fenderless look! I built a stainless steel rock protector that fits onto the swingarm. When removing the inner fender rocks end up sticking to the tire and chip away at the paint on top of the swingarm. I'm going to convert over to the newer style swingarm so I will have to build another one to fit the new swingarm.
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Deltacruiser
| | Posted on Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:32 am: |
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Nice ride & nice work on the rock protector. That derby cover really sets off that side of the bike too. |
Marchel
| | Posted on Friday, December 09, 2005 - 11:46 am: |
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No rear fender here
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Easy_rider
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 12:11 am: |
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That protector looks great, H-guy. That with a stainless belt guard might be just what the doctor ordered. Still a little tough to justify when I generally run with bags, though. |
Hodakaguy
| | Posted on Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 09:53 am: |
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Thanks, It works pretty well for a quick fix. The SS protector thats on my bike now will be available on the forum to someone once I get the new swingarm installed. What do you think for the new style swingarm, polished or paint it orange like it is now? I've been going back and forth.
Hodakaguy |
Easy_rider
| | Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 08:24 pm: |
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Tough call. The newer swingarm might be too much orange. Polished will loses the nice orange lines you have now. Polished with orange highlights? The hardest option, but it would really be a nice touch. |
Buellfighter
| | Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 10:30 pm: |
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I think the polished swingarm would look fine, but I also think it would look good black to match your primary,cam cover and pipe. Easy rider is right, I think the s/a painted orange might be to much orange in the back unless you balanced it with some orange in the front! Whatever you decide, your bike looks sweet! |
Drfuyutsuki
| | Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 12:23 am: |
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Ive got one of the little half carbon fiber fenders but I have been thinking of pulling it off. |
Djkaplan
| | Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 08:01 am: |
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Just keep the steel swingarm, it looks great color matched to the frame. |
Hodakaguy
| | Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 10:32 pm: |
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Thanks for the ideas. I really like the look of the newer style swingarm over the original one. I also like the idea of having the new swingarm part polished/part painted. I'll have to work up a few sketches to see what design would look good. Not having a rear fender sure is a pain when you hit some water, it can ruin a good detail job real fast! Thanks again for the ideas!
Hodakaguy |
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