| Author | Message | ||
     Cereal |
Here is the custom belt guard a friend and I fabbed for my S1. Anyone else do something similar?    | ||
| Rosko |
about 6 years ago on my x1 | ||
| Aaomy |
i like open, but very nice,, thanks for posting, i love seeing other peoples projects, and man i love 96 s1's.. | ||
| Bubabuell |
Nice job. Looks real clean. We need more pics of the that lusty 96! | ||
| Nitsebes |
More pics indeed,this is the bike that got me into Buells.First time I saw one it was pulled over by Leo.Second time I saw one a big fat half shell biker blew past me at High decibel causing major deafness.  | ||
| Koz5150 |
I had the same idea but made mine from stainless steel and then polished it. Tooke me about 9 hours total (lack of the right tools at the time). I have a friend who now sells a copy of mine on ebay, but they don't fit the early steel swingarm. This pic is from 2003 when I first made the part for my bike  This pic is from spring 2005 after 2 months of removing and polishing parts on my bike.  | ||
| Ara |
I made a lower belt guard for my '97 S3. Have a look.  | ||
| Denfromphilly |
I love the look of the polished belt guard but hate to lose my fender to install one. Granted the fender is a cheesy flimsy thing but in the rain my underseat area already fills with water, without a fender what would it be like? | ||
| Cereal |
Den, I don't have that problem. The S1 doesn't really have a place that holds water under the seat. I'm not familiar with the X1s. Koz, love the look, but I don't like shiny things on my bike. To time consuming to upkeep. Ara, looks good and light, but will it keep out any rocks? I took a rock down there and it tore my belt clean in half. I put the upper guard on there because my passenger’s foot was rubbing the belt. As requested, here are some more pics of my bike from a couple years ago right after I changed it over from yellow to black:   And this one is more recent with crossroads handlebars, painted dash bezel, and custom made mirror mounts designed by Shazam:  | ||
| Ara |
Cereal, I made that lower belt guard five or six years ago. No rock problems yet - that's the original factory belt and it's still on the bike. It's a hard aluminum alloy, 3/32 inch thick. It would have polished up very nicely, but my bike is all black like yours and I thought it'd look better in black. | ||
| Koz5150 |
I put the upper guard on there because my passenger’s foot was rubbing the belt. That is the only reason I have one on my bike. If it rains, I take the Jeep. My bike was strickly a toy for me so I like it all polished and shiney. Up keep is pretty minimal actually. I clean it about once a month (about 1000 miles) or if I have it in a show. This year it has seen alot more use due to better weather and rising gas prices. | ||
| Chasespeed |
Shiny? Uh, I like the wrinkle black, flat black, and carbon black on my x1.... For some reason I have alwys had something against shiny stuff. It makes me think about teh posers running aournd, that put 100 miles a YEAR on thier bikes...I can do that in a day..if I worked 12 hours.... But thats me. Chase |
