RatBikeRod
New Member
Hey guys, new to the forum and thought I would post up a project I just began on a new Thruxton I picked up in December.
Been looking for a good forum to be apart of as I am with some of my other bike dealings. I also have a Ratted '05 Harley Road King Custom and a '96 BMW R1100GS. However, I may have to sell them this year based on family needs (daughter getting married...). We will see.
I just swapped in my '13 Rocket for the '15 Thruxton to reduce my cost some.
So I have yet to run the first tank out of the Trump but have begun the project. So far I have;
- Shaved the front fender - have a loop on order from New Bonneville
- Put 1" risers - I am 6'5" so I end up pretty hunched over, this helps a bit without detracting from the look
- eBay Rear Fender - that I will shave down
- Removed the fly screen and rear cowl
- Switched to Shinko rubber
- Swapped to bullet turn signals and moved the rear to the shock towers
- Ordered a Dime City retro tail light
- Lossa Engineering Stubbie cans are on order
A pic is below. I still want to;
- Swap seat to a brown Brat style seat
- Swap the shocks out and fork springs to something better
- Build a set of black rims I have from a Scrambler
- Rework the gauge set up in some way
- Possibly add a bit of copper electroplating on chrome bits
- Circular Race number side panels
- Relocate the key
- Rework/replace the shifters and pegs
Been looking for a good forum to be apart of as I am with some of my other bike dealings. I also have a Ratted '05 Harley Road King Custom and a '96 BMW R1100GS. However, I may have to sell them this year based on family needs (daughter getting married...). We will see.
I just swapped in my '13 Rocket for the '15 Thruxton to reduce my cost some.
So I have yet to run the first tank out of the Trump but have begun the project. So far I have;
- Shaved the front fender - have a loop on order from New Bonneville
- Put 1" risers - I am 6'5" so I end up pretty hunched over, this helps a bit without detracting from the look
- eBay Rear Fender - that I will shave down
- Removed the fly screen and rear cowl
- Switched to Shinko rubber
- Swapped to bullet turn signals and moved the rear to the shock towers
- Ordered a Dime City retro tail light
- Lossa Engineering Stubbie cans are on order
A pic is below. I still want to;
- Swap seat to a brown Brat style seat
- Swap the shocks out and fork springs to something better
- Build a set of black rims I have from a Scrambler
- Rework the gauge set up in some way
- Possibly add a bit of copper electroplating on chrome bits
- Circular Race number side panels
- Relocate the key
- Rework/replace the shifters and pegs