ToastyTofu
Been Around the Block
hello
i've been a lurker on this forum for a number of years now. up until recently, didn't have a bike or the space to work on them. now i do, so i figured i'd give it a shot and get some much needed help and advice from "y'all". i've always loved motorcycles and bicycles, i don't know why, it's a terrible and costly addiction. there really aren't many cafe bikes in this town yet for whatever reason, so i have nothing but the internet and the seat of my pants to go on. please, feel free to give whatever advice or recomendations you can
oh, and i plan to make as many of the parts as i can; i have access to a machine shop sometimes.
i will post lots of pictures, i know how illiterate some of you bastards are
currently/before (i swear the cat photo is the only stock photo i have of this bike)
i'll get better pictures as this build progresses.
forks and triple trees. changed fluid, new progressive springs.
measuring + design + 3D printed + big ol' hunk of billet DD
front end all designed, inclusive to speedo/tach and indicator panel.
3D printed indicator pannel with hi output leds encased and wired.
headlight "ears".
thinking about making clipon's, i bough some recenlty, but they are complete shite. there goes $40.
also new steerer tube needle style bearings, new wheel bearings etc.
the best part about this build is that this bike is my only mode of transport besides my trusty bicycle. since i haven owned a car in 5 years, i don't plan to start now.
so, how do y'all think the headlight ears look? i've gotta remake em anyway cause they're CR steel and have no coating and are heavy as all hell. i could "easily" (nothing in machining is easy) make a shorter set. i also don't really know how i feel about that chain guard. it's really difficult to be objective about something you've spent so much time working on. wha'daya guys think, eh?
i've been a lurker on this forum for a number of years now. up until recently, didn't have a bike or the space to work on them. now i do, so i figured i'd give it a shot and get some much needed help and advice from "y'all". i've always loved motorcycles and bicycles, i don't know why, it's a terrible and costly addiction. there really aren't many cafe bikes in this town yet for whatever reason, so i have nothing but the internet and the seat of my pants to go on. please, feel free to give whatever advice or recomendations you can
oh, and i plan to make as many of the parts as i can; i have access to a machine shop sometimes.
i will post lots of pictures, i know how illiterate some of you bastards are
currently/before (i swear the cat photo is the only stock photo i have of this bike)
i'll get better pictures as this build progresses.
forks and triple trees. changed fluid, new progressive springs.
measuring + design + 3D printed + big ol' hunk of billet DD
front end all designed, inclusive to speedo/tach and indicator panel.
3D printed indicator pannel with hi output leds encased and wired.
headlight "ears".
thinking about making clipon's, i bough some recenlty, but they are complete shite. there goes $40.
also new steerer tube needle style bearings, new wheel bearings etc.
the best part about this build is that this bike is my only mode of transport besides my trusty bicycle. since i haven owned a car in 5 years, i don't plan to start now.
so, how do y'all think the headlight ears look? i've gotta remake em anyway cause they're CR steel and have no coating and are heavy as all hell. i could "easily" (nothing in machining is easy) make a shorter set. i also don't really know how i feel about that chain guard. it's really difficult to be objective about something you've spent so much time working on. wha'daya guys think, eh?