Re: 1978 GS750 - Brat style, first bike
i decided that i needed some time in the garage...
i want to get into the loop and seat but that means ill be out of riding for a while and it was 70 degrees today in my part of ca, so...
i looked at my bike and thought, what could I do?
i took off the tail light and fender, inner wheel well, and turn signals...
i wasnt brave enough to cut off the frame ends just yet...
so i made a template with the seat down, to cover that portion of the seat in order to hide but also have a place to attach the cat eye tail light, plate, and signals
then i cut it out of metal, and bent and drilled it and test fit it...
it needs a lot of help (and probably a new version) but it might just give me an approximation of the look without a whole lot of down time...
the license plate is just too wide to fit between the frame rails so it wont sit flat against the cross piece, but hopefully you get the idea... i think if i cut the rails, grind some on the plate, and paint it black, it will blend is nicely and give me a slightly bobbed back end...
this is one of my first attempts at fabricating... baby steps
ill probably trim the back of the plate holder and bend it up a little more to avoid when the rear suspension compresses and the tire possibly bending the plate...
and as im looking at this, i should have added an inch to the bottom of this piece so that when i do cut the rails, I can trace them and cover the open ends with the piece, that would lower my turns as well, making it easier to clear hte seat and not having to be such large "ears"... and it would also allow me to take the ears from the inside (material behind the license plate which will get trimmed anyway for "weight") and hide the posts and wires from the turns better...
man v.2 is already in the works...like i said, baby steps...
and then when i went to take this last picture, i realized the rubber boot for tail light bulb hits the seat, so ill have to move it down, closer to the plate... good thing i didnt start of v.2 yet... well call it v.2.1