GT550 Blue Smoke Devil

[ctluba]

I think they are 10mm, 12mm at the most. The body is plastic and has a flexible rubber neck. Sorta cheapy, but simple and light weight. Havent had any problems with them on either bike and you cant beat the price!!!

[Hoosier Daddy]

Sweet, THANKS!

[ctluba]

Mid day update. I bought and mounted up a $5.00 trailer tail / brake light. At first I was sorta pissed because it looks almost like what I had. But the more I look at it I think it is superoir to the first set up. First of all the light is mounted to the frame, not the tail cowl. Makes it much easier to take the tail on and off. Second, it looks way cleaner because you dont have the metal frame of the light hanging down below the tail like the last one. The other one just didnt look right hanging down, like someone said, it looked sorta like an after thought.
 

 

 

 

 
Second project for today, build the seat and secure the seat / tail to the frame. Oh, and drink about 8 to 10 beers!!!!!!!:thumbsup:
 

[ctluba]

I built the seat tonight. Came out pretty good. Bought the foam rubber pad and a strip of vinyl at joanne fabrics. With the bolts and everything in ran me about $10.00. Looks pretty good, although not built for comfort, just enough to keep my o-ring from fallin out. I wont be going for many all day rides on this beast anyway.

 

 

 
Installing the gixxer front end took like one post!! I been screwin with this tail section for how long???
I cant figure out a good solution for securing the tail and seat to the frame. I already ground off the stock seat hinges. I need a system that is easy on and off for filling the blue smoke oil. I am on the frggin Do the Ton forum for pete sake!!!!!!!!!! Anybody got some input??:

[JRK5892]

i do like the chopped seat way better! just can not wrap my head around how the lamp does not flow with the seat... have you thought about making your own lense for that? or cutting one in 1/2 and making a case for it? so it flows with the line of the seat?

[tophat Q]

I kinda like the way the tail lamp hangs down.  It flows with the rear of the bike the same way the shock dampners hang down.
 
The tail light lenses from the old Chevy Corvairs and Impalas from the early sixties are about the same diameter, but they have a strip of chrome that come to a point in the center of the lens, that would look really cool on this bike.

[ctluba]

I usually have a decent eye for bike mods. I usally agree with how dudes mods thier bikes and I find my taste most of time is in the majority. This time it seems like I am off, or everybody else is!!!! I love how the new taillight is seperate from the tail cowl. I love how I used the rim of the previous lamp to make a nice rim for the trimmed cowl. I just think it looks great.
 
Just about everyone here and on the custom fighter forum doesnt like my new taillight set up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Well, damm it, that is how it is staying for now!! The light only cost $5.00 anyways, changing it up wouldnt be a big deal, but I aint changin it!!!

[tylermoney]

2strokes are so much fun. I love the sound. I used to love the sound of 4strokes better, but that's only because I heard those more often, and it was more of what I was used to. Now, I get excited everytime I hear a 2stroke anywhere.


Bike is looking cool. When it's finished I imagine it's going to look mean as hell … not that it doesn't look mean as hell already, but you know what I mean.

[john83]

Man that thing looks sick!. I love the modern swingarm with the dual shock set up. I see so many monoshock conversions, it's nice to see something a little different. How much did the gixxer front end change your steering geometry? W was the front wheel the same size as the stock one?

[ctluba]

Thanx for all the comps. Should be on the road next week. Couple of small details to finish. The stock pegs and shifter will not work with the chambers. So I have to adapt rear sets. I ordered two seperate ones from the same place and only one showed up today. They shipped them seperately and used different shipping methods
 
Here is the one I got (My favorite pic of Josey Wales on the desk!!!!!!)
 

 
Vid coming as soon as I get her on the road.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Just about everyone here and on the custom fighter forum doesnt like my new taillight set up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's YOUR bike.. build it how YOU want it! That's the cool thing about customs and what makes each one unique. Yours are friggin awesome and you deffinately do have an eye that most don't. Keep up the good work.

[ctluba]

Thanx Hoosier
 
One more project before she gets on the road. Shooting to go to DMV and get plates and have a riding vid early this week.
 

 

[jlgace]

I'll second the comments on the tail light.  I checked out your Honda and it's cool with that back tire out there and the flat, kicked up tail piece.  Something I would have drawn back when I was a kid and had a better idea of what cool was.  Your style is unique, and that's a good thing.  Love the way that thing sounds, btw.  Good pipe choice. 

[phxtoad]

I like the tail light a lot - but now I think your signals should be round to match.  Like these Lockhart Phillips ones.  Little bullets.  My .02 
 

 
(Note: It's not an optical illusion - these are canted inwards a bit due to bends in my light bracket arms)
 
Todd

[ctluba]

Thanx for the comp phx, but I keepin the blinkys I got
 
Update on the rear sets.
 
The brake side is just about done. Made a big adapter plate that bolted to the stock foot peg bolt and the smaller bolt behind it. Then bolted the rear set to the plate. Makin a mounting tab to put the reservior on the back of the frame, just behind the side cover.
 
The brake pedal itself is going to have to be bent / formed a little to get out past the pipe. The kick starter is also going to have to be bent a little to give it enough room to get past the foot peg. (The stock footpeg is still there in the pic, gonna zip it off and use the bottom portion of it as the spacer behind the adapter plate). Yeah, Yeah, someone had a friggin left side foot peg on the right side rear set, will have to change it out.
 

 

 

 
On the shifter side it will take a little more fabbing since there are not ready made mounting holes. Pretty much the same set up though, Mounting plate welded to the frame, rear set bolted to that. Gonna have to do a little fabing on the shifter lever and make the linkage attach over the shifter pedal and over the shifter shaft rather than under. No room on top of the pipe for the linkage. Also gonna have to lengthen the linkage rod a little.
Just sorta balanced there, nothing done yet.
 

 

 
Yeah, Yeah, I am not doin the work on the rearsets, gettin help...... F-off!!!!!!!!!!
 
As Dirty Harry Callahan always said "a mans got to know his limitations"