Recent content by tjb2of3

For the longest time my bike had been primer gray, simply because I didn't have the time to do anything with it. Well finally I'd had enough, so today I decided to do some "budget" (free) modifications to the appearance. Anyway, a couple cans of spraypaint and a few bandanas later and here it is:

Last wednesday. So 19. Travelling back from school on my bike at midnight, pulled up next to a trailer with a brand new Ford GT on the back. It got me all excited, so after riding next to it for a few miles, I felt the need for speed, so to speak. Fun stuff

I'm just wondering if, by some miracle, it's possible to swap ignition coils from one bike onto another? I have an '81 Yamaha XJ550 and I'm pretty sure one of them just went kaput, and there's no Yamaha shop anywhere near where I am for the weekend. Anyone know if honda, kawasaki, anything else...

Just curious, who here has done it? I'm thinking about potential mods to my bike, and it appeals to me for two reasons: 1) If I did rearsets (which I definitely want to, eventually), I think it would be a lot easier to reverse the shift pattern than to make some sort of linkage 2) Most...

I know the feeling man, no cable in our dorms at school, so everything I watch I get from Hulu. Gradually, the number of shows I watch has dropped to one or two. I can't imagine actually paying to flip through channels and watch things I don't actually like...

My understanding is that high-flow "baffle-less" exhaust is usually accompanied by high-flow pod filters, simply because you have to let in as much air as the exhaust is letting out. Since you have the stock airbox, you're creating a vacuum effect; the air is flowing out of the exhaust more...

Re: "The Repsol" new pictures again 2/5/11 Man, that is one of the most badass bikes I've seen, even more so with the wheel stripes. Incredible.

Man, I'd never seen one of those before. I think I have a new favorite classic bike now...

Man, I'm loving what you're doing to that thing. Reminds me of a pic that's been the background on my laptop for quite some time: http://s3images.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/original_228481_kKTmOwKTkru3XBzpKafPxwLO8.jpg At the risk of being a copycat, I would try a rear fender...

If you haven't already, check out xjbikes.com. Not only is it a great resource if you've got any technical issues, but a lot of the guys on there have bobbed their bikes as well, including some of the shaftie models. Good luck to you. I've got a 550 Maxim that I'm working on as well so I'll...

Yeah, that seat is one of the main reasons that I decided to go the cafe route with this bike. I think it's just awful. Roadrash: yeah definitely keep me posted, and I'll try to do the same. It's good to see another Maxim on this site. I guess they're not the most cafe-able bikes, but I love a...

Alright, so I got a bunch of styrofoam today, and hopefully I'll be able to mock up a seat this weekend. In the meantime, here's the gist of what I'm trying to do: You might recognize the bike in the pic as the Cafe Zero XV. I just used it because the tank is basically the same shape.

Hey guys. I've been looking around on the site for a few months, and I really like what you guys are doing with your bikes. I've got a 1981 Yamaha XJ550 Maxim that I'm starting to modify (on a college budget), so I figured I'd start a build thread for it. This is my daily transportation, so I'm...

I agree, incredible work man. What kind of paint did you use on that? I'm looking to do something similar to my engine.

Everyone around me said my skin turned really green. I vomited a few times, but I was so far out of it that I didn't even feel it. I thought I was completely disconnected from my body, but not in a cool/trippy kind of way. More like a "oh crap...I'm going to die" kind of way. Not fun at all...