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SO I got tired of bumping my lights and them not working right, not to mention not being day-friendly... i imagine i need to get stiffer shocks, but i also wanted to put a little fender on the back...
the fenders a little crooked, so i may need to adjust that but im going to run it for...
pretty clean gs... great job...i really like the stitching and gold lines
i mounted my turns and plate like that and broke it off... you can check out reply #78... admittedly my welds weren't great, but that would have just ruined my tire and severely bent the bracket...
i ran out of gas on the way to work and my wife had to bring me some...
so i figured id graduate from the 1.9" speedo to the 2.5" speedo with trip and indicators.. add a tach... and then upgrade the headlight... i think it is more balanced up front...
when i get chance ill open the headlight...
i thought about a sissy bar when i saw caleb owens' born free 6 bike...
but then the brat tracker looks more like a 60s triumph soft tail chop from the biker gang b movies minus the fiberglass bodywork...
can you think of a good example of a sissy bar on a bike of this style?
my tenkara rod...
on the bike its definitely crooked and lumpy... it looks worse in person...
but its mine and i did it and i can do it again!
i need to fix the corners and fill the gap... probably should have kept my original idea and let batting go around the edge and back under.... [you can also see in the...
so i watched a youtube video and thought.. i think i can do that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVyPiPvR2g
my thought was bigger than my ability but i got close for someone who hasnt sewn much and has a sewing machine made by kenmore... i know ill have to do another, but its an honest...
what if i y the exhausts and bring them just outboard of the cradle and under the shift/brake mechanism right to the mounting point on the rear pegs?
i would think my fixed pegs would be a bigger detriment than the exhaust...
also i havent been riding very long so pushing the corners probably...
does lowering the front and the back the same amount change the rake and trail?
if not, how does that affect riding corners?
if so, ive not built a racer, but a get around bike... if i ride foothills with gentle turns, im likely not going to see any major changes
thanks...
im going to try my hand at sewing a seat.. ive got some marine vinyl and batting ready to go... just need the time
my idea is to have smooth sides with some sort of stitching pattern on the top of the seat...
as for lowering... im thinking id like to lower the whole thing an inch or...
i was bothered by the tank end crimped together and not as wide as the seat where it meets the tank so i cut some off and pushed it forward then ground it out with an old flap disk to fit over the back of the tank
its not symmetrical (on the left) yet but when i stretch the seat cover...
heres mine with the 4 pipes... these have been cut from an 82 (there is no cross over in my 4-2)...
i dont seem to run into any problems with back pressure... and if you look at my thread i havent done anything with the carbs since i bought it...
out in good light
my brother said he thought the bars mess with the flow... that they needed to be lowered, or switched out
input?
when he said that i thought the seat maybe needed more visual weight because the engine and tank are a huge portion... (one of the reasons people don't choose...
so i ground down and sanded the foam...
got the correct pigtail for the markers, grounded to the seat pan
hooked the hot wires for the run and stop light to a two part trailer connection and ran the wires between the foam and the pan
heres the a better pic of under than pan and how...
great idea in theory.. first bump i hit knocked all the tack welds off... good thing for me im a horrible welder... and i learn
i i was going to take the scuffed up cat eye lens and mount it flush to the pan.. but mounting the light and then creating a space that would not get really hot was...
10 months later... a new house and addition to the family...
i got a week off so...
i got a seat hoop from my brother who had one left over from a project that went another way...
i chopped the rear off, welded the new one on (not that great, im new to welding)
then cut out a bracket for...
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