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Swivel, Cool thanks for the lesson mate. kwazykid, this is a crappy photoshopped (paint actually, i'm cheap) pic i did of a design for a bobber style seat (this is not my bike, just a pic i found and edited). The problem with this style is how to hide the electricals and make it look right. at...

hey guys, thanks for the compliments, in all honesty i'm not really happy with it but without modifying the frame or using a seat like Big Rich's there's not much you can do with them. Big Rich, sitting on the seat it is very low and i have put the foot pegs and rear shock back on to see how...

Hey guys and gals, This bike has been driving me insane for the last 2 years trying to make it something nice >:( I started building this seat ages ago and just wasn't happy with it so the bike has sat in the way all that time and last week i thought bugger it, just put the damn thing together...

The biggest problem for me is getting it all approved by an engineer, even changing the seat requires a modification plate over here (I'm in Brisbane, Australia). I finally found a local engineer and sent him an email to see if these modifications are legal and if I can do them myself, doing the...

hey Big Rich, i'm not so keen on the way they built theirs, the frame under the seat looks a little untidy to me. i did consider cutting it in the same spot and welding a nicely curved tube to go from one side to the other with a nicely shaped seat but i'm leaning more towards the bobber look...

Well this bike is still driving me nuts, I'm actually thinking of bobbing it now similar to this bike There are a couple of things that concern me about doing it this way, one being that the upper seat frame wouldn't be strong enough to take the torsional loads transfered from bumps/pot...

Hi Martin, Sorry I haven't been on here for a while (I am currently busy overloading myself with projects, I just bought an aussie 56 desoto diplomat), I live in forest lake on the south east side of brisbane. Where are you located? I am currently trying to sell my austin healy sprite so I can...

Re: Ah yes, the pieces are coming together nicely......GR650 Hey Big Rich, Here's a couple of photo's of the standard seat pan to give you some idea of what you have to work with, they are pretty big and odd shaped. Hope this helps Cheers Dave

Re: If everything goes according to plan....... GR650 Hey Big Rich, I have only ever seen the dual disc front on the alloy style wheels and didn't think it would work on the x series front hub but I have just looked at my front wheel and realised that the holes are on the other side pre-tapped...

Re: If everything goes according to plan....... GR650 Hey Big Rich, As you already know I have been playing with my gr650 for a while now, I found with mine that the rear upright piece on the back of the frame was a pain in the butt to try and set up a rear cowl on so I ground mine off on the...

Big Rich, That might be a better idea, I really dont want to destroy this tank. I might have to try making a nice looking battery box (if there is such a thing) and mount it in the open part of the frame, then mount the electricals under the seat hump as you suggest. I have also been thinking...

Hi guys, I finally got a little more done to the bike today, I've been having a bit of trouble working out what to do for a seat cowling. I didn't want to cut the frame at all in modifying this bike but I realised today that the upright on the rear of the bike was too wide and tall for what I...

Miob, I have only ridden the bike once, but it was pretty good. I have seen a couple of these done and they can look really nice, there is a gr specific website that has a few different bikes done up in different styles. You got it right, they tend to be called saddle bags over here too. I...

No worries Miob, let me know if you need any other pics/angles. I was going to build a bobber style bike but I dont really want to cut it up as it's my first build and the laws here in australia can be pretty strict (I'm going to have enough trouble getting my sprite registered with the toyota...

Hi Guys, Ian, I've owned a couple of eh's now here's a a pic of my good one and a pic of my current torana drive car. I sold my last eh in december. The eh was a beautiful car with a premier interior and a bunch of mods (body and interior stock tho). After seeing a really nice hd premier at...

Hi Big Rich, Yeah I think I did pretty well out of the deal, the pit bike only owed me about $200. I'm in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I am thinking about taking a fibreglass mould of the back of the tank to make a rear cowling as I have been having a little trouble fabricating one out...

Here's some parts I'm looking at fitting to the bike to make it look a wee bit better. Indicators Horn filters Hangers I'm pretty sure on those four but unsure of which way to go with these: Mufflers tail light Instruments What do you guys think? Cheers Dave

So I'm starting to look for a style for the rear as these things come from the factory with one of the ugliest seats ever! So here's what I'm looking at, a single seat with a simple cowling over the back I'm thinking that it needs to be pretty low line due to the angle of the rear of the...

Hi guys, My names Dave, from Brisbane, Australia. This is my first bike build, a 1983 gr650 that I swapped a mate for my pit bike ;D The bike was running and riding well when I got it apart from the battery not charging, I'm thinking its probably the rectifier regulator (did I get the right...

Cheers for that Big R, I didin't know that. I dont really know that much about bikes in general yet, I've been more around tin tops (I'm actually building an austin healy sprite with a toyota 4age in it as well) so this should be a good learning curve! Cheers Dave