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Thanks for the nomination guys! it is an honor!

because i have a little bit of time before we leave i am putting it on ebay and starting the bidding which what i would love to get for it and see what happens. starting the bidding at $8k might be a bit high, but you cant raise the price once its sold. here is a link to my ebay auction...

okay guys... here we go! the bike is done, inspected and fully legal, so the obvious next thing to do would be to sell it right? Well, thats what i actuality have to do. so if you know anyone who wants it, spread the word, i am going to be putting it on on ebay to see if i get any interest...

I actually got the cable ends to work with the CV throttle by drilling them out, to a little under 1/4" and shortening them a bit. My problem with the harley throttle tubes is that they are almost all 1" The Buell Blast uses the same 40mm cv carb, but i discovered that after i got all my...

not that i know of.... but it should be be! =) thank you so much. it still has a good way to go as far as the little touches. gotta put a seat on on it.. got to get the carb hooked up gotta get all the little bits to work together but i really appreciate it! while i have never sold i a...

The board? The bike is going up for sale basically as soon as i get the new custom title for it. but we are going out of the country on december 6th so that doesnt leave me much time. So i am totally interested in any interested party. i am pretty sure that i used the drum side to hold the...

let the tear-down begin! In 4 hours i had the bike from as you saw it in the last picture, to this: all the frame components were stripped, cleaned, and sandblasted. I got them powdercoated in a color called "sunken treasure" which is a black with gold pearl in it to give it a...

Hey everybody Well, i am finally back on the project, and wrapping it up. Since the end of the last build-off I have moved two hours north, got a new job, lost my new job, decided that my wife and I are gonna take a trip around the world, got an interim job till we leave in december, and then...

i will def have to look into those mounting options. The reason i went with the aluminum on this is that i will be sitting right on the carbon fiber, and i wanted some lateral support in the seat mounts themselves to try and spread the load on the carbon fiber. I am sure that it could have...

and back at it... After wracking my brain on how to mount and support the tail unit i went through several ideas that didnt work, and ended up going with aluminum supports bonded to the tail, and threaded stainless support bungs welded to the subframe. It makes the tail slightly heavier, but...

the next step in finishing the tank was getting the gas cap mounted. first things first... gotta cut a hole. What this photo doesn't show is the two hours it took me to fine tune this hole so it was a tight slip fit on the Ducati 999 aftermarket gas cap. the way i decided to mount the cap...

thanks guys! it has been a long time in the making, and figuring out how to make it all match took me six months of sleepless nights. the closer i got to the end the clearer i could see what i needed to do. as for the battery, i got mine as cheap as i could find it, for $165 plus shipping. I...

Hey everybody, My heater died, so while waiting for the repair-man to fix my quickly cooling house, i did get some work done. I got the other side flange done, and got this picture with the part all lined up before i put the flange in. With both side flanges done, i put the halves back into...

Everybody seems to just tuck their wires up out of sight. thats crazy! i want all my wires odd lengths, exposed and confused. it adds to the look of the bike. lol once i get the seat mounted and can finalize the mount locations i will get everything situated and the wires trimmed to the...

Well so much for keeping this build up to date. the one problem with composite work is it is messy and hard to get pictures of, however i will try and show you what i have been doing. I got my new 8-cell Ballistic battery. it fit up inside the tail perfectly. i will make some slightly more...

Alrighty then! I was unhappy with how the fabric on the tank matched at the centerline, so i laid up one more layer of fabric and pressed the parts back into the mold, pressing the resin and new layer tight to the mold. When they had cured, everything lined up beautifully, and other than a few...

Sorry for the lack in updates.. hopefully this will tide you over as the bike sat as of Nov 1 A basic assessment of the bike now: (all the custom work i designed and fabricated) 1982 Virago 920 Engine and final drive (shafty) Gsxr 750 front end, rotors and calipers Custom triples, rotor...

The plan is to paint over most of it, but leave some carbon fiber showing. it would be a shame to have a real cabon fiber tank and no-one know it. I am in tidewater VA 23608 I am not sure how much he wants for it. but i can ask if you want. also, it needs a new rear tire, but the owner said...

Thanks! yep, same guy, honestly thats one of the reasons that i try and keep my username the same over all the forums i am on. to be perfectly honest mine is going to need a good bit of clean up as well. if i could have vacuum bagged the parts it would have been better but o dont have a...

with the tail roughly finished and fitted, i made the undertail panel and fit it to the tail. then i used the same mold i used for the undertail i made a flange to mount the undertail. this way it fits the cuves and contours of the tail and it got laid into the tail (it is oversized and...