Post a pic of your latest purchase

Snagged a new silencer for the 1200 and a jet kit to go with it (not pictured cause..... well its just a jet kit)

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Ordered me one of these simply 3 way switches to control the heated grips on my BMW. The little toggle switch I was running before was a pain in the ass so it had to go.

Good ol' Dime City Cycles - always have what you need.

I plan on installing a death ray to be activated by the Kill button.

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Picked up a 1999 Honda CB400 Super Four Project Big 1.

It in an ex-Japan bike with 8800km on the clock.

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Re: Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase

buckeyebike said:
Been looking for a Ducati single for a while . . . love a good swapmeet ;D



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Narrow or wide case? Nice looking bike! I race a widecase 350 Duc...loads of fun. Plan on keeping it a race bike or converting it back to a street machine?

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Knocked up some 3D models for new engine badges and tank badges, the engine badges turned up today after being 3D printed :) They are nice and smooth, the camera and the aluminium in the badges (to make them heat resistant) make them look a bit rough. Couldn't be happier with them they look even better in the flesh, now to paint and put on the engine I'm building for the CX :)





Cheers
Steve
 
Hot Damn Steve, those are HOT!

Where and how did you get those done?
 
I modelled them in Sketchup and then sent the file off to Shapeways, they print them and post back to me :)

Here are the images of the models I made, tank badges still to come and are being done in a flexible smooth plastic, not as heat resistant but dont need to cope with engine temps like the engine badges but will flex so conform to the tanks curves.

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And the engine one in the post above



Cheers
Steve
 
Thanks, I love it.

Narrow- it is going to stay mostly as you see it. I can't even get my knees to bend far enough to work the controls. So, for display only ;)
 
Those badges are really cool!! It is amazing that they can 3D print in aluminum. I was not aware that they could 3D print in metals.
Great job!!!!
 
Habanero52 said:
Those badges are really cool!! It is amazing that they can 3D print in aluminum. I was not aware that they could 3D print in metals.
Great job!!!!
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They are plastic with aluminium (cant bring myself to spell it the other way ;) ) powder in them. You can get them done in aluminium though just not shapeways yet.

Cheers
Steve
 
Steve you could always sand cast a set by making a mold with the alumized plastic then you could polish them out.
 
Maritime said:
Steve you could always sand cast a set by making a mold with the alumized plastic then you could polish them out.
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They are looking at doing wax models as well soon, just for that :) Dont know how they'll ship though.

Cheers
Steve
 
IIRC from years ago when I bought castings for a living the wax they use is a pretty high melting point, it is almost a plastic, but molton alloy will replace it, called lost wax casting. But something like your badge you can do at home in a small pot of sand and it would be re-usable over and over again. You press the badge in and pack it then carefully remove it and fill in voidwith melted alloy. Really cool and all you need is a small propane furnace and melting pot to do it, scrap alloy can be melted and poured. There is you tube out there for it.

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