By the way. I think styling wise my plan has changed. I am still going to do all the handling and suspension stuff as planned and will eventually build a bigger rephased motor. But I have new inspiration:
http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r80-crowe-customs
I think that bike is pretty sweet, I will not try to replicate it but definitely take some ideas from it. One of the things I am struggling with is trying to figure out the best way to set up my bike to allow me to take it on trips. I go on work trips for a week at a time, about 150 miles each way and would love to take the bike. This BMW gave me an idea. I am going to modify my spare seat that the cover is all tore up on anyway and create a rack that will be easy to remove and also hold all my crap for the week.
I am not going to go too extreme, I might even build the rack to go over my everyday seat. I want to get a bigger tank of some sort that will give me better range. I know the xs750 tank swap is common and it gives about an extra 1.5 gallons which should be good. We will see what I can find before I make something too altering, since tank change will effect seat, which will effect luggage abilities and so forth.
So if anyone has a tank about 4.5 gallons (xs750) or bigger I would be interested in seeing it an considering that for my bike. Style is up in the air right now.
Thanks for looking. I will post a pic of the current setup soon.
http://www.bikeexif.com/bmw-r80-crowe-customs
I think that bike is pretty sweet, I will not try to replicate it but definitely take some ideas from it. One of the things I am struggling with is trying to figure out the best way to set up my bike to allow me to take it on trips. I go on work trips for a week at a time, about 150 miles each way and would love to take the bike. This BMW gave me an idea. I am going to modify my spare seat that the cover is all tore up on anyway and create a rack that will be easy to remove and also hold all my crap for the week.
I am not going to go too extreme, I might even build the rack to go over my everyday seat. I want to get a bigger tank of some sort that will give me better range. I know the xs750 tank swap is common and it gives about an extra 1.5 gallons which should be good. We will see what I can find before I make something too altering, since tank change will effect seat, which will effect luggage abilities and so forth.
So if anyone has a tank about 4.5 gallons (xs750) or bigger I would be interested in seeing it an considering that for my bike. Style is up in the air right now.
Thanks for looking. I will post a pic of the current setup soon.