my bobber build

[locOleoN]

How the hell did I miss this?..

DAMN!!.. I love that headlight!!..

 

[mrkil]

sent you a pm noel

 

[mrkil]

frame is painted.
with appliance enamel ;D

 

[mrkil]

and the engines in

 

[mrkil]

btw the light is pending to Noel

 

[mrkil]

and what my wife refers to as "Half a bike" ;D

btw if anyone wants the seat springs let me know, i'm changing to torsion springs.

 

[mrkil]

btw a huge thanks goes out to crazypj for making me a custom exhaust stud and loco for the 71 engine

 

[Swagger]

Who knew you were so.......fuzzy?

 

[mrkil]

Who knew you were so.......fuzzy?

and with stubby legs

 

[locOleoN]

here you go noel

hey Jeff,
Thanks so much man!!..
15 min and I modified to take an 1157 LED bulb and turned it into a stop/tail light!!..
Its wicked.. I"ll probabbly use it on my Triumph Bobber, rather than the other one I made from the Carbide lamp!!..

Took it apart:

Modified the light buld housing to take an 1157 bulb using the wiring internals from a Yamaha tail light:

Repainted the shell and reassembeled:

MVI_1683.AVI

 

[mrkil]

awesome!

glad it's gettin used

 

[mrkil]

the bike has moved into the livin room so it's time to get movin.

i'd like to have it done for mods and rockers toronto

front tire has a slow leak. sigh and it's a brand new tube.
so i'll sort that out tomorrow

 

[Fix]

Did you pinch it? I can't count the number of times I've done that.

 

[mrkil]

probably not

i did the garbage bag install so there where no irons involved. tube was slightly inflated to avoid the pinch

i think that the tube was very old stock. i won't mention the shop i got it from but alot of there stuff is super old.

the rear (which was a brand new tube) was installed the same way without problem.

 

[boisdarc]

I'm kind of a lamer new guy -what is the garbage bag trick? Sounds like it could save 20 bucks of labor from the shop, and just invest in a new tube for $13 bucks or so instead of $30 or so to have the tube changed. P.S. I really like pretty much everything about this build.

 

[mrkil]

hey thanks man

here is the vid of how to do the garbage bag method

Changing a Clincher Rim Tire Without Tire Irons

works for me although the rear tire needed a little dish washing liquid to aid in the slipping on

 

[boisdarc]

just used this-WOW. It must be idiot proof-it worked for me.

 

[mrkil]

so in 7 months this is where i'm at

it's all gravy from here.

 

[Swagger]

Just.
Looks.
Right.

 

[troybilt]

Just.
Looks.
Right.

Agree 100%
Really nice job man.
And thanks for the mounting trick. I will defently use that next time.