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79 gs 850bobber

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Been trying to do a little a night on this thing. Its to the point where you work alot, but it doesnt show. Alot of grinding, welding, and grinding again.

Heres the New single tube backbone. I put a slug in the top, and its a piece of DOM. You can also see the rear brake resvoir mount.

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Heres how i tied all of the triple neck tubes together.
You can also see how i am going to mount my coils and upper tank mount.

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I wanted to clean up the bars a little so i moved the light switch in the headlight. I figured that would be a good spot for the low oil pressure light too.

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Edit: Guess i shoulda finished through the thread before posting all this.... oh well.

Quick food for thought, I used my fender on the rear too..... wich looks sweet!!!!!..... and mined mounted a touch further back then yours is.

The only problem i found is ANY water i run over gets directed straight to the back of my head. And thats just like sprinkler runoff hardly making the street wet. Im excited to see what a good sized puddle will do. :)

This goes along with small rocks. I tend to get on the gas hand alot not that this 1000 cc is breathing at full force. That warms up the rear tire a bit and tends to fling more tiny rocks at me. I actually find it pretty entertaining. I cant count how many times ive gotten somewhere and hav run my fingers through my haie and started pulling out rock after rock.
I dont care what anyone says, chicks DONT dig that :)

If i were gonna do it different (which i might this winter) i woulda added another two or three inchs on the back, or raised the fender up a bit more to catch the water. Yes it does take away from the looks a bit ( our taste anyways) but at least you can ride in the rain a little without having a skunk line up your back. Heck, ive even had water trickle its way down my..... um...... crack. WAKE UP! :)

I mounted my fender by welding a section of angle iron across the seat from left to righjt, and cutting one side out to the countour of the fender. Then i welded a thick tab on the frame on each side. The fender slides under the tabs and bolt to the frame there. Then on the very front of the fender i welded on a small peice of angle pointing forward, welded a nut under the swingarm and made that my second point. It surly will not support a second person, but i built a solo bike for a reason.

Also, make sure you have your fender go all the way to the swing arm. This way all that water thats nailing you in the back cant make it to your battery, fuses, relays, wires and whatever else you stuff under the seat.

Wow. long post. Sorry.

Anyways, good lookin bike man. Keep up the good work.


dhayward312 said:
Added some gussets and made seat mount. The fender is just sitting there....any suggestions on how to mount it???

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dhayward312 said:
Heres how i tied all of the triple neck tubes together.
You can also see how i am going to mount my coils and upper tank mount.

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Im doing the same setup on my backbone. I still need to finish closing the underside of the tank so I can get back to work on mine. Looks good.
 
So I decided instead of just flat blacking everything I'd give painting a try. I went to napa and found 2 colors i like: Prowler Copper Melt and Forest Green Melt. The fender and tank were in good shape so i just shot them with primer and sanded. Next i layed down the green first since it would require less taping. The flash made it look blue, but its just the flake in the paint.
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Next i taped off the green. I decided i wanted some inlays(sp?).
sprayed the copper. Let it sit for about an hour and pulled the tape. Then i mixed up the clear and sprayed it on. On the 3rd coat of clear a fly decided to land and go for a walk.:mad: Its barely noticable....
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dhayward312 said:
Next i taped off the green. I decided i wanted some inlays(sp?).
sprayed the copper. Let it sit for about an hour and pulled the tape.

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How did you keep the masked edges from cracking when you pulled the tape???
I thought you have to pull the tape as soon as possible after shooting the second color.
We have cracked a lot of lines by waiting too long before pulling the tape.
 
I used the blue plastic masking tape for the outline. Then regular masking tape for filling the green in. I also used the old stick the tape to my shirt then the tank trick.
 
Wow, that paint looks killer, I'm a sucker for the coppers, that's what I'm doin on mine, only with graphite flames. Gimme some more info on the NAPA paint, is it acrylic enamel, decent price? Nice job man, can't wait to see um on the bike.:cool:
 
Its a base coat clear coat paint. I payed 35 dollars for a pint of it, so it pretty pricey, but a pint should be all you need. I had 100bucks total in everything(reducer,clear,2 pints of paint, and hardner.
 
Took a big step forward this weekend. Made a mount for the battery under the seat. Got the frame completely welded ground, and painted. Put the rear fender and tank on. I made a little detachable panel behind the carbs. I'm going to attach all of the electronic to this. The amish saddle maker said the seat would be done end of the month. I'm just counting down the days!!

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Few things,
What type of clear coat did you use pn the paint? I used a two part urathane coating which holds up to gas spills great! Spray paint wont do that.

Love the exhaust! Are you gonna have the center pipes come out from behind the outter ones in the back? I kinda wish i woulda left my passenger peg mount area of the frame like that to secure the exhaust better like you've done. Like the head wrap too! i just did mine in black last night, although it turned light grey when it dried. I have Black spray silicone that ill spray on tonight that will make it charcoal black again. Plus its made for the wrap so it'll help it hold up to the elements better too.

And lastly, The rear brake resavour.....you have yours mounted in the same general place as mine. Problem is the kink in the line. I rode mine all summer without a problem but i just added a new low pressure line to the master cylinder. The new line has a loop in it so there are no kinks, i bled the line and worked just fine.....till yesterday, got on, rode off and found no brakes in the rear!!!!:eek: My guess is i had a large bubble in the line that finally made its way to the cylinder. I bled it like crazy (filled the resavour 6 times!) to keep this from happening but it still did. So just a warning for you. Bleed the line with the resavour as far up high as you can, THEN re mount it after thats done. But im also interested to see if you have another plan in mind for yours.

Paints lookin killer man! Are you a painter by trade or are you just "that good" ? :)

keep it up!!!1


dhayward312 said:
Took a big step forward this weekend. Made a mount for the battery under the seat. Got the frame completely welded ground, and painted. Put the rear fender and tank on. I made a little detachable panel behind the carbs. I'm going to attach all of the electronic to this. The amish saddle maker said the seat would be done end of the month. I'm just counting down the days!!

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Yep used the two part urethane. Theres about 5 coats of clear on it. With the resvoir, how i have it now there aren't any kinks. I'm hoping it will be fine. I finally got the swingarm stud out. I had to just drill completely through it. Then just ran a bolt thru it. Now I'm starting on wiring. Still havent't gotten the seat from the amish guy. I'm thinking of just driving up there, and seeing if its done.
 
dhayward312 said:
Yep used the two part urethane. Theres about 5 coats of clear on it. With the resvoir, how i have it now there aren't any kinks. I'm hoping it will be fine. I finally got the swingarm stud out. I had to just drill completely through it. Then just ran a bolt thru it. Now I'm starting on wiring. Still havent't gotten the seat from the amish guy. I'm thinking of just driving up there, and seeing if its done.
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Im interested in seeing this amish seat. i hear them folk can be awfully handy :)
 
so what are you gonna do with your legs when you ride? gonna make some forward foot controls?
 
I was going to make some forward controls, but the cases stick out so much the bike would be as wide as a car. So i think im just gonna stick with some highway pegs and the mids.
 
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