Gs450 cafe flat track bobber thingy

[Tim Tom]

Thats a pretty good tip about the lantern battery's! I'll have to keep that in mind in case I ever find myself in a similar situation.

The bike looks good on the road man, it's a cool little chopper thingy

 

[mlc216]

I still have so much I want to do to it! I did slide the forks a little over an inch through the triple trees to lower the front just a hair and I must say that tiny bit made a huge difference in the quickness of the handling! I'm ready to get my lathe up and going so I can make what I need to adapt a 19 for the rear and start on some engine work!

 

[Guest]

Mate that's handy advice indeed! Good to know an emergency solution is so simple and handy :clap:

Definitely looking forward to the next phase of the beast...

 

[mlc216]

Mate that's handy advice indeed! Good to know an emergency solution is so simple and handy :clap:

Well Pete,

I'm not sure how many Dollar General Stores you have around in the land down under... so I don't know how much it would help you haha

 

[Guest]

Well Pete,

I'm not sure how many Dollar General Stores you have around in the land down under... so I don't know how much it would help you haha

Haha true! I imagine it would be the same as our Crazy Clarks or Dollars and Sense, where just about everything in store is $2.00... and the quality shows it

 

[mlc216]

Put together a 2 into 1 header tonight. Rode it unbaffled and it pulls HARD and sounds great! Gonna work on a slip on pipe and muffler tomorrow

I know it's no where near as nice as pete's, but hey it took like an hour haha

 

[Guest]

Nice one! Wondered what was happening...

I bet it cost a damn sight less than mine too

 

[mlc216]

It was about $4. haha

Rode the bike to work this morning... Longest ride I've had since I've added the front brake, 2into1 exhaust, and 14t front sprocket. Rides great, pulls harder than a 450 should, and sounds pretty racey now... overall pretty awesome. In the near future I'm going to have to make some type of small front fender as it likes to rain most days right about the time I leave work... and I'm going to go to some foam UNI filters instead of the pods...

This morning:

 

[Guest]

Man am I seeing things or have you added some paint to the tail and a seat pad??

Definitely sounds like you're having a blast on it now, good to see!

And man, that's a cheap exhaust!!!! Wonder what Mr Tranzac would have to say if I asked for a refund? hahaha

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

Be careful with the Uni's...I live in Florida and I can tell you that they soak up water like a sponge (bada tish!).

I normally just think screw it, and pull off and wait out the rain, it's better than popping and sputtering down the road because my pods are soaked.

 

[mlc216]

Man am I seeing things or have you added some paint to the tail and a seat pad??

Definitely sounds like you're having a blast on it now, good to see!

And man, that's a cheap exhaust!!!! Wonder what Mr Tranzac would have to say if I asked for a refund? hahaha

Yeah I added a seat pad a while back, then pulled it off and painted to tail to keep it from rusting too bad... Pad is still not too comfy, so I'll have to make a real seat in the near future for longer rides. And I'm guessing he would laugh at pictures of my exhaust haha... and it's not done yet, I'm going to make a slip on pipe with a muffler angled up behind the brake mount.

Be careful with the Uni's...I live in Florida and I can tell you that they soak up water like a sponge (bada tish!).

I normally just think screw it, and pull off and wait out the rain, it's better than popping and sputtering down the road because my pods are soaked.

Well the only reason I was gonna go with Uni's was because you can pull them off and wring them out and head on down the road... Can't wring out the pods haha. But I thought you could get a water cover for the uni's?

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

Well the only reason I was gonna go with Uni's was because you can pull them off and wring them out and head on down the road... Can't wring out the pods haha. But I thought you could get a water cover for the uni's?

No water cover that I know of. I know that Uni makes covers for K&N's though.

 

[Guest]

Yep, you can definitely get a cover for the K&N's.

I contemplated it, then said bugger it, mine won't end up a daily rider unless I change jobs to somewhere that's nowhere near the train line, so chances are pretty slim I'll be riding in the rain.

 

[mlc216]

I check the weather every morning... and that 10% chance has gotten me rained on 90% of the time haha... Usually it's just a quick storm, but I still get soaked ha

 

[Guest]

Hahaha I've given up listening to the weather reports, I find the head out the window gauge is far more accurate...

 

[Krunk_Kracker]

Also remember OP, that when you wring out the Uni's, you're also wringing out the oil they are sprayed with.

 

[mlc216]

Also remember OP, that when you wring out the Uni's, you're also wringing out the oil they are sprayed with.

Whatever gets me home!

 

[Guest]

Yo MLC! Any updates on the beast at all or are you having too much fun ridin' the wheels off it?

 

[mlc216]

Just been riding it mostly. Replaced the intake manifolds and o-rings and fixed the massive oil leak from the drain plug. Flipped the bars over and switched out for a hair over 2 gallons of capacity from a stock sportster tank:

 

[Guest]

Cool, that thing still looks like a hoot!

Hadn't seen anything from you for a while so figured I should make sure you're still alive

I see you've got the front mudguard on again too... is that a practical thing for weather protection or whatever or have you put it back on for some bracing?