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alocker
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Where did you get the Yosh Japan decal?
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Mindless
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I have a couple of the Chinese canisters for one of my other bikes, 3 bolt flange type, one oval carbon fiber, and another stainless/iridium color. Cost me around $100 USD each. The Yoshi badges/stickers came with them as well. Not bad quality at all.
I agree with the rivits, better yet, the sticker needs to be put on a thin piece 0.025" thick or so of stainless nameplate material, drill some holes and then rivited to the canister.
Yea F the glue :clap:
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Mindless
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Minor update.
Almost finished with the frame now. A few minor incisions here and there and it's done. Did a small cross-brace for the rear frame tubes which will also hold the tail light and license plate.
To this I welded two short metal pegs to align and hold the plastic in place. Worked like a charm. Almost 110% straight now.
After that we made some neat caps for the frame tubes which I then welded on. Turned out really nice I think. My old man has his moments every now and then.
All the supports for the seat is also finished just need welding on but I held that off until I've welded the frame tubes in place.
After that's done, all that remains is getting the footpeg mounts welded up and sending it off to the blasters and powdercoaters. Hopefully the frame will be blasted sometime next week.
Almost finished with the frame now. A few minor incisions here and there and it's done. Did a small cross-brace for the rear frame tubes which will also hold the tail light and license plate.
To this I welded two short metal pegs to align and hold the plastic in place. Worked like a charm. Almost 110% straight now.
After that we made some neat caps for the frame tubes which I then welded on. Turned out really nice I think. My old man has his moments every now and then.
All the supports for the seat is also finished just need welding on but I held that off until I've welded the frame tubes in place.
After that's done, all that remains is getting the footpeg mounts welded up and sending it off to the blasters and powdercoaters. Hopefully the frame will be blasted sometime next week.
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Ogri
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Nice work. Those end caps are fantastic!
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midnightcafe
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You're doing a nice job, craftsmanship will show through even if those end caps won't be seen!
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Mindless
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The devil is in the details.
The pictures don't really do it justice. I'll see if I can get some better pictures up tonight if we go to the workshop to finish up the last bits.
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jwhelan65
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Great stuff...........
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Mindless
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It's getting there.
Fabricated and welded on some supports for the seat.
The cross brace in the back will act as a mount for the taillight and the license plate. The rear support for the seat will be a mount for the dirt guard.
All that remains now to do on the frame is weld the lower mounts for the footrests and the mounts for the dirt guard. Should have all that done tonight.
More progress later today (maybe).
Fabricated and welded on some supports for the seat.
The cross brace in the back will act as a mount for the taillight and the license plate. The rear support for the seat will be a mount for the dirt guard.
All that remains now to do on the frame is weld the lower mounts for the footrests and the mounts for the dirt guard. Should have all that done tonight.
More progress later today (maybe).
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Mindless
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Bike home at last.
More text tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get the front fender and oil cooler kit then as well.
More text tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get the front fender and oil cooler kit then as well.
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Ogri
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Dude, Your bike looks great!
And, you need to sell me those wheels in the back ground.
And, you need to sell me those wheels in the back ground.
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Mindless
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Thanks!
Gonna try and get some more pictures up in a few hours, then with a bit more text.
As for the OZ Racing wheels: they aren't mine I'm afraid. My old man bought them for his bike (seen on the first page). The thought of putting them on my bike did cross our mind however, but it would take a while to fit them.
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Ogri
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For those wheels, I have nothing but time, my friend!
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Mindless
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Been sleepless the last few days thinking about the paintjob (well, not really, but you get the idea...).
At first I was dead set on the classic Yoshimura / Cooley race colors: white and blue with a black stripe. But now as the project has been progressing more and more towards the painting stage I've been doing some thinking. Would it really look the best?
I've been taking a great deal of inspirations from Japanese builders (custom shops actually), mainly Auto-Magic and SANCTUARY. These two shops have built some of the (in my opinion) greatest looking bikes ever.
One I've especially fallen for is this heavily customized Kawazaki Z1R. Amazing bike and most of all - amazing color.
There's just something about that metallic blue that makes the whole bike 'pop'. No accentuating colors except some black shading. Just a metallic blue. I really think a paint scheme like this gives more attention to the details as they become the accents to the paintjob.
In order to get an idea of what this could look like on my bike, I enlisted the help of some fellow members on a Swedish bike forum I post on regularly and they came up with these two sketches.
Frankly, I think it looks fantastic. A few well placed sponsor decals here and there and I think it would look spot on.
Satin black powdercoated frame, gloss black swingarm, gloss black wheels, gloss black engine with polished or gunmetal painted covers. And then of course a nice dark metallic blue for the bodywork.
What do you guys think? Could I be onto something? I really like the look of the single-color paintjob.
At first I was dead set on the classic Yoshimura / Cooley race colors: white and blue with a black stripe. But now as the project has been progressing more and more towards the painting stage I've been doing some thinking. Would it really look the best?
I've been taking a great deal of inspirations from Japanese builders (custom shops actually), mainly Auto-Magic and SANCTUARY. These two shops have built some of the (in my opinion) greatest looking bikes ever.
One I've especially fallen for is this heavily customized Kawazaki Z1R. Amazing bike and most of all - amazing color.
There's just something about that metallic blue that makes the whole bike 'pop'. No accentuating colors except some black shading. Just a metallic blue. I really think a paint scheme like this gives more attention to the details as they become the accents to the paintjob.
In order to get an idea of what this could look like on my bike, I enlisted the help of some fellow members on a Swedish bike forum I post on regularly and they came up with these two sketches.
Frankly, I think it looks fantastic. A few well placed sponsor decals here and there and I think it would look spot on.
Satin black powdercoated frame, gloss black swingarm, gloss black wheels, gloss black engine with polished or gunmetal painted covers. And then of course a nice dark metallic blue for the bodywork.
What do you guys think? Could I be onto something? I really like the look of the single-color paintjob.
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Billy Ricks
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It would look fine. For a while I was considering a metallic blue on my bike. It looks great with the black frame and engine parts. I'll be sticking to the stock scheme on my 700 though.
Nice carbon Dymags on the bike you posted the pic of.
Nice carbon Dymags on the bike you posted the pic of.
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Mindless
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Managed to piece together a link-pipe last night. Tacked it together earlier today.
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Like the angle of the can better now than when I had it mocked up.
Gonna take it with me to school tomorrow to see if I can get it welded up. Not much besides that going on right now, mostly waiting for the engine parts as well as some banjo adapters for the oil cooler lines.
More to come tomorrow probably.
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After:
Like the angle of the can better now than when I had it mocked up.
Gonna take it with me to school tomorrow to see if I can get it welded up. Not much besides that going on right now, mostly waiting for the engine parts as well as some banjo adapters for the oil cooler lines.
More to come tomorrow probably.
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Guest
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What are the footpeg assemblies from?
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