TheCafeKid

[Ironriot]

Sweet wanna throw those 750 pistons my way when you're done with them? I'll pay for the ride of course.

And about the shocks. I don't really know where I'll be able to find some c-clamps that'll open up 14 inches

[TheCafeKid]

Yeah consider them yours...may be a lil bit before i get that far, but you can have em when im done..lol. As for the shocks i was just reading another guy who compressed them with a benchvice. Once you compress them the retainer clips will come off.

[Ironriot]

Hmm, benchvise..... well the only one I know that goes even remotely that wide would be my uncle's. I'll take em by his place tomorrow and see if I can get them apart

[TheCafeKid]

Lemme know if it works..i have a vice in the basement, and my shocks are kinda poopy lookin, want to take em apart and clean em up...but then again im going to have to get rid of them soon anyway in favor of brand new 14.5 inchers. Which Kurt showed me a place on Ebay that sells those MIDI shocks for 70 bucks a set. Dunno how great they are, but if he put them on HIS 77 750 then i guess they are good enough for mine...lol

[Ironriot]

Yeah I was thinking about getting some of those shocks but they're not for lightweights from what I hear. Mostly they're good only if you weigh over 200lbs. Safe to say that you're good on the weight department buddy :-D

The seat is finished and all I can say is HOT DAMN. Hehe I kinda screwed up when telling him how I wanted it though. I got a picture of a gunfighter from a Harley from Ebay and showed him that's how I wanted the shape. He then designed it EXACTLY like the one I showed him. It looks good though. Ill post up some pics when I get home.

[TheCafeKid]

Sweet! I cant wait...get home?? Where are you at school? i keep forgetting your a couple hours behind me

[Ironriot]

HA at school??? Hell no! Lol. I'm at a friend's house right now. We're working on a final project for my engineering class. We're supposed to be building a bridge out of spaghetti. God damn f*ing bridge. Super glue and fingers are mortal enemies man plus we've been set back like 3 times already so I'm happy its already almost finished

[beergood]

Wow, flashback. I once had to build a spaghetti tower for a class competition (I won). We used hot glue though. Doesn't glue skin quite as nicely as super glue, but it sure does leave some nice burns.

Well, that was fun. Back to being old.

[TheCafeKid]

AHH what up Beergood! Say Beer...i need a part if you have one laying around...a 7 inch headlight bucket that takes a 7 inch bulb...Ya got one?

[TheCafeKid]

AND ANOTHER THING> I was going thru your cafe build thread again (btw not only does that thing look sweet as all get out, but its been a bit of a source of inspiration on my bike) I was looking at that seat...do you still have the old tail section? and if so what would you charge a bum like me to build a seat like that?

[beergood]

Sorry, don't have an extra one. Mine isn't the original either, somewhere down the line my bike got a chrome Yamaha bucket. The good news is, that means that you can use pretty much any 7" bucket. They are a universal design.

Try these guys. I haven't ordered anything from them, but a couple friends have and they seem to be reasonably priced on used parts (apparently they have a giant scrap yard). Should be cheap/fast shipping seeing as they are also located in Ohio.

http://www.ricepaddymotorcycles.com/

[Ironriot]

Wow, flashback. I once had to build a spaghetti tower for a class competition (I won). We used hot glue though. Doesn't glue skin quite as nicely as super glue, but it sure does leave some nice burns.

Well, that was fun. Back to being old.

Yeah its an intro to engineering class. I'm a freshmen. We tried hot glue but it warped the spaghetti pretty bad. Plus it doesn't really hold instantly like the super glue does. The competition is tomorrow so I'll let you guys know how it goes

[TheCafeKid]

Sorry, don't have an extra one. Mine isn't the original either, somewhere down the line my bike got a chrome Yamaha bucket. The good news is, that means that you can use pretty much any 7" bucket. They are a universal design.

Try these guys. I haven't ordered anything from them, but a couple friends have and they seem to be reasonably priced on used parts (apparently they have a giant scrap yard). Should be cheap/fast shipping seeing as they are also located in Ohio.

http://www.ricepaddymotorcycles.com/

Does yours take a 7 inch bulb?

[beergood]

I am hoping to build a new tail this winter. Ifin that happens I might be persuaded to part with this one. This one definitely has it's flaws, you can tell it's a first effort (not that I'm not proud of it, I'm just very critical of my work).

A friend of mine and I actually talked about making a couple of molds so that we could make multiple parts in the hopes of selling them. I am still kicking that around, but I am limited on time/funds/space right now.

Thanks for the kind words. I really am pretty happy with my bike, but I am already to take it apart again and change the paint scheme.

[beergood]

Yeah its an intro to engineering class. I'm a freshmen. We tried hot glue but it warped the spaghetti pretty bad. Plus it doesn't really hold instantly like the super glue does. The competition is tomorrow so I'll let you guys know how it goes

We didn't get to choose our glue. One nice thing about hot glue was that it has a little built-in flex.

Best of luck in the competition.

To be honest, I haven't had to replace the bulb, so I'm not 100% sure. I do think it's 7".