Gs450 cafe flat track bobber thingy

[mlc216]

Mostly done with seat/tail section

[pete]

That looks great! That bump suits the shape of the tank perfectly, well done!

[mlc216]

Thanks Pete!

[pete]

Mate that's lookin' great! That stance is just right with those 'bars too...

[mlc216]

I ratchet strapped the front end about 3 inches lower and it had a killer stance. Kinda want to see if it will ride wheelies first though haha

[pete]

Hahaha cool, it's looking like it'll be a barrel of fun I can tell ya... can't quite imagine it 3 inches lower but I'm sure you got it all figured out already

You need some dual sport tyres on that thing too... and a high pipe...

[mlc216]

Well a friend of mine has some old racing shocks from his xs650 that I may try on the back. That should raise the back a hair... then maybe lower the front and inch or two and it should have a killer stance, and most likely handle great as well. But if it does killer wheelies, I might just have to leave it be!

I'm still looking at tires for 16/19 wheels that are on/off road... I'm still thinking about pipes too.... can't decide if I want a 2 into 1 or what exactly...

[pete]

Cool, should be plenty of room to slide the forks through the trees a bit by the looks.

Shinko does 244's and 705's in a number of sizes. The other major brands have limited sizes in comparison...

And if you're patient on the pipe, I should have mine back before too much longer if you wanna see that... mind you I expected to be getting it back today but that ain't happening!

[mlc216]

Well I zip tied my battery on and started it up. Seemed to be running just like it left off so I grabbed my helmet and took it down the gravel drive... All seemed well so I took off down the road a couple miles. Made sure to watch my back since I don't have a taillight just yet, but I live out in the country so it's all good. Rode great! Smooth as butter! Wow it's been so long since I've ridden a swingarm bike haha.

Anyways it felt great and I liked the leverage of the wide bars so when I turned back on to the gravel drive I leaned a little and gave the throttle a solid twist... Sideways is so fun! Oh man I'm gonna want more of that haha.

[pete]

Awesome stuff! Glad it's a hoot and it ain't even finished yet! How was the ride on the metal seat?

Your 'bars look a lot like mine too, I tried to go a bit wider and motorcrossish (if that's a word) for the whole scrambler thing, but also to make sure I had some good leverage.

Sounds like you're gonna have a blast on it! Nice work!

[mlc216]

Yeah it's fun for sure... metal seat is fine, shocks do wonders! haha

I just noticed my thread has one star... guess that means my bike won't ever make the front page

[Tim Tom]

Yeah it's fun for sure... metal seat is fine, shocks do wonders! haha

I just noticed my thread has one star... guess that means my bike won't ever make the front page

I didn't even know you could rate threads. Huh. Learn something new everyday.

Cool.

[pete]

Errr... yeah... now I know too... hahaha

Are you going to do something with the seat or just leave it like that?

[mlc216]

I'm thinking about making a snap on pad/cover kinda like this:


Whenever I get around to it... haha

[pete]

That should do the trick and look good! That's a sweet lookin' machine too...