motorcycles caused me strife

[Denim Phenom]

The pipe or half naked dude working on your bike for you?

[Denim Phenom]

I forgot to mention this in my last post. You're going to hate those tires after your first ride. The tread grabs every straight line in the road and follows it, especially if the roads are grated for drainage. You'll be fishtailing all over the highway.

If my tire didn't cost $126 I'd swap it for something without straight or zig zag lines. So let this be a caution for anyone wanting champion deluxe tires.

[edmond]

yeah i know these tires will give me ass..

that half naked dude is my driver and we are working on these together haha

[polishmike]

I think that could be a motorcycle version of Homer's car.

[edmond]

fuck you

[Denim Phenom]

Ed, if you're going to venture into the world of building a motorcycle, you need to learn how to take criticism. Actually, let me rephrase that. If you want to be a human being that interacts with society, you need to learn how to take criticism.

Is that gold plating on your tank and fender? What was your inspiration for color on this bike?

Also, I thought Yamaha's like these ran on a oil in the engine kind of technology, hence, no need for an external oil tank.

When you get over that pipe set up cut off the upsweep and send it to me.

[THEBOY]

Gold tank and fender are cool. I'd suggest putting a proper hard tail on there, especially running upsweeps like that.

[Denim Phenom]

I agree. The rebar you have between the backbone and tail looks sketchy. Hit a bump hard enough and I bet it folds in half.

[edmond]

come on man

anyways this is te sr400 not the oil in tank budget models

backbone is made of black iron tempered steel so " i think" will hold will check after the first couple of rides

ok let me know what you need man i can send you some elbows and pipes or watever just pay for the shipping tons of stainless steel/ black iron steel at the shop

[edmond]

yeah thts gold platin on the tank and fender got a cheap job thats why theyre cheap lookin hah!

[bruised]

look at what i picked up from ebay. *huge enduro alloy race tank. somomabitch is huge!!! it was made for a cb750, but will fit with a bit of trimming to the mounts on the bike frame. *its just sitting on there for the pictures. will sit a bit lower once seat is trimmed (or new seat...).

old tank and seat are going on to my 650!!

[Denim Phenom]

holy shit, that tank is huge.

I was able to make it about 80 miles on my 2.8 gallon today, but then I coasted down a mountain without the bike on for about 15 miles or so.

[cord13]

[bruised]

holy shit, that tank is huge.

I was able to make it about 80 miles on my 2.8 gallon today, but then I coasted down a mountain without the bike on for about 15 miles or so.

this thing holds 8.45 gallons!!!! thats more than some cars. didn't realize when i bought it, but i'm perfectly happy with it.

i should turn some of it into a glove and document compartment (10)

[bruised]

and its really light too!

[edmond]

watch out man if you like to do corners /banking i think this will be too heavy

[Denim Phenom]

Good call Edmond, I was thinking the same thing when I read 8.45 gallons. Hell, you could make it at least 400 miles on a single tank of gas. Sectioning it and making a glove compartment while leaving it the same shape would be pretty useful.

[edmond]

just find a damn good aluminum welder for it!

[lowrider]

this is my dream bike for the moment since the wife won't let me get another sport bike but feels a cafe racer won't get me into as much trouble... $17K USD and will be available by middle of next year...

[Denim Phenom]

Wait, Norton is producing bikes again? Or did they never stop?

[superbeveridge]

I know the name got licensed and a dude made some prototypes that looked fantastic but I don't think they ever went into production.

[superbeveridge]

Correction. I just goggled it and they are going into production. There is a Norton Canada in Newmarket Ontario. I am going to have to ride up next week and check them out. They look f****** hot.

[spoiledone]

My ride:

[dizzhizz]

^^

i want one sooo bad.

[JackCrank]

X posted from shoes that look better with age.

[BeachHouse]

Just learned how to ride for the first time today. So much fun.

[Osmosis Jones]

Just learned how to ride for the first time today. So much fun.

Isn't it the best? Nothing compares.

Does anybody have any knowledge on wiring horns? I'm looking at you denim phenom. I have only ever used stock horns or just didn't have one. A friend of mine has a set of hella supertones from a police auction bike but the wiring is just gone.

[Denim Phenom]

The wiring harness should have two wires for the horn. One that gives it power and another that activates the horn itself.

Mine has three spade prongs on it. One was the ground, the other two were for the power wire and the "horn" wire. That's just for my horn.

I looked up the Hella Supertone horn and this dude on flickr posted a picture and the way he grounded it. I would suggest actually crimping the proper spade connector to your wire and then cover it with some shrink wrap.

The guy is using the Hella horn on an Mitsubishi Evolution but i'd think hooking it up to a bike would be the same.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28087162@N00/3177432101/

[BrokenGlass]

want:

royal enfield bullet g5d

bsa b40

bsa b31

[_ironman]

hey all,

would like opinions/advice on this:

2008 Ducati 695 monster:

front forks and handel bars bent, missing gauge and headlight. everything else in excelent shape, branded title frame not bent,

is it worth it to get and fix for $1500 CAD? thanks in advance