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seruzawa · 12-23-2009, 07:12 AM

Okay, I was sitting around with a murderous cough and taking some extra prescription cough medicine and came up with this brilliant idea. Or maybe stupid idea. The cough syrup has a mind of its own.

I think we need a permanent forum to discuss project bike ideas and issues. Myself, I'm jonesing for a street fighter but being a noted skinflint rather than run out and buy a Speed Triple (I'm saving my pennies for a Tiger) I'm considering picking up an old GSX750 and doing a treatment.

This got me to thinking that there have been other modified bikes discussed here, but it's really hard to find the discussions. Most notable IMHO is Duken's top notch treatment of his FZ1. It sounds like he did a bang up job, but how does one find his write up? My solution is in the absence of a specific forum is to have some sticky threads on Project Bikes in the Motorcycle Mods Forum. This way valuable facts/data can be found more easily. Also people can discuss current past and future projects and get advice from others who may have attempted the same thing.

I don't know about you guys but I love doing my own projects and love reading about others' projects. As another reprobate who lives, eats and breathes bikes I really like to hear what others do to improve their rides themselves rather than running out to buy a manufacturer's idea of the same. After all, that's what it's all about, right?

Buzglyd · 12-23-2009, 07:42 AM

Do we get to write about the chrome we stuck on our Harleys? Or how many GPSs we have on our Beamers?

seruzawa · 12-23-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Do we get to write about the chrome we stuck on our Harleys? Or how many GPSs we have on our Beamers?

Sure. Even exhaust mods and intercoms so that your GF can tell you what to do.

longride · 12-23-2009, 07:59 AM

I'll post up my complete Knuck rebuild from start to finish soon. I'm at mock-up stage now, but I won't start the story until I am closer to the finish line.

sarnali2 · 12-23-2009, 09:16 AM

I'll tell you how loud my D&D cans are and how many tons of power they add......

The_AirHawk · 12-23-2009, 10:35 AM

I've got a Projekt Hawk(tm) streetfighter I'm in the middle of, Komrades:

VFR 8-spoke rim
Powdercoated frame
700cc engine with Hord Inside(tm)
Duc 750SS EFI throttle-bodies with MegaSquirt 'lectrickeries
Mille USD fork and 6-spoke rim
CBR F3 fuel tank
Carbon Fibre Hugger rear-fender
Jim Davis/Hawkworks tail and subframe
Hiperform undertail exhaust

It's all in pieces, but the pieces ARE finally all there - hope to have it in one piece before the end of 2010. (I've got a full schedule)

MOKE1K · 12-24-2009, 07:08 PM

This ones gorgous, my idea of a naked bike.

jack.deng.cn · 12-29-2009, 05:18 PM

I definitely love reading your guy's projects!

mscuddy · 12-29-2009, 07:04 PM

Mah ideah uf a nekid bike is a '60 150 Dreamcycle done up in chrome 'n leather boa constrikster with a big hookah fer a gastank 'n his & hers stepped Cobra ceets done up in indigo zebra print.

Yeah! Rebel Yell!

pplassm · 12-31-2009, 09:18 PM

Just got done doing a complete build of my YSR50. YZ80 engine, Lots of Team Calamari stuff. Yellow and black "bumblebee" paint job.

Simply awesome!

Pics here: Pete's Site - 1988 Yamaha YSR50/80

12-23-2009, 07:12 AM	#1
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Project Bike Thread - Sticky Okay, I was sitting around with a murderous cough and taking some extra prescription cough medicine and came up with this brilliant idea. Or maybe stupid idea. The cough syrup has a mind of its own. I think we need a permanent forum to discuss project bike ideas and issues. Myself, I'm jonesing for a street fighter but being a noted skinflint rather than run out and buy a Speed Triple (I'm saving my pennies for a Tiger) I'm considering picking up an old GSX750 and doing a treatment. This got me to thinking that there have been other modified bikes discussed here, but it's really hard to find the discussions. Most notable IMHO is Duken's top notch treatment of his FZ1. It sounds like he did a bang up job, but how does one find his write up? My solution is in the absence of a specific forum is to have some sticky threads on Project Bikes in the Motorcycle Mods Forum. This way valuable facts/data can be found more easily. Also people can discuss current past and future projects and get advice from others who may have attempted the same thing. I don't know about you guys but I love doing my own projects and love reading about others' projects. As another reprobate who lives, eats and breathes bikes I really like to hear what others do to improve their rides themselves rather than running out to buy a manufacturer's idea of the same. After all, that's what it's all about, right? __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Last edited by seruzawa : 12-23-2009 at 07:16 AM.

12-23-2009, 07:42 AM	#2
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,137	Do we get to write about the chrome we stuck on our Harleys? Or how many GPSs we have on our Beamers? __________________ Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama."

12-23-2009, 07:59 AM	#4
longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	I'll post up my complete Knuck rebuild from start to finish soon. I'm at mock-up stage now, but I won't start the story until I am closer to the finish line. __________________ I'm a knucklehead

12-23-2009, 09:16 AM	#5
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	I'll tell you how loud my D&D cans are and how many tons of power they add...... __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

12-23-2009, 10:35 AM	#6
The_AirHawk Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench Posts: 10,891	I've got a Projekt Hawk(tm) streetfighter I'm in the middle of, Komrades: VFR 8-spoke rim Powdercoated frame 700cc engine with Hord Inside(tm) Duc 750SS EFI throttle-bodies with MegaSquirt 'lectrickeries Mille USD fork and 6-spoke rim CBR F3 fuel tank Carbon Fibre Hugger rear-fender Jim Davis/Hawkworks tail and subframe Hiperform undertail exhaust It's all in pieces, but the pieces ARE finally all there - hope to have it in one piece before the end of 2010. (I've got a full schedule) __________________ *Parfois, on fait pas semblant* Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now... Last edited by The_AirHawk : 12-23-2009 at 12:02 PM.

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12-24-2009, 07:08 PM	#7
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	This ones gorgous, my idea of a naked bike. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

12-29-2009, 05:18 PM	#8
jack.deng.cn Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	I definitely love reading your guy's projects!

12-29-2009, 07:04 PM	#9
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Nekkid fancies Mah ideah uf a nekid bike is a '60 150 Dreamcycle done up in chrome 'n leather boa constrikster with a big hookah fer a gastank 'n his & hers stepped Cobra ceets done up in indigo zebra print. Yeah! Rebel Yell! __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

12-31-2009, 09:18 PM	#10
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Just got done doing a complete build of my YSR50. YZ80 engine, Lots of Team Calamari stuff. Yellow and black "bumblebee" paint job. Simply awesome! Pics here: Pete's Site - 1988 Yamaha YSR50/80 __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.