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Wow, I really appreciate you peeps thinking outside the box and tossing out suggestions. I was ready to just give up on it. I ended up using a bit of Jazzzzz's advice, except that velcro wouldn't hold the puffball I have. So, I used some little 3m dual lock circles, sandwiched the wire I wrapped around the puff ball between it, and stuck that to the channel in the front fender. Just in time for the last week of the semester! Let's see if it holds up on the highway tomorrow morning.  
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I'm really sorry but that looks like a pair of fresh prairie oysters
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Nov 28, 2016 05:44
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Lookit dat red booty on dat bike
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Coydog posted:Wow, I really appreciate you peeps thinking outside the box and tossing out suggestions. I was ready to just give up on it.  I.R. Motorcyclist?
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Carth Dookie posted:Don't mind me just posting so I can search my post history in this thread for something. Move along. just click your username at the top left, at the end of the URL is &userid=195854 there you go. it's 195854
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Nov 28, 2016 17:56
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Figured you'd guys would want to see my RD350 (with DS7 crap motor in it) before I tear it apart for the winter and put a SPECII/Scott Clough built RD400 engine in it with tuned SPECII expansion chambers.
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Endbuster posted:Figured you'd guys would want to see my RD350 (with DS7 crap motor in it) before I tear it apart for the winter and put a SPECII/Scott Clough built RD400 engine in it with tuned SPECII expansion chambers. Take more pictures before you do!
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Nov 30, 2016 22:50
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Scott is the man, I had him do the bottom end on my F11, he does great work
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Scott is the man, I had him do the bottom end on my F11, he does great work Scott did the bottom, SPECII did the top end and pipes at the same time for that sweet sweet correct tune. Mmmmm TZ crank bearings...
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not mine lol but i helped my roommate plasti dip his bonnie hahaha old:  new:  the old red was kind of tacky, especially on the side panels so idk im 50/50 on it. looks alright
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Dec 1, 2016 03:49
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Nice. How'd you do the stripe?
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Dec 1, 2016 05:27
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I assume the stripes are stickers you buy by the length and put on top of the dip. I wondered about doing the same (with wrap) for a while and googled no end of wraps and stripes. Looks really good, although I'm curious about how long the plasti-dip lasts.
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Dec 1, 2016 15:10
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After the cowl on my SV650 flew off (RIP), I plastidipped it, and while it looked really good, my backpack rubbing on it wore a hole through the plastidip in a day
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Dec 1, 2016 17:18
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Dip seems weirdly inconsistent like that. If you apply as many layers as they recommend it holds up well, provided the surface is relatively smooth and not jagged. Something like the edge of a previously-curbed car wheel or the lug nut wells, good luck getting it through a single season. 
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Dec 1, 2016 17:21
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That looks good, razzled. I mean, the red looked better, but that's a really good job. I want to do some fun plasti dip stuff on the spare set of plastics I have, but I worry about smoothness and durability. Did you do that with the rattle cans? How many layers?
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Renaissance Robot posted:Nice. How'd you do the stripe? masking tape, newspaper and a healthy dose of OCD we did about 3-4 coats per color and then 2-3 for metalizer on the white stripe and gloss e: yup, rattlecans Razzled fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Dec 1, 2016 |
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Dec 1, 2016 20:59
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Best way to do stripes is to order a chunk of car-wrapping vinyl and cut it into shape and stick it on. I like ORACAL 951M. Costs about 8 bucks for a 5'x1' strip (though some places will only let you buy it in 5'x5' sheets or larger, etc)
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Dec 1, 2016 22:34
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You can get nice vinyl racing stripes in any color including reflective; they work really well. I had them on my old bike and I forgot I wanted to add a Vette-grand-sport-style stripe to my Focus from the left over materials.
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Going through my photos, turns out I don't really take them. Other people take them of me.  One of me having a "ride day" around Sandown raceway which basically turned into a track day. And the other is of me pulling up to a breakdown, I was riding with a group, a few of us wanted to go a bit quicker than the others so we went on ahead, waited up when the road straightened back out and called back to the tail end charlie and turns out the fellow on the green kwaka had an electrical fault. So we rode back to provide moral support(laugh at his misfortune). Next time I wash it I'll make sure I get a shot or two of it not in motion.
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Chichevache posted:Take more pictures before you do! I actually hate the bar end mirrors as they are useless and will be returning to the buckhorn bars to the bike. That low bar is bullshit.  It will mostly look Just like this when its done. Dunno if I want to put a 400 tank on it or not. I have 3.  All these lovely fuel lines are getting replaced. They are UV damaged and already weep. Going to metal case lines... Along with the new wiring harness for the modern ignition.  Lel, rear drum brake. Its adjusted correctly but you gotta stand on it if you wanna use that fucker.  I have much newer rear shocks. Its a shame I can't use the DG swingarm, but who knows. I might be able to. I'd rather just sell it than modify it for a rear drum brake.  This is the donor bike I bought for 400 bucks. It had a lot more poo poo on it that slowly went to the Green 350. It also came with a ton of really old school Yamaha decals from the 60's and 70's, 2 more gas tanks, THAT DG SWINGARM, some lovely DG heads, RZ350 Wheels, RZ fairings, all really too much poo poo to list. The steering dampner and rearsets are dope as gently caress and will probably go on the 350. 
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Dec 2, 2016 01:42
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Thank you for stopping the creation of another boring cafe racer
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Deeters posted:Thank you for stopping the creation of another boring cafe racer So the guy I got the can of worms from (I basically bought just so I could have an RD400 motor to breathe on) wanted to make some cafe thing. He already had the seat and everything. But, In my opinion the RD's were meant to be overpowered small displacement UJMs. I hate the stupid loving bar end mirrors and the fact he flipped a bar upside down. The only reason I haven't put the buckhorn bar back on is because when I tear it down and restomod it I want to do EVERYTHING at once. Cafe racers belong in italy going from coffee shop to coffee shop or on a loving race track. The only way I could fathom owning one is if it came like that from the factory.
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Endbuster posted:So the guy I got the can of worms from (I basically bought just so I could have an RD400 motor to breathe on) wanted to make some cafe thing. He already had the seat and everything. I love UJMs, too. My last bike was a 150cc UJM, and I'm tempted to pick up the same bike again and do some resto-mod work on it (disc brake swap, maybe get a local shop to massage the engine a little). But, even here the cafe racer seems to be the thing to do to an old bike.
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Go get the squish clearance and volume corrected on those DG heads so you can actually use them. Not because they're better for any reason but because they're cool as gently caress. Also dirtbike bar.
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There are some pretty rough knicks on the mating surfaces. I have no idea what caused it but i can get a finger nail to hook in there. Also the jugs and heads are a matching set and I don't feel like dealing with SPEC-II again in the next loving decade. I should really just sell the heads and use the money to get the DG machined to make with the 350 frame and drum rear. Not into updating the drum rear because 'deathmobile'  I recommend this PowerDynamo CDI because gently caress dealing with points and condensers.  Kehin 32mm carbs might be overkill... But whatever they were free and came off a Banshee. 
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I have a powerdynamo in my rv90, they're pricy but holy poo poo are they worth it for modern charging and electrics. Plus the rv90 went from 6v to 12v with The powerdynamo, which is awesome because gently caress 6v systems.
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I bought a bike It scoots
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I like your bike.
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CSi-NA-EJ7 posted:I bought a bike A good bike that I have always liked, though never bought because everyone says it's boring. But secretly I don't believe them
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I thought about one at the time I was contemplating the bandit but couldn't find one that wasn't old, heavy on mileage and overpriced. I still like them.
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Sagebrush posted:A good bike that I have always liked, though never bought because everyone says it's boring. But secretly I don't believe them I feel the complete same. Ever since that video of the yelling south American guy ripping one through miles of gridlock traffic. Seeing those beautiful gauges while the inline howled was entrancing. It's such an elegant bike, too. That it comes with honda reliability doesnt hurt, either. I passed up a pristine grey one for 2700 a ways back that I still regret passing on. Enjoy it and let us know if it's actually fun.
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Coydog posted:I feel the complete same. Ever since that video of the yelling south American guy ripping one through miles of gridlock traffic. Seeing those beautiful gauges while the inline howled was entrancing. It's such an elegant bike, too. That it comes with honda reliability doesnt hurt, either. I passed up a pristine grey one for 2700 a ways back that I still regret passing on. They're good bikes. The 1250 will power wheelie on demand, the chassis isn't spaghetti, the brakes work well, they're comfortable 2-up... I just never fell in love with mine. It was a solid bike that I had a lot of fun on.
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So far the 919 has been a blast, I need to pull of the sprocket cover to check if the PO changed the gearing because this little bike has quite a bit of torque. It pulls pretty good from 3k on. The standard position is very comfortable. The brakes work well. I will likely through in some stiffer front springs because the front forks feel a little soft for me. I think its great "old man" city bike. Lots of pull, very nimble, very comfortable.
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I like the 599 a lot. I see Honda might be bringing the naked CB650 to the states so maybe I'll check that out in a few months
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Endbuster posted:So the guy I got the can of worms from (I basically bought just so I could have an RD400 motor to breathe on) wanted to make some cafe thing. He already had the seat and everything. RDs were the purest of the Japanese sportbikes available at the time. My vague understanding of them is that they were pretty close geometry wise to the GP bikes of the time. I owned a '73 RD and a '71 R5 - here is the R5 when I got done with it:  I bought it in good cosmetic mostly stock shape, it needed a new charging system + the time to tune the pipes pretty much with guesswork + lots of other little poo poo. The jetting database on the R5 was a bit more limited, so I pretty much just bought a bunch of jets and played around with it. I think the Hagon shocks were nice and I thought the moto carrera stuff was cool, especially because the guy was nearly local and his personal story is crazy - I met him in person when I bought the parts from him. [url]http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:rxiUOoXlxMcJ:https://www.motocarrera.com/index.php%3Fpage_id%3D2+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us[/url] I think you're making your life hard by bothering to swap in the RD400 motor. The bikes aren't fast, don't fart around with making a fairly slow bike slightly less slow. Just make it look cool and be super loving loud. Once I got my bike up and running with the charging system it was pretty darn reliable. It looks like the OMP is maybe blocked off on your bike? There is no good reason to not use it.
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n8r posted:RDs were the purest of the Japanese sportbikes available at the time. My vague understanding of them is that they were pretty close geometry wise to the GP bikes of the time. I owned a '73 RD and a '71 R5 - here is the R5 when I got done with it: I really love that orange color. So creamcycle. Awesome bike man. So, I guess you didn't see it but my RD350 has a shitbox gutless piece of crap no good DS7 motor in it. That means piston port induction. Its freaking awful. Aaaaaaaand the original 350 motor that burned up because oil pump failed is long gone. Also the new engine bolts right in. Nothing crazy. Very easy. Only hard part will be loving with carbs over and over it get it right. Yes it will be loud. I think the link you meant to send got messed up.
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Ah: http://tinyurl.com/hq4r3xq Doug was an interesting dude - had a pretty decent business going despite being paralyzed from the neck down. I was surprised as hell when I met him because I had no idea. The R5 had piston port, and I did not find it to be a big deal. Maybe it didn't make as much power as my RD or was more peaky, but I don't really think it was a huge difference. I think the Y boot is worth buying for the bikes, much else... eeeeeehhhh. I never really followed the model specific RD forums much, so I didn't get convinced that every single mod those guys like to do is worthwhile. I think the biggest weak point on these bikes is the charging system. Once I got that all replaced with http://oregonmotorcycleparts.com/ parts, most everything else aside from jetting was smooth sailing. I found that the points were totally fine once I replaced them and timed the bike correctly. I am really bad with a multimeter - and replacing the little brushes and poo poo on the charging side of things was frustrating.
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n8r posted:The bikes aren't fast, don't fart around with making a fairly slow bike slightly less slow.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Unless you're comparing it to a modern sport bike, I think you're pretty far off base here. Even a slightly modified RD is stupidly fast. I uh. Didn't want to be the one that called him out. But yeah, my motor has been heavily breathed on and will no doubt overpower the frame and brakes easily while power wheelying through every gear. Intake reeds alone are a vast improvment over port piston.
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