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Orange would clash with the harlequin scheme, so I'm trying to limit it and stick with the Teal/Blue/Red/Yellow colors I have now. I considered spoke skins but they don't have teal spokes, and that might be Too Much. When I change this vinyl later this year/whenever I get bored, I'll probably go full retard with orange, don't worry.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Needs an orange or brown or something towards the back somewhere. Coydog posted:Orange would clash with the harlequin scheme, so I'm trying to limit it and stick with the Teal/Blue/Red/Yellow colors I have now. Spoke skins with your existing teal/blue/red/yellow.
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Coydog posted:Orange would clash with the harlequin scheme, so I'm trying to limit it and stick with the Teal/Blue/Red/Yellow colors I have now. That yellow isn't visible enough from the side. Yellow pinstripe following the curve of the rim, like whitewalls but on the rim instead of the tire. edit: revision. Yellow back, teal front.  TheNothingNew fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Mar 31, 2017 |
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Finally got this home today. Looks like it is in better shape than I thought it would be for not having been started for 8 years. Checked the gas tank and the gas is bad, but still in liquid form with no rust. Tires are shot. Going to try charging battery and see if it will hold a charge but figure I need to replace that too.   
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TheNothingNew posted:That yellow isn't visible enough from the side. Yellow pinstripe following the curve of the rim, like whitewalls but on the rim instead of the tire. With the bars straight, the yellow is much more prominent, but I was already appreciative of what you were suggesting. That mock up, though?  Thanks for that. I was leaning towards that, but half the ring in one color, half in another. front: Yellow|Red rear: Blue|Teal Or some other combo? I think it's understated enough to carry the design without being too flashy. Not sure if vinyl curves like that, though. :/ builds character posted:Spoke skins with your existing teal/blue/red/yellow. What if I just vinyl wrapped a tool tube in those colors? Seriously, I think that might be overpowering in color, but I am gonna call to see if I can get a 4 color combo pack since they just added teal. Look how bold it is, when the bike isn't. Won't it be too much?  GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Orrrrr paint half the wheels orange? The SMC with these wheels is what made me love KTM and the 690 in the first place years ago, no lie. Someday... 
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you know dropping $1200+ on those wheels is in the budget. They'll let you go tubeless!
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Coydog posted:With the bars straight, the yellow is much more prominent, but I was already appreciative of what you were suggesting. That mock up, though? I don't know but they're cheap and easy to put on/off so why not experiment? You can do quarters or every other or etc.
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 Making rim strips turned out to be a fantastic idea. Looks great. I promise I'll stop with the vinyl now. This is the last thing I needed to do, for now. builds character posted:I don't know but they're cheap and easy to put on/off so why not experiment? You can do quarters or every other or etc. Good point. I'll look into it.
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Coydog posted:
I luv ur bike.
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I think the rims might be overkill but who cares. That poo poo looks crazy good anyway.
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Coydog posted:
Oh poo poo yes.
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Coydog posted:
Goddamn that's pretty!
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Coydog posted:
thats a nice bike for a clown to ride to the circus
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EX250 Type R posted:thats a nice bike
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Some people don't understand what supermoto means. Your color scheme rules, even though i only see like 3 of em. 
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cursedshitbox posted:Some people don't understand what supermoto means. Blue is the one you can't see, right? What color does it blend with for you?
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Edit: moved to the bike recommendation thread
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Dumb question time - how does one get all of the gas out of a gas tank? I took the tank off the bike, removed the fuel petcock and I can still hear gas sloshing around in the tank. If I turn it and twist it a bit I can get a few extra drops out but seems like there should be a better way.
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Bogieman posted:Dumb question time - how does one get all of the gas out of a gas tank? I took the tank off the bike, removed the fuel petcock and I can still hear gas sloshing around in the tank. If I turn it and twist it a bit I can get a few extra drops out but seems like there should be a better way. Turning it upside down and shaking it doesn't help? Is it double walled with water or something in there? edit: Have you tried fire? EX250 Type R posted:thats a nice bike nooo Thanks for all the compliments, peeps! I really love it and can't stop looking at the whole thing. Half colors on the wheels makes really cool patterns at low speeds, too.
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Coydog posted:Turning it upside down and shaking it doesn't help? Is it double walled with water or something in there? Fire! Why didn't I think of that lol. That gas is so old, I am not sure it would even ignite anymore.
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Chichevache posted:Blue is the one you can't see, right? What color does it blend with for you? I can tell its bluish. Teal? beats me. logo/graphics/nose are red. tail is gray. fork guards lime green/yellow wheeltape gives me blue, red, gray, green(possibly yellow). red could be a shifted dark orange too..
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Bogieman posted:Dumb question time - how does one get all of the gas out of a gas tank? I took the tank off the bike, removed the fuel petcock and I can still hear gas sloshing around in the tank. If I turn it and twist it a bit I can get a few extra drops out but seems like there should be a better way. Fill it with water right to the top, then drain it. Then you know that whatever's inside is water, not gas.
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Bogieman posted:Fire! Why didn't I think of that lol. That gas is so old, I am not sure it would even ignite anymore. I just had a friend of mine burn 23 year old race gas on his driveway, so...
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Coydog posted:
Now do the whole thing again in retroreflective.
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Now do the whole thing again in retroreflective. That would be so startling that people would probably t-bone him out of confusion because their brains couldn't process what they were seeing. I know you already said, but what materials are you using for that and how much did it cost, coydog?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs0osMzTZQA
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Now do the whole thing again in retroreflective.  I wish I could find sheets of this for future plans. The problem with vinyl, though, is that it's so cheap you want to make all sorts of things a reality RIGHT NOW.HenryJLittlefinger posted:That would be so startling that people would probably t-bone him out of confusion because their brains couldn't process what they were seeing. Vinyl wrap. I already had the heat gun, so materials and the little vinyl wrap tools (which I didn't need) came to $80-$100. Going single color would probably be cheaper. I feel like it might even cost less than plastidip for the same job. no, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr8Lk9l7pg8 Coydog fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Apr 3, 2017 |
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Tusk case separator and crank puller, decent or poo poo?
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Yerok posted:Tusk case separator and crank puller, decent or poo poo? I've always found tusk everything to be exactly fine. It's never good or bad, just fine.
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Does anyone happen to know what kind of connectors Ducati uses for their rear turn signals, specifically ones like this pigtail at CustomLED? https://www.customled.com/products/ducati-oem-turn-signal-connectors-2-wire-2 I'll be damned if I can find the mating connector to that thing. It is NOT a JST JWPF connector. I just wasted an hour digging around on DigiKey with no luck. Trying to make a couple of Y harnesses so I can run an integrated tail light + factory signals at the same time without hacking up the factory harness or clipping the connectors off the tail light and replacing them with PosiTaps.
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Check eastern beaver.
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Found them on Cycle Terminal - I missed them the first time I checked there because I didn't scroll down far enough (doh). AMP Multi-lock 40-series.
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Any tips on renting a bike in pigeon forge? Trying to decide between trailering or just renting. Ideally I'd get my wife to drop me off in the morning and have the dealer pick up the bike the next day sometime themselves to save me the hassle, but I dont want to set a whole pile of cash on fire. No dual sports or cruisers but otherwise am not picky.
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Is there a reason bicycle style final drive chain tensioners aren't a thing with motorcycles? Belt driven bikes have them, so why not chain driven ones?
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They exist on bicycles to take up the slack when you shift. In general, belt drive bikes dont have tensioners as far as I know, nor are the axles adjustable. They arent a thing on chain drive bikes because the chain does not move on and off of sprockets. Any stretch in the chain is taken up by moving the wheel back. The idea is to have the chain stay tight enough that its lateral play is not enough to derail the chain.
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Holy poo poo think of the amount of weight we'd save if motorcycles had 5 or 6 different-sized sprockets on the rear wheel with a derailleur. The disasters.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Is there a reason bicycle style final drive chain tensioners aren't a thing with motorcycles? Belt driven bikes have them, so why not chain driven ones? Dirt bikes, where you have more slack in the chain, have chain guards which make sure the chain goes on the sprocket (and protects it) and serve a similar purpose, no?
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I have no idea about anything dirtbike related 
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I remember seeing a belt pulley tensioner on some Buell a long time ago. Or maybe it was just some kind of idler pulley? They could probably make one for chains if they really wanted to. But the continually changing suspension geometry might make the engineering too tricky for them to do anything except groan "whoooo caaaaareesss" in an accountant's monotone.
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