Cpl "nood" pics...

makenzie71 · February 23, 2006, 10:49:14 PM

Bout to start working on the exhaust...which I'm not sure what I want to do with yet. Going to paint the front fender soon...as soon as I get my lights sorted out. Tank is covered in bed-liner. Tail is rattle-can. Frame is a brain-fart.

Alphamazing · February 23, 2006, 10:55:28 PM

The tank looks cool, bedliner makes it really badass. Streetfighter style. Should do the tail and fender that way, too.

But yeah, the frame... yellow huh? ... Yeah.

makenzie71 · February 23, 2006, 10:59:18 PM

that yellow looked damn cool when the bike was stripped...

Oh and it's hard to apply bedliner to the plastics because trying to strip the paint off them could be more damaging than it's worth. It's easy to take a tank down to bare metal.

Also so add since the last time I posted pics of her I've added:

Showa rear shock
TLR forks
6-pot tokico calipers
Brembo 7/8" M/C
Brembo rear caliper
Brembo 1/2" M/c

I'm currently working on a 60mm exhaust.

Church6360 · February 28, 2006, 06:42:55 AM

looking mean, i dig the rugged danger/construction paint and texture setup. keep us posted.

Mr.7 · February 28, 2006, 01:35:10 PM

Your tank is covered in bed-liner? Well, I guess you don't have to worry about scratches

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 02:18:23 PM

That was the primary reason behind it. I leave a bag strapped to it most times and the paint showed it. The bedliner cost a total of $10 to apply a 3/16" coating that is petrol-proof, scratch resistant and bulletproof. Seriously...bullets don't hurt it.

Alphamazing · February 28, 2006, 03:04:44 PM

Quote from: makenzie71 on February 28, 2006, 02:18:23 PM
Seriously...bullets don't hurt it.

I think it's video time!

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 03:14:06 PM

I'd video it but it's getting a bit tedious patching holes in the tank.

NiceGuysFinishLast · February 28, 2006, 04:05:30 PM

Quote from: makenzie71 on February 28, 2006, 02:18:23 PM
Seriously...bullets don't hurt it.

Quote from: makenzie71 on February 28, 2006, 03:14:06 PM
I'd video it but it's getting a bit tedious patching holes in the tank.

Something about those two statements confuses me..

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 04:22:02 PM

well yeah you don't seriously think a tank is impermiable to bullets, do you?

pantablo · February 28, 2006, 04:43:56 PM

yeah, but the bedliner is unhurt...

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 04:44:34 PM

^exactly. Remains 100% unscathed.

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 10:01:06 PM

The most recent:

Overall shot...not beautiful but she's also something our locals won't mess with. They'll assume it's broken or a beater so it's all good to me.

My Hella low-beams. Super bright...almost offensively bright...and a hige power draw on a bike so I just stuck with the lows. I don't dig that they're H3 equiped...though...good reflectors utilyze poor light well I suppose.

I lowered the cluster down to clear the cables and wiring and tucked it behind the lights. It was a total pita to fit it but it turned out nicely...still have perfect view of it.

Grainy, but her best side.

Another one...

Huge tip...fat ass...and that spiffy shock.

I need to either polish the can up or paint it...it's got rust spots on it from well some weld slag landed on it and stuck.:/

My hand-built collector...took me 4 hours to build it to where the inside was nice and flush. Later I'll be pulling the exhaust back off for cleaning up...I'll grind the welds a bit, fit a couple pin holes and shine her up good.

The textured tank.

The rattle-can tail...pic does not show how well it turned out.

annguyen1981 · February 28, 2006, 10:05:23 PM

I definitely dig the dual headlights!

Also like the clipons... Is that a custom steering damper?

What tail is that?

annguyen1981 · February 28, 2006, 10:07:35 PM

I'm looking at the first pics again... That's not a GS, is it...

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 10:10:05 PM

sure is but it's slightly modified...I stuck a TL1000S frame and motor around it, TL1000R forks in front of it and a custom sssa on the back...

:p

pantablo · February 28, 2006, 11:04:55 PM

its a TL1000.

nice work, except for the ricer can. flat black a must.

makenzie71 · February 28, 2006, 11:08:31 PM

may be a ricer can but you should hear it...this is the only exhaust I'm built for this bike so far that quiet when I want it to be, loud when I want it to be and performs the way I want it to regardless of how loud I'm trying to be. I'll get a sound clip up later.

I'm thinking the whole exhaust will be black...or at least the can. I was actually thinking of hitting the can with the bedliner stuff...

kimo3825 · March 01, 2006, 01:43:05 AM

Quote from: makenzie71 on February 23, 2006, 10:59:18 PM
that yellow looked damn cool when the bike was stripped...

Oh and it's hard to apply bedliner to the plastics because trying to strip the paint off them could be more damaging than it's worth. It's easy to take a tank down to bare metal.

not really. you can do the plactics in bedliner. you could use scrotch bit pad, wire brush. smooth sandpaper, or a metal paint removeable wire wheel.

not if your really good. you can seperate the colors and make look like at gsxr500.

makenzie71 · March 01, 2006, 02:41:31 AM

You can't just rough up the paint with what I'm using...it's got to be bare material or it'll react rather poorly and melt stuff. It's got to be completely removed and when you're working black plastic with black paint it's hard to tell exactly where the soft stuff stops and the hard stuff starts.

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