bobber project questions

jackiei26 · January 17, 2007, 12:10:20 PM

Quote from: seshadri_srinath on January 17, 2007, 11:39:10 AM
Aaaah ... the V-star ... Classic example of how they took a semi flawed bike (a virago) screwed up what was not broken (open drive shaft that will rust is a masterpiece), ignored the minor problems (eating sparkplugs every 3 months), and set up the catastrophic problems (black box failure and starter clutch failure) so that you cannot get at them that easy. And yea made it look pretty ...
Anyway chopping or bobbing that damn thing is going to be darn near impossible ... I'd like to see pics, both now and when finished.
Cool.
Srinath.

OK - so far he has removed the rear fender subframe. He's going to work on the rear fender first. If I understand correctly, the fender has to be molded and mounted to the swingarm and then he'll work on the seat.

But here is what his bike looks like - that's my GS in the back:

The Buddha · January 18, 2007, 11:25:55 AM

Nice apes ... how does it handle ... I'd love apes ... they aerate your armpits. And those that get to follow me ... its their problem ...
Now that rear fender is plastic on that thing isnt it. Well since it goes up and down with the swingarm ... its better in plastic for that purpose ... unfortunately it doesn;t help your purpose.
Cool.
Srinath.

jake42 · January 18, 2007, 01:26:13 PM

Oh I almost forgot. To be a real bobber it absolutely needs a kickstarter.

pantablo · January 18, 2007, 02:16:23 PM

eff that.

poolshark · January 18, 2007, 03:18:40 PM

Quote from: pantablo on January 18, 2007, 02:16:23 PM
eff that.

Aww, come on. Harley's can be tough to kick, but any relatively low displacement parallel twin should be a breeze. Heck, if you can't kick it, just push-start it.

RVertigo · January 18, 2007, 03:22:22 PM

I've kicked a 750... It's not that bad... Unless you forget to actually turn it on.

The Buddha · January 18, 2007, 06:29:49 PM

That XS 650 yam was a beeatch to kick and start if it was cold, almost have to kick it till warm ... but once warm it was a snap. First kick.
Cool.
Srinath.

jake42 · January 19, 2007, 06:32:21 AM

one of the worst bikes I ever kicked was my brother's XR600 that had a broken compression release lever. At the time I was about 155 and I jumped on that thing and it actually threw me off the bike .

NiceGuysFinishLast · January 19, 2007, 10:57:14 AM

Quote from: jake42 on January 19, 2007, 06:32:21 AM
one of the worst bikes I ever kicked was my brother's XR600 that had a broken compression release lever. At the time I was about 155 and I jumped on that thing and it actually threw me off the bike .

HAHAHAHAHA... I get the best mental image of that...

RVertigo · January 19, 2007, 01:18:31 PM

Quote from: jake42 on January 19, 2007, 06:32:21 AMone of the worst bikes I ever kicked was my brother's XR600 that had a broken compression release lever. At the time I was about 155 and I jumped on that thing and it actually threw me off the bike .

Yeah... Sometimes they kick back.

pantablo · January 20, 2007, 12:00:43 AM

very nice xs650.

good start to another:

poolshark · January 20, 2007, 09:27:07 AM

I like that first XS, considering it uses the front end and wheels from my other bike

. Bet the exhaust gets the rider pretty warm, though.

Susuki_Jah · January 20, 2007, 09:34:13 AM

an old KZ750 this was a pain to kick. and it had induvidual pipes from each exhuast outlet running under the bike LOUD!!!

RVertigo · January 24, 2007, 06:54:34 PM

Damn Jah... Get some tires with tread on 'em.

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