Jim Knopf's amazing Eight-Ball is featured as a photo spread and interview in RAPID magazine (an Australian mag specialising in customised sports/race bikes).

Yeah I got that at lunch. Pretty cool to have a GS in Rapid. 

cool I'd better grab that, about time they showed something less then 1000cc's

Quote from: Lukewarm Wilson on April 19, 2007, 12:27:55 AM
cool I'd better grab that, about time they showed something less then 1000cc's

Too true, it's getting that way they should rename it Hirebuses & the occasional R1 or gixxer 1000.

Servus,

thats GREAT!

can anyone send me a issue from the mag to me, to Germany?

Thanks.

Not a problem, PM me where to send to. 

How about scanning the page/pages covering the Eight-Ball GS and posting here for all to see?

Sweet! Awesome to see rag to print something good about the GS. 

Yeah I would like to see the whole article too.

Quote from: Jim Knopf on April 19, 2007, 02:49:26 AM
Servus,

thats GREAT!

can anyone send me a issue from the mag to me, to Germany?

Thanks.

Is that the rear-end on the lower right on the front of the magazine LOL - with that large of a flat expanse you could rent it out for advertising 

Quote from: bubba zanetti on April 19, 2007, 04:25:20 AM
Not a problem, PM me where to send to. 

servus,

you´ve a PM.

Thanks.

I'll see about scanning it the next day or so at work.

Jim I'll get it in the mail early next week.

genEricStL, the tyre isn't that big it's only a 360

Nice work Jim   

Quote from: bubba zanetti on April 19, 2007, 02:03:11 PM
genEricStL, the tyre isn't that big it's only a 360

Ahhh ... ok .

Mine's a 130 ... a little over 1/3rd the size of his  It's a big freaking tire lol

Here is a pic from a previous thread....

that bike is just plan sick

servus,

another pic from the rear wheel:



have a nice day!

more about the bike, here in the thread:  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=9730.0

Gotta save that pic to post when someone asks how wide a tire they can put on a GS.   

jim,
have you actually ridden the bike since these mods(before the paint).....or is it just a show piece?

then the 64,000 dollar question would have to be....
if you did this for a show piece...why didn't you build a H-D? .... since at least you could sell it and get real $ for it..  some RUB would have to have a kewl H-D.....at any cost.

Quote from: werase643 on April 20, 2007, 07:23:45 AM
jim,
have you actually ridden the bike since these mods(before the paint).....or is it just a show piece?

then the 64,000 dollar question would have to be....
if you did this for a show piece...why didn't you build a H-D? .... since at least you could sell it and get real $ for it..  some RUB would have to have a kewl H-D.....at any cost.

servus,

to 1: i take 1500 km on the bike in september 2006. not only for show!

to 2: everybody made a H-D.    i made the gs because nobody made a strange gs before. the gs is my love and i want to have a very specially GS. i made the gs only for me.  in a few years i made a H-D!

kewl Jim,

I under stand the make it for me mentality
also that it is also pissing up a rope to get my $ back if/when I sell it

how did it ride with that tire on the back?