So i've got most of my things that I wanted to do to my bike done, and now its burning a bit of oil.  I was thinking of streetfightering this thing and taking off the whole rear tail section and taking away the birds nest of wires and hiding them and just leaving the support bars out.  I could also go the opposite route and do a full fairing setup or something of that nature.  Or just sell it and pay off some credit card debt.  Whaddaya think??



As she sits right now.

id street fighter it.

solo seat cowl of some sort, some sort of alien-type headlight/windscreen, wider rear tire, and call it a day 

i'd ride it the way it is. but that's just me. 

Me? Well I'd slap a two Stroke in it and make it smoke worse.

In this economy I'd sell it and get out of debt. Of course, I'm old fashioned that way...

i suppose it comes down to what you need vs. what you want. 

Put your gear on, duct tape a bunch of pillows to yourself and DRIVE IT OFF A DOCK!!!!!!!

Seriously, you haven't lived until you've driven into a large body of water at 45mph.

Quote from: spc on June 22, 2009, 09:41:38 PM
Put your gear on, duct tape a bunch of pillows to yourself and DRIVE IT OFF A DOCK!!!!!!!

Seriously, you haven't lived until you've driven into a large body of water at 45mph.

Yes indeed

now that would make a great story to tell the grand-kids huh?

How does reworking the tail fix the burning oil issue?

It doesn't but i'm ready for a change on it.  I may end up rebuilding the motor though if I like the rest of her.  I just said its burning oil because its getting more miles on it and burning about a third of a quart every 3-500 miles or so.

This engine tends to burn oil.  I wouldn't worry so much about it.  to fix it, you will have to rebuild the bottom half, and even then, it will be a temporary fix.

I ran mine till it did a quart in 300 miles, and these were commute mines not sustained high rev, long road miles either.
A qt in 1000-1500 - yea, the good old days. But, mine never smoked. Never ...
Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: XealotX on June 22, 2009, 08:09:31 PM
In this economy I'd sell it and get out of debt. Of course, I'm old fashioned that way...

+1       ..... and .....      +2    Credit card debt sucks - kill it.

If I had another bike and felt I don't need this one, I'd sell and pay bills.  If I didn't have another bike and if selling means I'd be driving a car, I'd keep her.  You would save money on the gas compared to a car even with the oil issue.  If money was an issue, postpone the upgrades.

-Porkchop