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basketcase
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 Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:43 am Post subject: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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I'm not sure what you'd call it, but my pal Ben said something that let me know I had done a good job. He said "It looks like a Steve McQueen bike."
79 XS 650 lowered and shaved. Handmade fender. Solo seat and chopper wiring. High power coil, single points conversion, high flow exhaust and air filters.
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Teebs
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| Posted: September 29, 2009, 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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| How did you make the fender?
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Teebs
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| Posted: September 29, 2009, 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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| ...and what exactly do you mean by "lowered and shaved"?
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basketcase
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| Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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I made the fender out of three stock fenders. You can see in the pic that I had to do a ton of welding and pie cutting, not to mention the zillion skim coats of filler to smooth it all out. The idea was that I could re-use the rubber mounts and stuff, but try to hide them and clean up the appearance.
I lowered the bike by moving the forks up in the trees and putting shorter shocks on it. By shaving I mean that I took/cut off anything that stuck out or was extraneous like turn signals, extra foot pegs, side covers, unused brackets, etc.
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basketcase
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| Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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Hmmm... the picture didn't show up. How about now?
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Aussie650
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Joined: Apr 19, 2009
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Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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| Posted: September 29, 2009, 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Cafe Bobber? My build |
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| Hey, nice work, bike looks great. Just wondering where you got your solo seat from and how you mounted it? Cheers.
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