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December 4th, 2014, 09:56 AM | #82 |
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Awesome thanks for the pointer
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March 25th, 2015, 10:08 AM | #83 |
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Lightening project - smaller headlight, and a rear mudguard
We spent a few hours this weekend replacing our 7" headlight with a 5" Bates-style one we got for about $45 from Amazon. These lights are becoming more common in cafe and scrambler builds, so we thought we'd try it. It reduces the front profile of the bike, and is also lighter. It's a bottom-mount light that mounts to the horn bolts on the bike's lower triple clamp, with a small aluminum bracket we made. We remounted the turn signals to the coil bolts (near where they were on the bike originally).
Surprisingly, this light seems just as bright as the larger one. That rear mudguard is is also new. It's made from formed 1/16" aluminum and a dirtbike fender extender with a tiny LED tail and brake light. We also swapped the cafe-style rear turn signals with little lights mounted in the ends of the frame tubes. It's all very lightweight, and the mudguard protects the rider's back from the prodigious amounts of moisture on the roads around here, especially this time of year. Anyhow, the bike's up and running around. Just need some decent weather. |
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March 25th, 2015, 10:22 AM | #84 |
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March 26th, 2015, 03:03 AM | #86 |
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nekkid frame tubes in the back
I just can't get past the look of the nekkid frame tubes in the back. The rest looks great.
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Oh I see. I didn't realize it was a tailpiece. I thought it was just red vinyl stretched over the seat or something.
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August 24th, 2016, 04:10 PM | #95 |
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Remounted the Vapor gauge
We recently made a new bracket and remounted the Trail Tech Vapor gauge in an offset position. Its a little more compact this way.
Another thing - finally got rid of the yellow rim tape, which I hate. We couldn't figure out how to remove it, so a wide black Sharpie came to the rescue Also, saw 98 mph on the highway. Couldn't get any more, even with a speedway tuck. 15T front sprocket may be hindering top gear revs. |
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Good to see you here, Bob. I don't know if you saw my post on the other board about the 250 I did after seeing yours, but I posted in your thread to say thanks.
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Looks way better without rim tape... Never thought I'd say that
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What handlebars, mounts and cables did you use?
Looking to do a similar thing on one of mine. |
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August 25th, 2016, 06:45 AM | #99 |
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Renthal low bars (Ultra or Super Low, can't remember what they call it). Outlaw bar mounts from Amazon (many other types available there, too). We used hex-drive bolts, rather than the bolts supplied by Outlaw, so they could be tightened from above.
Stock cables and wires, with a stock-length Venhill braided steel brake line. I had to reroute the clutch cable a little, I think. It's been a few years. |
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December 3rd, 2016, 02:50 PM | #100 |
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[QUOTE=Chicagobob;592913] fabbed a taillight mount and turn signal mounts,
How did you fab the taillight and signal mounts and what did you use? Also wehre did you get the taillight? |
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December 3rd, 2016, 03:16 PM | #101 |
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[QUOTE=acook3323;1148652]We used aluminum plate, which we bent and drilled. The light is from Amazon, and cost only about $15. Many similar ones are available there, and from eBay.
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December 11th, 2016, 11:28 AM | #102 |
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You might want to remove the paint on the expansion tank just the rectangle between the upper & lower mark lines so you can see what the fluid level is.
Bike does look good. |
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December 12th, 2016, 08:31 PM | #105 |
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[QUOTE=acook3323;1149871]Onto the tops of the rear frame rails, behind the crossmember. We originally used a shorter plate, but swapped it out for the "duck tail" fender to help keep our backs dry.
The taillight is mounted (with double-sided foam tape, because its original bolts have failed) to a small aluminum bracket that is bolted to the bottom of this plate, like so: |
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Hey, Bob. I've slowly been seeing more and more of your style of bike on here. I did some of your mods to my bike a while ago, and have since seen more and more in the wild, and a few on Craigslist. You're famous-ish
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July 5th, 2017, 11:47 PM | #111 |
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Pretty late to the party but I was curious how you went about fabricating your aluminum sheets.. any particular tools?? Are they all 1/16" thick? all the ones near me at like lowes are so thin. Also did you end up keeping the original rear fender? I'm having alot of issues trying to replicate what you did with the fender extender.. would this work similarly? (except removing the light) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FLNOH1I...=2C9AOJJEB0HUS
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July 6th, 2017, 04:33 AM | #112 |
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I'm not sure how thick mine is, but I've used 1/16 and 1/32, aluminum plate, which you can get from various eBay sellers. Hardware stores don't usually carry it. I've been able to get a 24" X 24" plate on occasion. It is very useful for fabrication.
And that looks exactly like the Acerbis light we used. Last futzed with by Chicagobob; July 7th, 2017 at 05:11 AM. |
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July 30th, 2017, 02:36 PM | #113 |
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New taillight and "fender"
So, inspired by Rielen's $10 Amazon Acerbis knockoff dirt bike taillight/fender from this thread, we decided to again change the rear of the ultralight Ninjette cafe/scrambler. The idea was to control rainwater spray while adding as little bulk as possible to the rear of the bike. This light weighs only a few ounces, looks sleek, and is bright.
We replaced the $6 Chinese taillight and plate aluminum license holder with the dirt bike item, but then what to do about the license plate? Fortunately, we had one of those bobber-style axle mounted plate brackets. It needed a little trimming to thin the mounting hole area enough to allow the axle nut to fully seat, but it fits, and the curve even matches the bike's 16" wheel, so on it went: |
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Chicagobob, found your bike in google image search months ago. You have been my inspiration for my build. I cannot find the pic of how you mounted the brain and rectifier. I'm guessing the battery looks to be in the stock position as well as the fuse box. Love how you trimmed the side pieces. Looks good. Just the right amount of naked.
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Since this was taken, we switched to a Ballistic 4-cell battery, very small and light, which is in the battery box, leaving room for the ECU in there also. The rectifier is still bolted to the airbox like it is in this photo. We cut out the part of the rear fender that had the rectifier mounting lugs, and screwed it to the airbox with sheet metal screws. We've also since painted the coolant reservoir silver. |
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Thank you very much. I'll throw the airbox back in. I was going to go with the two cone air filters, but seems like using the airbox for a the battery box as well as a mounting surface works great. I'm gonna pull the fender and trim it up as well. I am very sorry for copy catting your build. bike looks great and everything you've done is amazing. I will be doing some differences for the lights front and back, so they will be a little different =)
this front light https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...A1YO4CUGMH8FEZ this rear light https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=ARHL164GNCEO7 and these turns https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...A2O0WRO2IFEXV7 I will be running the same look for handlebars. its a great look. and the trailtech looks great. I'm going to try the cheap knockoff first. Its 40.00. I'm sure i will hate myself for it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=AY1GFLIL9VDFX
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