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Offline dusterdude

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #25 on: June 09, 2006, 11:37:48 AM »
yea,we like to feel wanted occasionaly too.
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #26 on: June 09, 2006, 11:52:23 AM »
:o ;D 8) Problably will. If I get on Discovery channel builing against Carpy, I'll be sure to make a kiss face just for you  ;D

There's a biker buildoff that I would KILL to see....lol

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #27 on: June 09, 2006, 12:28:50 PM »
Still having mental flashes of Dusterdude in drag! :o :o 

It's a good thing I'm working late tonight, cause I don't think I'd be able to sleep anyway. ;D

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #28 on: June 09, 2006, 12:38:13 PM »
gordon,be glad to send you a pic.
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #29 on: June 09, 2006, 01:24:23 PM »
post'em up mate...  ;D
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #30 on: June 09, 2006, 03:14:55 PM »
Ya, Post em if you have em...
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2006, 03:34:11 PM »
I used to be mistaken for my older brother many times.

Usually by cops with an attitude and revenge for some of the things he
did to them in high school. A few times by very nice looking ladies... ;D

Do you get mistaken for someone else a lot?
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #32 on: June 09, 2006, 05:59:09 PM »
:o ;D 8) Problably will. If I get on Discovery channel builing against Carpy, I'll be sure to make a kiss face just for you  ;D

There's a biker buildoff that I would KILL to see....lol
I agree! I think you've got compitition now from newbie "DME" though. Have you seen this? http://www.sohc4.us/gallery/v/members/personal/Daniel+Melander/  WOW!  8)
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #33 on: June 09, 2006, 06:13:07 PM »
:o ;D 8) Problably will. If I get on Discovery channel builing against Carpy, I'll be sure to make a kiss face just for you  ;D

There's a biker buildoff that I would KILL to see....lol
I agree! I think you've got compitition now from newbie "DME" though. Have you seen this? http://www.sohc4.us/gallery/v/members/personal/Daniel+Melander/  WOW!  8)

Nice , but in a build off there is much more to it than building a clean bike. While this bike is clean, it does NOTHING for me. The tank is your chance to make a statement. It makes or breaks the bike. Solid color bikes are boring (mine included). To come so far and do nothing with the tank? Stock gauges? Stock triple and forks? There are much cleaner ways to handle putting on a set of clip ons and handle the indicator panel without leaving the old bar holes :-\ No twin caliper ?? And the number one thing I have always dis-liked about my bike is all the damn cables hanging all over the place and the big clunky controls. And the number ONE offender is the droopy brake line on the front. Again there are cleaner ways to do this.

When I build a bike I want it to be one I can stick on a turn table at a show and you can stare for 20 minutes and still keep finding new details. Things like a 60/40 porportionate brake system that kills off the need for the bulky master, Detail acid etching in the aluminum, Spokes that are more than just freakin spokes, kill off the clutch lever for a twist clutch for god sake..... No one said they had to be boring, one color, cable strangled messes.

I am a very hard one to please when it comes to a good cafe. To me the bike should be so much more and less at the same time. Imagine the bike so clean you can not see where any of the wires or cables run? Yes I am working on making the SOHC gauges electronic so that there are no cables at all.
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #34 on: June 10, 2006, 01:36:55 AM »
heepo - what is this twist clutch of which ye speaketh??? illustrate, brother...
junkie out...
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2006, 02:50:34 AM »
Just like to put in a plug for the Marines, warts and all...Anyone who goes against a regime that feeds their opponents into a tree shredder feet first while still alive needs to be taken out. Don't get me started on the religion of Islam....

They came down here (the Marines) in 1944 and died in their tens of thousands so that I could live the way I do 60 years later....TC
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2006, 05:30:42 AM »
Don't get me started on the religion of Islam....

You might consider separating what is done in the name of religion--any religion--from the actual teachings of that religion.

Just a thought...

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2006, 05:56:07 AM »
heepo - what is this twist clutch of which ye speaketh??? illustrate, brother...
junkie out...

Think I saw one on telly. Is that the kit where you roll on the left twist grip as you roll off the throttle? The bike I saw also had no front break lever. The front and rear breaks were both operated by the foot break. No levers on the handlebars. Quite a cool look. Lots of modern custom build bike seem to have them.

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #38 on: June 10, 2006, 07:50:32 AM »
heepo - what is this twist clutch of which ye speaketh??? illustrate, brother...
junkie out...

From
http://www.exilecycles.com/handlebars.shtml


This requires the use of the thicker 1" bars, but well worth it. When using it with clip ons you would modify the clip on mount to accept the twist grip. This is available for both sides.


This mod can be done with clip ons.


If they had added the VERY CLEAN straight colapsing brake (like a minature version of your fork legs, slides straight inside itself) line this would have been perfect.

Plus the use of a sprotor cleans up the rear wheel AWSOME.
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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #39 on: June 17, 2006, 01:09:33 PM »

Nice , but in a build off there is much more to it than building a clean bike. While this bike is clean, it does NOTHING for me. The tank is your chance to make a statement. It makes or breaks the bike. Solid color bikes are boring (mine included). To come so far and do nothing with the tank? Stock gauges? Stock triple and forks? There are much cleaner ways to handle putting on a set of clip ons and handle the indicator panel without leaving the old bar holes :-\ No twin caliper ?? And the number one thing I have always dis-liked about my bike is all the damn cables hanging all over the place and the big clunky controls. And the number ONE offender is the droopy brake line on the front. Again there are cleaner ways to do this.

When I build a bike I want it to be one I can stick on a turn table at a show and you can stare for 20 minutes and still keep finding new details. Things like a 60/40 porportionate brake system that kills off the need for the bulky master, Detail acid etching in the aluminum, Spokes that are more than just freakin spokes, kill off the clutch lever for a twist clutch for god sake..... No one said they had to be boring, one color, cable strangled messes.

I am a very hard one to please when it comes to a good cafe. To me the bike should be so much more and less at the same time. Imagine the bike so clean you can not see where any of the wires or cables run? Yes I am working on making the SOHC gauges electronic so that there are no cables at all.

Well, the good thing is that we all get to build the bike that we want for ourselves.
I personally don´t like old bikes that utilizes too modern stuff, I like the more classic style.
Thats why I didn´t use LED-lights, digital instruments, USD-forks etc... Doesn´t sit right with me on a CB750. But thats just my opinon.

60/40 porportionate brake system? Kind of difficult to work that out with a rear drum...?

Twin discs? Nah, rather a double-sided, twin leading shoe Grimeca brake drum! Too pricey for my economy, though...

Stock gauges? Yes, of course, they´re beautiful!

I dont think solid colors are boring, instead I think they make the lines of a bike more important.
The other good thing about solid colors is that they are cheap!  :D

Cheers

Daniel

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Re: Uncomfortable moments at bike night
« Reply #40 on: June 17, 2006, 01:25:52 PM »
I saw a GB500 that was modified so it shifted like an old scooter- pull the lever and move the grip up or down to shift. Pretty cool.

Have to agree with the "not too modern" thang.  I like lead sleds with mostly original interiors, too. The original dashboards are too pretty to mess with. To me, the interior is just as important as the outside. Maybe more so- that's what I have to look at while driving.
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