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Offline Mtmooradian

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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #225 on: June 08, 2015, 08:27:52 AM »

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« Reply #227 on: July 09, 2015, 03:41:47 PM »


I love this shot. So smooth. Leather bag looks excellent.
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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #228 on: July 09, 2015, 07:26:54 PM »
Nice work.

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« Reply #229 on: May 05, 2016, 02:01:39 PM »
And I'm back



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« Reply #230 on: May 05, 2016, 07:40:46 PM »
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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #231 on: May 05, 2016, 07:54:23 PM »
Love it.

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« Reply #232 on: May 05, 2016, 09:42:04 PM »
Whoa!
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« Reply #233 on: May 05, 2016, 09:48:34 PM »
Nice "stick on" emblems! HEhe.  That's pretty cool.
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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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« Reply #234 on: May 06, 2016, 08:59:13 AM »







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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #235 on: May 07, 2016, 06:29:36 PM »
Custom key switch, brake reservoir, oil gauge and idiot lights all ready for the powdercoater




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« Reply #236 on: May 07, 2016, 08:47:54 PM »
 How long did the cleanup take after brazing the lettering...from just brazed to as shown in the next pics...?
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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #237 on: May 07, 2016, 09:37:10 PM »
Hot water for the flux, and quick cleanup with bead blaster


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« Reply #238 on: May 07, 2016, 09:37:28 PM »
Maybe 30minutes


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« Reply #239 on: May 09, 2016, 11:16:32 AM »
Trying to see if a matching rib is going to work.






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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #240 on: May 09, 2016, 04:21:57 PM »
Definitely (IMHO).

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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #241 on: May 09, 2016, 04:46:31 PM »
+1


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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #242 on: May 09, 2016, 07:35:50 PM »
Nice embellishment.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #243 on: May 09, 2016, 07:46:59 PM »
 Works for me , and matches the fender...
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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #244 on: May 10, 2016, 01:45:57 PM »





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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #245 on: May 10, 2016, 03:06:01 PM »
Nice dimes.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #246 on: May 10, 2016, 04:41:39 PM »
Tried to keep the temp down, didn't really go for pretty


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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #247 on: May 11, 2016, 06:13:56 AM »
Cleanup







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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #248 on: May 11, 2016, 09:05:57 AM »
You do some beautiful work.
1975 CB550K1 "Blue" Stockish Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=135005.0)
1975 CB550F1 frame/CB650 engine hybrid "The Hot Mess" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,150220.0.html)
2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
2014 MV Agusta Brutale Dragster 800
2015 Yamaha FZ-09 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,186861.0.html)

"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

Sold/Emeritus
1973 CB750K2 "Bionic Mongrel" (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=132734.0) - Sold
1977 CB750K7 "Nine Lives" Restomod (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=50490.0) - Sold
2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
2016+ Triumph Thruxton 1200 R (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,170198.0.html) - Sold

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Re: something a little different.....
« Reply #249 on: May 11, 2016, 12:54:38 PM »
You do some beautiful work.

You're not kidding. I might just have to go and have a cry over on the Pissed Off thread now, cuz I know I'll never be able to do anything like that.

This is one of the best threads I've seen on here in ten years, thanks for coming back  8) :)
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