Are you sure that seat is going to stay stuck down especially when taking a sharp corner?
Believe me, that seat is going no-where, especially with my ass planted on it !
The Velcro I used is the same the Illinois gives out to hold their I-Pass's to windshields, and is as industrial as Velcro comes. I have a hard time getting the seat off after I have sat on it, so no worries of it comming loose.
Looks great, though I'd also have to mention that with you on the bike, you've got about 2 inches of clearance between back wheel and seat, and very little cornering clearance.
Might want to consider lowering the front more, while raising the back. This will help clearance, as well as increase the 'quickeness' of the handling.
The bike is real low, which is exactly how I want it..
The look of a slammed bike that has been stripped down of everything not needed is my vision of perfection.
This bike is gonna be a stoplight racer, so I will sacrifice comfort for looks on this one. We actually had to cut about a 1 1/2'' outta the cafe hump to get alittle more clearance out back. With those short shocks set on their hardest setting I should be OK clearance wise. Even with me "bouncing" on the bike as hard as I could the seat still had about 1'' of "safety room" from coming in contact with the rear tire. The new tire is gonna be the same height, but I might go alittle wider (i have the room) to get alittle larger of a footprint out back.
I know you're going for more of a low look, but I'd be tempted to throw on a set of performance shocks and have some fun at the track. That bike is going to weigh next to nothing when you're done and should be a lot of fun to toss around. Maybe keep another set of shocks around so you can raise the rear end if you want.
I feel exactly where u are coming from, but as I said above I am going for a low and lean looking scoot, that I can have a blast tooling around the city on. If I were gonna built a purpose built track bike I would make it right, but this thing is a low buck racer that is gonna eat up the streets of Chicago (stoplight 2 stoplight)
Plus no matter how many times I am told, I just cant get myself to jack up the rear end of a motorcycle, no matter what the benfits it might have. Just cant do it...
Do you have a plan to fill in the hole between the tank and the seat?
What kind of clip-ons are those?
The "hole" between the seat and the tank is going to be an issue, which I will address once everything else is done. Some thoughts to take care of it were to either make a attachment for the front of the seat to make up that space, then have it re-upholstered (kinda like Benjie does with his seats), or take some metal and "bridge the gap" so to speak and maybe mount some switches in their , a.l.a a racecar switchpanel. I will figure it out when the bike is basically done, as for now I have allot of other things I need to address..
I got the clip-on's from
http://www.mikesxs.net for a great price. He has lots of good parts for great prices, and free shipping to boot ! I got the headlight ears their as well...
This Saturday I am gonna go source a set of rearsets from a local motorcycle junkyard, and get that part of the project going. Still on the fence about if I should paint the bike (pro job), or just leave it the way it is. Was thinking about doing a low-gloss/flat green on the bike, or maybe a low-gloss red ? Spraypaint is allot cheaper that having a shop spray it
More updates to come !
