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Offline schu3507

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Done!
« on: June 16, 2017, 01:15:46 PM »
Done. All things removed and few added.
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Re: Done!
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2017, 01:47:25 PM »
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Re: Done!
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2017, 01:51:36 PM »
Looks nice.  What did you "do" to be "done"?
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Re: Done!
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2017, 01:59:41 PM »
Seat, pipe, fenders removed and new tires wider. Here's how I purchased
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Re: Done!
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2017, 04:29:41 PM »
You're going to want a fork brace.
And don't ride in the rain. ;)
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Re: Done!
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2017, 04:55:54 PM »
Why fork brace? I've put about 100 miles on it. 75-80 highway and no drama. I won't ride in rain on purpose.
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Re: Done!
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2017, 04:57:38 PM »
Holy crap cause I removed front fender? That actually had enough regidity for forks huh. Wow.
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Re: Done!
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2017, 05:19:04 PM »
The fender helps the forks move together better. 
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Re: Done!
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2017, 05:31:29 PM »
It will be going back on
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Re: Done!
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2017, 06:01:25 PM »
Your happy with the end result, and thats what counts.  Enjoy!

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Re: Done!
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2017, 06:25:34 PM »
Agree. I think any hot rod, custom bike and things like that are all about what that particular person digs. Isn't that the principal of these lifestyles. Taking the norm and personalizing? That being said if I made a asthetically pleasing bike to my liking that's unsafe, cool or not the fender is going back on! I really didn't consider the dynamics of the front end. Rookie!
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Re: Done!
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2017, 07:34:58 AM »
Quote from: BomberMann650 on June 16, 2017, 05:19:04 PM
The fender helps the forks move together better.
The photo with the faring shows what looks like the original front fender cut down. I would imagine the bracket that's part of the fender that attaches to the forks would still act as a brace as per the original design?  I'm planning to do this on my build maybe with a bit if reinforcement welded in... comments by members appreciated


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Re: Done!
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2017, 08:34:30 AM »
Correct it was original fender cut short. Attached at four points, two each side to forks. I ordered a fork brace regardless. If I decide to run fender I can or be safe without it. Thanks for heads up. That could have been ugly.
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Re: Done!
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2017, 09:42:50 AM »
Yes, the fender does act as a fork brace and, imho, any bike should have some kind of fork brace.  :)
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Re: Done!
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2017, 05:36:15 AM »
I got caught up on finishing and didn't use my head. Years of riding Harley's I guess 😂
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Re: Done!
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2017, 05:54:45 AM »
I don't know if a fork brace is really necessary. Plenty of race bikes have no such bracing and get ridden far harder than you will ever push it on the street. Up to you.
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Re: Done!
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2017, 08:36:17 AM »
Quote from: slikwilli420 on June 18, 2017, 05:54:45 AM
Plenty of race bikes have no such bracing and get ridden far harder than you will ever push it on the street. Up to you.

Do they have the same noodle forks the SOHC4 has?
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Re: Done!
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2017, 04:40:14 PM »
If you don't take the risk... you dont get the reward my friend.  Follow your feeling.

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Re: Done!
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2017, 05:18:40 PM »
Quote from: schu3507 on June 17, 2017, 08:34:30 AM
Correct it was original fender cut short. Attached at four points, two each side to forks. I ordered a fork brace regardless. If I decide to run fender I can or be safe without it. Thanks for heads up. That could have been ugly.

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2008 Triumph Thruxton (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,190956.0.html)
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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)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Done!
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2017, 08:07:05 PM »
Went with Tarozzi. Let ya know if any difference from fender I guess. Thanks for input folks
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Re: Done!
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2017, 08:22:52 PM »
Quote from: schu3507 on June 18, 2017, 08:07:05 PM
Went with Tarozzi. Let ya know if any difference from fender I guess. Thanks for input folks
Hitting bumps in hard turn corners is where the fork brace proves its worth.  It is far more likely to stay pointed on your selected line.
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