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« Reply #105 on: June 04, 2010, 08:42:17 PM » |
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Would having the engine leaning backwards slightly affect it's running?
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« Reply #106 on: June 04, 2010, 08:52:47 PM » |
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Not enough to worry about I would've thought mate, but I'll level it up.
Sheesh, I'm getting nagged by me own forum!
I've got part of the trike exhaust in the vice at the moment, cleaning up the spring tabs, ready to trial fit it again & I spend a couple of hours working on the Pop every day -so there!
I'm gonna go with increasing the rake to bring the frame level I reckon.
I'm missing the finned exhaust clamps from my engine. Anyone happen to have any?
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« Reply #107 on: June 05, 2010, 06:57:53 PM » |
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« Reply #108 on: June 07, 2010, 10:23:56 PM » |
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I bought a reproduction 1937 ...something, tail light at a rod show at the weekend -Chevy? Ford? Not sure.
It's quite big. The lens is about 3 inches across, but I liked it. Loony found an old "bullet" chrome wing mirror in the workshop & the plinth from it would work quite well as a light mount. Maybe too big to sit on top of the mudguard? I guess I could sink the end into the rear guard so it looks less obtrusive, but I kinda like it's quirkiness. Could bolt it to the hardtail as a side mount, but I'm not keen on side mount number plates. Wonder if it's SVA compliant to have the light offset on one side of the frame, down by the rear axle, with the number plate on a seperate bracket off the bottom of the guard?
Modelled here by Mr Lunatic on Archie's XS.
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« Reply #109 on: June 08, 2010, 09:39:24 AM » |
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beautiful!!!!!! leave it like that
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« Reply #110 on: June 08, 2010, 12:45:06 PM » |
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beautiful!!!!!! leave it like that
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« Reply #111 on: June 08, 2010, 01:17:58 PM » |
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #112 on: June 08, 2010, 08:47:51 PM » |
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Quite like them lamps more I look at them Andy, when you going back? |
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« Reply #113 on: June 08, 2010, 09:16:14 PM » |
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I bought it from "Pop Brown's" stall at the Billing rod meet. He sells an LED version for 40 something quid, but I prefer the look of a "proper" bulb, so went with the cheaper version. 30 something quid. http://www.popbrowns.co.uk/ |
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« Reply #114 on: June 09, 2010, 01:46:06 PM » |
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Haha so much for not going to get on with this one until the Trike's and pick up are finished oh and lets not forget the Charger lol....Voodoo.....
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« Reply #115 on: June 09, 2010, 03:51:00 PM » |
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I found some of those finned collars on mikes xs dawt cawm, but they're in America and 20bucks each.
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« Reply #116 on: June 09, 2010, 06:39:39 PM » |
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Any idea if they ship to little ol' Britain?
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« Reply #118 on: June 11, 2010, 10:06:39 PM » |
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My day off today & Taz is away for the weekend, so I had a bit of a road trip, all by myself.
Drove up to Lincoln & back to visit Cycle Haven. Angie & Nic have been running the business for ...Gawd knows how long. I was buying chop parts from them about 25 years ago, so they must be one of the longest running custom bike shops in the country by now. Very nice people.
One of the first trikes I ever saw, & the one that inspired me to have a go at building my first, was Nic's low riding XS1100 Yam. I saw it at the Bulldog Bash in Stratford on Avon back in the mid 80s. That looks so simple & tidy I thought, I could do that.
Amazingly, as I walked through the door of their shop, I saw a familiar shape under a cover in the middle of the showroom -that's not the old XS11 is it?
Yup. Apart from a change of forks, it's still exactly the same as I remember it.
After a 4 1/2 hour drive there, they made me a cuppa & I perused their shelves.
Having decided the low tunnel Sportster tank I'd bought mail order from them just didn't look right, I took it back & swapped it for a high tunnel, the later model with the screw in cap. That'll let me fit a pop-up flush mounting cap for the SVA test. I think a standard chrome cap will suit the chop more though, so bought one today & will pinch the pop-up one from my trike for the test.
I also bought a tap, a pair of flat drag bars & some vintage style grips. Trouble is, the grips aren't availbale in 7/8" Japanese bike size, only 1" Harley size. Can anyone help me out with some steel or nylon reducer sleeves?
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« Reply #119 on: June 11, 2010, 10:10:09 PM » |
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The handlebars came with 6 pages of instructions!
All in German.
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