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« Reply #420 on: January 15, 2013, 09:20:58 PM » |
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We had to shuffle some vehicles about at the workshop today, so the bike was wheeled out into the Winter sunshine for the afternoon. We plonked the seat on & propped the front mudguard in place to see how it looked. Still need to straighten up the brace tube under the tank, but not looking too bad.
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« Reply #421 on: January 15, 2013, 09:21:49 PM » |
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« Reply #422 on: January 16, 2013, 12:58:07 AM » |
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my Lillian (6) just walked up and said "thats a nice bike, is he going to paint it?"
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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 #423 on: January 16, 2013, 09:51:01 AM » |
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looks like she is going to hustle mate... shame you aren't having a tow bar on the Pop, would make a cracking combo to take to show's, I know that's not what you have built it for but hey  |
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you ain't it, till you've "Bobbed" a Brit!!!
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« Reply #424 on: January 16, 2013, 10:15:59 AM » |
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Lillian has great taste Ben!
Just for Summer country lane blatting really.
This is the colour I'm aiming for. Metalflake "Root Beer".
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« Reply #425 on: January 16, 2013, 10:20:15 AM » |
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very close to ford roman bronze, old mk3 cortina colour  |
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #426 on: February 06, 2013, 07:55:25 PM » |
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Oh no! It's fallen over!
Fortunately it's landed on those 2 spare car tyres though, which is handy cos it makes fitting the battery box a lot easier. It also meant I could swap the front brake disc for the proper XS650 one I found on Ebay for 10 quid, (the previous one was from some other bike & had different shaped slots around the centre. Now it matches the rear one).
I know it's going to cause me some major hassle at some point in the future, when I'm trying to take the battery out at the side of the road, but I've decided to bolt the battery box in from underneath the frame, rather than from the top. I wanted it to sit down low between the frame rails, partly to give more clearance for the electrics box above, but also just cos I think it looks nicer, with the mountings hidden. So I cut & drilled a couple of flat steel straps & Mr Loon welded them to the underside of the box.
With the bike on it's side, I drilled the frame rails & tapped the holes to M8. So now the box is bolted up in place. Still just playing with this when I get time spare from working on my truck, but now I can see how deep the electrics box can be & sort out the side panels.
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« Reply #427 on: February 06, 2013, 08:01:28 PM » |
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« Reply #428 on: February 06, 2013, 09:33:51 PM » |
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The bike's gonna be called "The Coca Cola Kid", (I hardly ever drink anything else), so needs to be a golden brown 'flake. Rootbeer seemed the obvious choice. Hopefully Clive can add some gold leaf lettering too.
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« Reply #429 on: February 07, 2013, 09:14:54 PM » |
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« Reply #430 on: February 07, 2013, 09:19:25 PM » |
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Just the lettering will be fine thanks mate. Tomorrow the World. |
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« Reply #431 on: February 10, 2013, 08:44:40 AM » |
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Found this pic yonks ago on XS650.com
Cool huh?
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #432 on: February 10, 2013, 11:19:17 AM » |
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Nicely done. |
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« Reply #433 on: April 14, 2013, 08:24:44 PM » |
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Haven't touched this for a while cos I've been concentrating on my truck, but I picked up these new cast aluminium finned carb tops for the Amal carbs the other day -an impulse buy while ordering something on Ebay for a mate.
They got me thinking- they match the finned ali' rocker covers on the Pop. The bike's also got the same ribbed aluminium mudguards, (hand made for me by the same guy who made the Pop ones).
I plan to eventually paint the truck in satin pale green -one of the original factory colours available for '53 Ford Populars, with gloss black chassis & black MMMotors logos on the doors. I'm thinking I'd like to paint the bike to match, with green tank & black frame, (not sure if the 'guards should be black or green yet). I could fit the same green woven spark plug leads too. My green Triumph Speed Triple was affectionately known as Kermit the Thug & I'd like to carry the name on to this build. With the truck already christened Junkyard Frog, they'd make a good matched pair. I could even build a custom trailer to haul the bike behind the truck.
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« Reply #434 on: April 14, 2013, 08:42:59 PM » |
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Ohhhh i like the finned tops ive seen finned tappet covers for the xs but there too rich for my blood |
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