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  • Ta2Mike

    #1

    custom 850

    Ran across this vid on youtube today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zluRu...eature=related

    Perhaps old news but I thought it was interesting, particularly the wheel modification a little later in the video
  • Dogma
    Forum Guru
    • Sep 2007
    • 7143
    • Mason, OH (SW)

    #2
    The only thing I don't like about that build is the new bodywork. Not sayin' he should have left it stock, I just don't like what he used. All the rest of that should be applicable to my 1000.
    Dogma
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    • Guest

      #3
      Huh, cant do that to no 850!!

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      • tkent02
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        Past Site Supporter
        • Jan 2006
        • 35571
        • Near South Park

        #4
        I think he just did it.
        Nice bike.
        http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

        Life is too short to ride an L.

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        • Guest

          #5
          Originally posted by tkent02
          I think he just did it.
          Nice bike.

          Heh, nice try hommie.

          Mine looks better!!

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          • tkent02
            Forum LongTimer
            Past Site Supporter
            • Jan 2006
            • 35571
            • Near South Park

            #6
            OK, if you say so.
            http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

            Life is too short to ride an L.

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            • Guest

              #7
              Originally posted by Octain
              Mine looks better!!
              Ahh, I think I did...

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              • tkent02
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                • Jan 2006
                • 35571
                • Near South Park

                #8
                It's not about looks, is it?
                Good thing.
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                • Guest

                  #9
                  LMAO..
                  Of course it is.
                  Course, the 850 in any form is an absolute hoot to ride.
                  One of the funnest(is that a word?) bikes I've ever owned.

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                  • kochic
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                    • Nov 2008
                    • 1433
                    • St-Jean-de-Matha,Quebec

                    #10
                    I think that the only thing that look wrong is the exhaust.or all the exhaust he tried.The pic of the rear wheel skeleton is great for idea...
                    marc
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                    • Maddog209

                      #11
                      Talented Santa!

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                      • Guest

                        #12
                        Originally posted by kochic
                        I think that the only thing that look wrong is the exhaust.or all the exhaust he tried.The pic of the rear wheel skeleton is great for idea...
                        marc
                        The bodywork looks goofy. Kinda Busa-ish, or something.
                        Still though, its good to see a modded 850 shafty.

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                        • Tim Tom

                          #13
                          I like it. Any idea on what kind of wheels he put in there. I thought it was pretty hard to put wheels from a chain driven to a shafty. I guess its possible, but how tough is it?

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                          • Dogma
                            Forum Guru
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 7143
                            • Mason, OH (SW)

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Tim Tom
                            I like it. Any idea on what kind of wheels he put in there. I thought it was pretty hard to put wheels from a chain driven to a shafty. I guess its possible, but how tough is it?
                            Based on the slides shown, it seems you'd need to be a wiz at welding cast aluminum bits of wheel to each other. It looks like he welded the shaftie hub into a newer wheel.
                            Dogma
                            --
                            O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you! - David

                            Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan

                            --
                            '80 GS850 GLT
                            '80 GS1000 GT
                            '01 ZRX1200R

                            How to get a "What's New" feed without the Vortex, and without permanently quitting the Vortex

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