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Post a picture of your custom GS

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This thread has got some awesome...and I mean AWESOME...bikes in it.

Not a single one that I've seen (and I'm on page 5 with 40 posts per page) has been something that I wouldn't ride.

Seems like these bikes are the epitome of the UJM. Universal...Japanese...Motorcycle.

I see choppers. I see sportbikes. I see cruisers. I see standards. I see touring bikes. Awesome how each individuals personal view on what to do with the bike is very unique.

I personally am going touring with mine. Big Vetter fairing. Big tail bag and saddle bags.

I am really interested in making it more sporty...but I have a bike for hitting twisties with. I need a bike for long distance touring!!!
 
katman said:
Kenny,

Hardtail shafty........ I'm diggin it!
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Actually, not knocking the effort, but that looks pretty damn dangerous. Cut down to a single backbone with a hard strut and no other swingarm bracing? That thing is going to fold like a taco i fear. :confused:
 
TheCafeKid said:
Actually, not knocking the effort, but that looks pretty damn dangerous. Cut down to a single backbone with a hard strut and no other swingarm bracing? That thing is going to fold like a taco i fear. :confused:
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you can't brace the swinger on a shafty. Has to swing down in order to get the rear wheel off. If the tube thickness is enuff the backbone will work fine. I think a lot of people assume the wall thickness stays the same when this kind of work is undertaken. That would taco, fast! Read kenny p's build all the way thru, he built a nice bike for next to nothing. As for his I can't say but on mine the wall thickness is .120" which comes out to like 1/8th inch. I've seen several shafties done very similar and never read of any taco plates.
 
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Metmachex swinger, Fox shocks, ATK Fork brace, braided lines, Dyna ignition, 4-1 out of a Yoshi header and a muffler from a Hayabusa. And that godawful seat was there when I bought it.

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Nothing custom here other than being a bike unavailable in the states... Making it much like any other custom in that you're not too likely to see another like it anytime soon.
 
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briyenkieth said:
you can't brace the swinger on a shafty. Has to swing down in order to get the rear wheel off. If the tube thickness is enuff the backbone will work fine. I think a lot of people assume the wall thickness stays the same when this kind of work is undertaken. That would taco, fast! Read kenny p's build all the way thru, he built a nice bike for next to nothing. As for his I can't say but on mine the wall thickness is .120" which comes out to like 1/8th inch. I've seen several shafties done very similar and never read of any taco plates.
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wasting your time..... no homemade hardtail ever didnt kill its owner and no bike manufacturer ever made a single downtube
 
kenny p said:
Newbie here.....She's almost finished, Hope you guys dig it.

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All kidding aside dude, diggin the look but you have to address the engineering of that back end.... its going to fold up on you. Also, the forces on that lone bolt could be enough to tare the mounting hole or sheer the bolt depending on the grade of bolt you used.
 
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jwhelan65 said:
What brake resovior are you using? GSXR...do you have a photo of your gauge set up?
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Check out my post "Gear indicator project"
It is a GSXR reservoir, that one is temporary. I have a nice clean one with a small bracket to install later.
 
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