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Message started by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 00:09:54

Title: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 00:09:54

I came to motorcycling late ... like a year ago, at age 47. I've come to love riding, learning about bikes (especially cruisers, 'standards' and their variations) ... more especially singles - and making simple mods to my bike. If I had money, time and skills I'd make a bike like the one in the attached photo.

What would you do?

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by jcstokes on 09/09/17 at 01:03:43

If our beloved little bikes butt rivet you after a few hours, that one will probably do it in an hour or less.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 01:28:59

646D7D7A61656B7D0E0 wrote:

If our beloved little bikes butt rivet you after a few hours, that one will probably do it in an hour or less.

Hahaha ... that's been my main issue since I got the S40. I have put a lot of thought and time into resolving it ... still working on it :)

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object ;)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by DieselBob on 09/09/17 at 06:04:49

That's a great look. And the Savage lends itself well to the design. Indeed, you're not going to be spending hours in that seat. But then, I spent hours at a time in the saddle of a hardtail '56 FLH, cuz that's all Harley made at the time. It did however have a very well sprung seat.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by ohiomoto on 09/09/17 at 06:42:39

I'd build a 652cc 70's style standard and on the cheap! Ha, ha...

Actually, I'd build some sort of board tracker style bike.

http://www.motorcycleshows.com/sites/motorcycleshows.com/files/styles/gallery_page_288_x_184/public/550X330JonMacdowell_275.gif?itok=YJWP0cpi

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 07:47:38

447D7160717A647B78140 wrote:

Hours at a time on a hardtail! - That's impressive! :)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 07:55:33

595E5F595B594259360 wrote:

I'd build a 652cc 70's style standard and on the cheap! Ha, ha...

haha .. ;D ;D

The board trackers look amazing too. They really speak of their era.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by Ruttly on 09/09/17 at 10:20:47

I would build a shop and buy the equipment for building bikes.
And finish all my bikes and then build some more. Using ideas & skills I learned over the years so I could put myself on my own list of what I call
"Next Level Builders" someday.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 10:33:43

022524243C29500 wrote:

Sounds perfect ;)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by Ruttly on 09/09/17 at 11:26:32

Yeah my list of next level builders grows & grows but my name is nowhere to be found , it's still on the hobbiest list , but it's truely a time & money issue , skills can be learned or faked (having someone else do it) !
In my heart I am a builder , part of a worldwide network of builders.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by Ruttly on 09/09/17 at 11:37:19

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object ;)
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Super smooth lines over the front tire up the forks over the bars sweeping down the tank & seat up & over the rear tire/fender. Looks fast just sitting there. Shapes & Lines very nice !

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 12:09:19

0E29282830255C0 wrote:

If I had enough money for multiple bikes, the one pictured would just be one of them. Probably for having a coffee in town, and back again!

I just love the look of it, as an object ;)

Super smooth lines over the front tire up the forks over the bars sweeping down the tank & seat up & over the rear tire/fender. Looks fast just sitting there. Shapes & Lines very nice ![/quote]

I've been looking at it and trying to think how I would 'improve' it. But, I really can't find anything. I was gonna pick on the chrome head covers, but then you would have to attack the tool box, then the headlight ... and that would just leave the forks all shiny on their own!

It reminds me of when I do a rough hand sketch of an idea for a logo or design. Something about the sketch might really work but I decide it needs 'cleaned up' - that never works. Sometimes a thing just works as it is.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by Ruttly on 09/09/17 at 12:28:07

I/R , Sometimes it's just about keeping it simple , function before form and it just happens.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by zipidachimp on 09/09/17 at 21:30:34

One of my regrets is never learning to 'weld'. I bought a cheap welder a while back, but the garage I rent would need rewiring, and the landlord might regret the rise in power consumption.
Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame is another object to accomplish! 8-)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by IslandRoad on 09/09/17 at 22:53:19

223128313C393B30313528580 wrote:

Funny you mention that. I bought a small welder a few weeks ago for the first time, have done a couple small jobs recently ... nothing that depends on the integrity of the welds though. It's very satisfying 8-)

"Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame ..."

That sounds like the Vulcan 500 ;)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by gizzo on 09/10/17 at 01:44:06

I would build a mud brick house and an aeroplane.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/10/17 at 02:05:16

776D696B6A54657670766D606361040 wrote:

I would build a mud brick house and an aeroplane.

Nice!

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by LANCER on 09/10/17 at 03:31:29

If I was young, healthy and strong again, I would build a log home with a VERY LARGE garage using squared off logs to make stacking them easier, AND take welding and machining classes so I could do more on bikes. Then I would need to populate the garage with building tools.
Oh, one more thing...buy a helicopter!
[ch128513][ch127949][ch128513][ch128641][ch128513][ch128526][ch128378][ch127996]

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/10/17 at 04:50:24

I think machining is probably the thing I wish the most I could have been introduced towhen I was in school. I didn't even know it was a thing. In hindsight I think it could have really caught my imagination.

If I had the money today, I'd buy a good lathe.

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by IslandRoad on 09/10/17 at 14:26:05

37243D24292C2E2524203D4D0 wrote:

...
Sticking a midsize sportbike engine in a 'feetforward' frame is another object to accomplish! 8-)

I'm just gonna leave this here! [ch128526]

Kawasaki EN500

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by zipidachimp on 09/10/17 at 19:58:23

good one! I bought a Vulcan 500 in '15 and sold it a year later. Overweight and overlong. It was too pretty to cut up, so sold it to a noob for a profit.
That's the idea though. FZ07 engine in foot forward, short wheelbase frame, woohoo! 8-)
GS500 w/feet forward!

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skill
Post by IslandRoad on 09/10/17 at 22:05:10

57445D44494C4E4544405D2D0 wrote:

I sat on a new 2016, Vulcan 500 when I was looking for a bike. They had one in the same showroom a the S40. I also felt it was a bit long, and felt heavy ... especially at 500 cc.

Whole different story when I sat on the S40 8-)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by zipidachimp on 09/10/17 at 22:13:59

When I heard the Rebel 500 was coming, got really excited, but then Honda did the unforgivable and created the ugliest bike in the world, with MID controls. Can no one get it right? Jeez!!!! 8-)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by IslandRoad on 09/10/17 at 22:22:35

392A332A2722202B2A2E33430 wrote:

When I heard the Rebel 500 was coming, got really excited, but then Honda did the unforgivable and created the ugliest bike in the world, with MID controls. Can no one get it right? Jeez!!!! 8-)

Haha, No, they can't! If only they would come to my place, measure me, and ask my opinion ... then we could get this done properly 8-)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by zipidachimp on 09/10/17 at 23:11:44

the 'street twin' is nice, but insurance over 750cc here is expensive. A street twin 650 would be ideal, but Triumph and all the rest don't care! Screw 'em. I'll stick with modifying older bikes to suit me. Cheers! 8-)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by MMRanch on 09/11/17 at 06:57:25

IslandRoad

Lancer and Versey just left my place to get out in front of the Hurricane rain coming in. They have two bikes that looked a lot like that first picture you posted ... but ... they got them big pistons , super cams , special carbs and such in the mix too.

If I could get the time set aside I'd line-up a string of campgrounds so I could take my Savage for a 10 day cruise ! ;)

Title: Re: What you do if you had money, time & skills?
Post by Ruttly on 09/11/17 at 15:05:18

27342D34393C3E3534302D5D0 wrote:

Building your own bikes comes a huge sense of accomplishment & pride !
Not to mention you get to ride a bada$$ bike , one no one else has !