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From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build (Read 18765 times)
RpNSht
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #210 -
06/26/11 at 14:25:48
Gyrobob wrote
on 06/26/11 at 12:46:43:
There is so much room left over by using the lithium battery, you have room now for a small storage space to keep a minimal tool kit, and the registration/insurance papers, etc. Maybe just use the bottom half of the RYCA battery box with a hinged door on the side, eh? Keeping the RYCA side panels would cover up all that stuff.
ya one could totally do this but like i said
wheelchairstuntn wrote
on 06/26/11 at 00:50:57:
....of the four, none are using side covers or batteries under the seat. ive always thought this was the essential cafe racer look. the certain emptiness under the seat gives a bike a very light presence; the epitome of the cafe racer agenda and/or legacy.
i have plans for a registration storage compartment under the rear cowling using the lock from the stock tool lock box but i need to get the bike on the road first...its too nice out here to be on my feet or tethered to four wheels!
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #211 -
06/26/11 at 14:28:08
this is how i mounted the rectifier, starter solenoid, and computer:
and of course i loved the tucked plate idea so much that i had to keep it despite losing out on the awesome ryca battery box:
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #212 -
06/26/11 at 14:30:41
ROUND 2!: powder coat
well my plans were to have the bike on the road by july 1. i think im going to miss the deadline by a week or so. figuring out the paint is tougher than i was hoping for. nevertheless i will be dropping off the final pieces to get powdered in gloss black of course:
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RpNSht
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #213 -
07/02/11 at 03:04:10
all this powder to get through and hopefully i can get stasis is death on the road, in time for a late night birthday ride around l.a.
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #214 -
07/02/11 at 05:05:24
I'm sad to see that beautifully machined battery box powder coated.
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #215 -
07/02/11 at 06:07:10
MotoBuddha wrote
on 07/02/11 at 05:05:24:
I'm sad to see that beautifully machined battery box powder coated.
I was about to say the same thing. It is your decision, but I would have left it in the machined surface state, maybe clear-coated it at the most. When I saw the pictures of the box being machined out of a billet block, my machinist heart was jumping for joy! Now with it being powder coated black, you can't even tell.
But no offense please, just my personal opinion.
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sbaugz
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #216 -
07/02/11 at 07:11:13
I disagree. I think its better powder coated, otherwise it would stick out like a sore thumb against all the other stuff that he powder coated black already.
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sbaugz
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #217 -
07/02/11 at 07:13:59
wheelchairstuntn wrote
on 06/26/11 at 14:28:08:
and of course i loved the tucked plate idea so much that i had to keep it despite losing out on the awesome ryca battery box:
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee419/rpnsht/IMG_1955.jpg
I am probably going to do the same thing. My plate got beat to crap only after 20 miles on my RYCA because it keeps hitting the rear tire. I was either going to do an axle mounted vertical mount kit from ebay or I was going to tuck it like you (and RYCA did) with their bikes. Only concern I have with the tucked plate is visibility of plate and getting pulled over.
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #218 -
07/02/11 at 08:46:02
the Georgia Highway Patrol would pull you over in a heartbeat for, as they would put it, "hiding" the license plate like that.
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #219 -
07/02/11 at 08:52:53
Gyrobob wrote
on 07/02/11 at 08:46:02:
the Georgia Highway Patrol would pull you over, Taze your ignorant A55 & beat th everlovin crap outta you in a heartbeat for, as they would put it, "hiding" the license plate like that.
There, fixed it for ya..
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RpNSht
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Reply #220 -
07/02/11 at 17:24:03
lean with it rock with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7K9YAOdA8g
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anyone else have problems with their kickstand? regardless of the adjustments made, my kickstand would allow my cs-1 to slip forward at the slightest touch. after a few times of almost losing it, the bike was put on blocks, kickstand removed, and a 1/4 steel plate welded in place of the brace. problem solved.
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RpNSht
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Reply #221 -
07/02/11 at 17:26:16
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RpNSht
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #222 -
07/02/11 at 17:33:21
battery box revisited: powdered, finished, and installed
thank you for the feedback on the battery box. but i agree with sbaugz:
sbaugz wrote
on 07/02/11 at 07:11:13:
I disagree. I think its better powder coated, otherwise it would stick out like a sore thumb against all the other stuff that he powder coated black already.
powdering the battery box helps it disappear creating a more open space under the seat, which was the main motivation for creating the battery box in the first place. ive never really had a taste for billet and if i did keep it billet i wouldnt have been able to make the lid mimic the fins of the engine block.... pops killed in on the finishing of lid, wouldnt you agree?
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #223 -
07/02/11 at 18:19:01
what the heck, aren't you done with this thing yet? I am dying to see it done. Come on, hurry up already
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Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build
Reply #224 -
07/02/11 at 18:29:32
wheelchairstuntn wrote
on 07/02/11 at 17:24:03:
lean with it rock with it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7K9YAOdA8g
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anyone else have problems with their kickstand? regardless of the adjustments made, my kickstand would allow my cs-1 to slip forward at the slightest touch. after a few times of almost losing it, the bike was put on blocks, kickstand removed, and a 1/4 steel plate welded in place of the brace. problem solved.
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee419/rpnsht/IMG_1972.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee419/rpnsht/IMG_1991.jpg
I have the similar plate from Ryca, but I had already cut off the tab on the right side of the frame.
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