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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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RpNSht Ex Member	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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RpNSht Ex Member	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 Ex Member	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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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	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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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. Undecided

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. Embarrassed

But no offense please, just my personal opinion.

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sbaugz Ex Member	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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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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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	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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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	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:

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 Ex Member	Re: From Lien to Bobber to Cafe: RYCA Build Reply #221 - 07/02/11 at 17:26:16 branded:
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RpNSht

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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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sbaugz Ex Member	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:

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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