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Reply #15 - 09/15/15 at 09:13:16

Dave already asked about some of my leftover parts (side panels, tool box cover, belt covers, battery box) but if anyone else is interested in the extras let me know. I don't want to get rid of anything until the build is hopefully complete this winter but after that I'll have no reason to keep them. After the tank and frame are cut down it's not like the bike is going back to stock anyway.

I get super cheap FedEx shipping through work so even if you think it's something that's not worth it, it might be. It only cost me $5.74 to ship my tank from Wisconsin to California and a normal quote from FedEx is $42.72. Shocked

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Reply #16 - 09/20/15 at 09:52:10

I did the exact same year and paint color as yours. Take a look at my build if you want. (The link is just down to the left above my e-mail button.) I'm just south of you down below Chicago a few miles. Feel free to ask me questions about my build. Some easy, some hard but all worth it!
By the way, I'm 5' 10" and the bike fits me perfectly!
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Reply #17 - 10/28/15 at 11:00:20

Parts have arrived!

It's a little depressing thinking about how much I just paid for parts that were able to ship in two medium sized boxes. I'm looking forward to getting everything out and starting up work on the bike again. I haven't really done anything to it since the teardown because I don't really trust the Ryca instructions much. I want to see everything that I'm putting back on the bike before I start cutting the frame and removing tabs.

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Jeff71 Senior Member Offline I'm a bike noob!!!!! Posts: 378 South of Chicago, the suburbs Gender:	Re: Oh look....another Ryca build thread Reply #18 - 10/28/15 at 21:08:31 Ever price out an engagement ring? Ever see the size of that box? Now get building!!!!!
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Reply #19 - 10/29/15 at 06:16:02

Jeff71 wrote on 10/28/15 at 21:08:31:

Ever price out an engagement ring? Ever see the size of that box?

Yes. Luckily I have a wife that understands that diamonds are stupid.

Kids on the other hand...they better take very good care of me when I get older. They're not even 3 yet (twins) and they have easily cost 6 figures.

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Reply #20 - 10/29/15 at 07:17:58

Yes, RYCA stuff seems to be expensive when you compare it to the mass produced parts, some of which are made in China. RYCA is basically a small scale custom builder, and they really can't get the kind of discounts possible when you make 10,000 pieces of something. Most likely a big order for RYCA is measured in 2 digits......and that makes it hard to keep costs really low.

And, I suppose if they moved to a rural midwest town instead of CA - they likely wouldn't have as high of taxes/labor/rent costs.

As expensive as the parts might seem - it is part of the cost of living. (This is how I want to live and this is what it costs).

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Reply #21 - 10/29/15 at 07:57:42

The RYCA kits are good value. Expensive yes, but they have taken the time to engineer the solution and procure the parts so you don't have to. It's all a trade off of time v money. Do you want to spend as little time possible with the end result being a cool bike; or do you want to tinker?

I found the RYCA fabricated parts (seat pan, battery box and other assorted brackets) to be of good quality with stout powder coating. Having been through the experience, I'd probably still purchase many of my kit items from RYCA. There are a few things I might procure on my own, but you don't know until you have the experience.

BTW, my bike went "off script" in many places and I'm very proud of my custom elements and the people who made them for me.

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BSTON Full Member Offline Posts: 218 Milwaukee, WI	Re: Oh look....another Ryca build thread Reply #22 - 10/29/15 at 11:32:39 Things are a little better today. A third box arrived that seems to have quite a few parts in it too. (I still haven't had time to open everything up yet)
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2625 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: Oh look....another Ryca build thread Reply #23 - 10/30/15 at 05:56:19 BSTON wrote on 10/29/15 at 11:32:39: (I still haven't had time to open everything up yet) If you hate packing noodles, you're in for a bad day.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10596 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Oh look....another Ryca build thread Reply #24 - 10/30/15 at 06:42:52 Interesting. I got one of the first RYCA kits they produced and EVERYTHING was bubble wrapped and then bubble wrapped again, and then the endless tape on top of that. Trying to unwrap without destroying the bubble wrap was crazy.
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Reply #25 - 10/30/15 at 08:19:18

Oh yeah....I forgot about the saran wrap on everything. Packing noodles love to stick to that stuff. Of course, it all imparts a charge to your hands...and the noodles then stick to you like stink on poop.

I think I'd rather see damaged goods than to open a box and have packing noodles jump onto my hands. Angry

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Reply #26 - 10/30/15 at 09:41:08

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/30/15 at 05:56:19:

If you hate packing noodles, you're in for a bad day.

It didn't look like the number of packing peanuts was too bad. Everything was wrapped in a whole lot of bubble wrap though....which kind of sucked because I wanted to open the boxes at work and check out all of the cool stuff that I just got.

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Reply #27 - 10/30/15 at 11:20:34

I wanted to unwrap mine carefully and be able to reuse the bubble wrap.
At the time I was recovering from a bike crash and broken back so I had plenty of time to just sit and PEEEELLL everything apart very carefully.
I looked at everything and then rewrapped it and packed it away until I could actually do something with it.

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Reply #28 - 11/02/15 at 06:18:42

Gary_in_NJ wrote on 10/30/15 at 08:19:18:

I think I'd rather see damaged goods than to open a box and have packing noodles jump onto my hands.

The irony is that even with all of the crazy bubble wrap, shrink wrap, and packing peanuts, there were still a couple dings and chips on some of the parts. I think I was more worried about dropping something while trying to carefully remove all of the wrap.

That stuff isn't free either. I would think it's almost to the point that individual boxes that are sized for each part would be cheaper.

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Reply #29 - 11/03/15 at 16:39:57

BSTON wrote on 10/29/15 at 06:16:02:

Jeff71 wrote on 10/28/15 at 21:08:31:

Ever price out an engagement ring? Ever see the size of that box?

Yes. Luckily I have a wife that understands that diamonds are stupid.

Kids on the other hand...they better take very good care of me when I get older. They're not even 3 yet (twins) and they have easily cost 6 figures.

Children are meant to be sold and not heard...

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