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peterpan

I seem to remember our very own king willy had one of those although a slightly later model.
Nice bike and a good little earner for me as when I was short of money I would unbolt the brake calipers and sell him back to him the nest day.

Bung

You have got to be joking right? Please tell me you are joking!

If true, I would go back there at night and rip it out. Or tie it in knots....or something to get some satisfaction at blowing 2200 on a 400 Baht tree!

slackula

Nope, not joking.

It was a sapling that pretty much went through my knee. My bike was impounded and before I could do the transfer and get the bike out to the buyer I had to pay the fine for replacement of the tree.

After I came off the bike skidded down the road a bit and damaged a light pole too but I wasn't charged for that. *shrug*

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Bung

Pretty much garantee a local wouldn't have had to pay that......You should go check they replaced it - I bet they don't - and money in someone's pocket.

Fvckers.

slackula

I drive past the location almost every day; they have replaced my tree and also added those annoying white-stripe speed bumps in a few places nearby. Apparently I wasn't the first 'accident' there.

When I was liberating the bike the police told me that it is a black spot for them.

Travelmate

Them ole' Fireblades are like Tanks. Strong chassis, good to use as a stunt bike. If you going to drop any bike. This is the one to do it.

slimboyfat

Spin

^ Very nice Slimboy, is the wife pleased with it and when will you be taking delivery of your bike?

slimboyfat

Very funny.

friscofrankie

OK Was going to wait until I picked this up in a couple or three weeks, The deal is supposedly done money was exchanged hand were shook and papers signed. This is the beginning of a project bike and a decent machine already, just too much "bling" for me.


Will ride it home strip off about 40kilos of chrome and what not. ride teh piss out of it and then start making it what I want. Doesn't really "need" any work but to make it what I want it 'need' a lot. Gonna be fun, in the meantime, I can ride it. That P-pad is ugly as sin ain't it?

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Spin

Nice looking bike Frankie, congrats. The shop in the photo look familiar, its not in CM though. been there before, Udon isnt it?

Travelmate

Nice bike, Slim & Frankie.
Frankie what is the theme of your project?

friscofrankie

Uh huh.

Bit of a hot rod. The pipes I'll keep great sound good breathers too. Stip off the bling and bobs will set the bags up ofr easy on & off. Some engine mods. Wheels & tires. Was thinking of old style bobbed fender and a chopped front Fat boy fender but may stick with what is on there bumpers gotta go.

Eventually; 96 cubic inches, SE heads 9.25 - 9.5 CR, stickier tires, progressive suspension rear and MAYBE a wide inverted FE. I hate the term old school and it won;t be tricked up pseudo old school but the real deal, A biger and stronger engine in a bike stripped of unnecessary crap. New technology, old school approach, simple. Just a Scooter.

I hope to add things like EFI to the mix and am targeting 1.1 ft lbs and 1 HP per per cubic inch. Plan is to build a motor that pulls like a feight train from off idle to about 6000.

Will be a rider for a long while yet; the heads and cam can go in over a weekend, probably an SE air cleaner as well, leave the CV carb on it or upgrade to a 44 SE kehin CV. When it gets punched out & stroked maybe late this year or maybe next, will then look at adding EFI wth delphi throttle body, etc. Gotta make it so them Twinkie 96s eat my dust... As it is now I'm more worried about keepin fuel & oil in her. so the project won't get goin for a few months after shes in my hands.

Might paint when the engine & tranny comes down Powder coat the frame maybe a satin black maybe gloss, ain't sure yet. Might Paint it fire engine red or maybe the same blue as teh dyna I've posted some pictures of on the forum. The paint is nice and shiny though. If I do get teh EFI cobbed together I'll have to adapt a new style one piece tank to it so paint wil be necessary, I guess. I am not lookng to make a show piece, but when you see her you will know she is geared to go. Motorcycle is a machine, it should look like one, IMO.

Travelmate

I see, looks to be an ongoing project which will never see the end. Continues to evolve as time & money permit.
I think, I got the same engine as that, filling the air compressor tank in my workshop.

friscofrankie

Must be a hell of a compressor then. Goes from 0 - 300 PSI in 10.89 seconds, does it?

Highlighting the important factor there
Imagine I'm gonna be broke for a long while... But happy. There's a house to build, can't work without a garage/shop then tooling up will be fun and expensive. I went over the bike pretty well and getting it back to 100% will be the first expense. It's strong but got 56k Km on it looks like it's one of those bikes, you know, "needs a New primary? Nah, let's add some more Chrome!" Change the oil? OoooH look at them shiny chrome covers! We'll see the roads back fromUdon are diverse with some short gunbarrel straights and a few twists bumps pot hole and a whole long line of expansion joint roads. I figure if nothng falls off on the ride home I'm lookin pretty good!

Travelmate

Just a gentle jab in the ribs for a fellow biker.

I always prefer the blacked out look on Harleys, as it gave them a sense they were designed to eat up the miles.
All the chrome & farkles is not my thing. It add more weight to the bike. Which is a bad thing IMO.

Get all the chrome off, take off the stuff you don't need. A chop on the front & rear fender. Grab hold of Matt black paint. Cover the whole bike with it. Lay some exhaust wrap on the pipes, de-baffle it as well. Changes the bars for a more purposeful look. And you got a Harley that goes!

Rigger

Well me chopper is now stripped into little pieces and ready to be fully rebuilt and will look like a different bike by the time it is done, starting with engine stripped checked before getting powder coated matt black, frame will have the head stem cut and the rake reduced to fit a new springer front end, new fuel tank made that follows the lines of the bike and new paint job, Handle bars made to fit.
New spoked rims and fatter rear tyre new rear guard, one that doesnt throw mud up my back, frame powder coated in gloss black, and a few other bits to make it one of a kind, Bike rewired and indicators put on and the bike plated.
Will be better than a new one
And congrats on the new ride Franky

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Norton

Nice lookin machine.

Talk to Marmers. He knows the road well. Bring along a support vehicle. Preferably with someone that can spell you on the bike. Long trip for a not so young as you used to be fellow.

friscofrankie

Fuck that. But I will stop for a smoke a cool drink every couple hours. If I can't handle 600 -700 kilometers in a day I may as well leave the thing there. Reason I'm buyin the thing is to ride it. Done the road now a few times. Biggest problem I see on the route is them hiway cops extracting taxes along the way in Khonkaen. We got hit twice on the way back last weekend.

Travelmate

Ah Rigger,
I see you have taken my criticisms on board and decided to build a proper looking bike.
Good lad.