The Difference Between Success and Failure

[natemoen]

On a side note, what will you be doing with your old seat? I might take it off your hands.....

[IanDMacDonald]

Gabe- As you read on Garrett's build, he ended-up using his son's skateboard as a base, and used the Harley padding/foam on-top of that. He tried three different seats before he made his own.

[TomB]

Read through DaBubble's thread on his build, he made his own seat base in GRP using the frame rails taped over as the mould, a big plastic sheet over the bike stopped any mess.

I copied the idea to make a base for a customers Kwak Z13 Trike, it works really well and is the best way to get a decent fit base.

[D0wn5h1ft]

Wait, I thought u were going to keep the Dyna's from your E and put them on your F? When I first bought my bike, I PM'd Steve regarding the square headlight. He stated that it gave out a wider beam pattern, etc. Now that I see it on your bike, I guess I'm glad I kept it. Did u ever try to find the XJ750 light? Why don't u just buy my Mac pipes from me and leave yourself with one less headache when it's time to tune

I don't know, I really like the circle headlight a lot better. Better visibility? Probably not. But it looks looks better imo. As far as the Mac pipes, if you recall, I already had a set of those on my bike and I could not tune it. Took them off and now it runs like a champ (a small vacuum leak but nothing too bad).

The only things I've bought is a rear render (which will bolt on), virago 11.5" shocks, and a seat. The frame rear frame is going to be shortened to make the fender fit the seat and I'm already mocking up a mount for the harley seat I think might work. That's not to say I'll actually make it anywhere with that. I've never fit a different seat to an entirely different frame before so I'm expecting for this to be an adventure of sorts.

[D0wn5h1ft]

Wait, I thought u were going to keep the Dyna's from your E and put them on your F? When I first bought my bike, I PM'd Steve regarding the square headlight. He stated that it gave out a wider beam pattern, etc. Now that I see it on your bike, I guess I'm glad I kept it. Did u ever try to find the XJ750 light? Why don't u just buy my Mac pipes from me and leave yourself with one less headache when it's time to tune

Also, I did take the dynas out of my E and put them in the F. If you zoom in you can see the new plug caps and wires.

[fredintoon]

- - - I'm going to ask some of the frame geometry guys what makes these two frame setups look so completely different: - - -

Hi Gabe,
the difference is that the black bike has it's fork tubes moved up through the tripletrees and has shorter than stock rear shocks while the red/blue/rust bike has the normal stance.
I swear I dunno about the motivation of guys who fit solo seats.
While not everyone wants to pick up a blonde chick and take off for the coast, if you ain't got a place to put her, you can't.

[trbig]

Hi Gabe,
the difference is that the black bike has it's fork tubes moved up through the tripletrees and has shorter than stock rear shocks while the red/blue/rust bike has the normal stance.
I swear I dunno about the motivation of guys who fit solo seats.
While not everyone wants to pick up a blonde chick and take off for the coast, if you ain't got a place to put her, you can't.

In Scott's (Da-Bubble) instance,

1: He has a very lovely wife and family at home and wouldn't do that.

2: Scott ate his Wheaties growing up. He's a big ol' boy and I'm betting he couldn't do that even if there was a back seat attached.. lol.

[fredintoon]

In Scott's (Da-Bubble) instance,
1: He has a very lovely wife and family at home and wouldn't do that.
2: Scott ate his Wheaties growing up. He's a big ol' boy and I'm betting he couldn't do that even if there was a back seat attached.. lol.

Hi Tod,
1) Without a rear seat he can't park the kids with the grandfolks and take his lovely wife to the coast neither.
2) As he has the skills to make a shorter seat, those same skills can surely make a longer one?
And if all else fails, he can fit a sidecar and take the whole tribe!

[jetmechmarty]

Passenger pillion or not, I think Da-Bubble did a fine job of customizing his motorcycle. As customs go, this one may be my favorite.

[James England]

Even as an XS 1100 purist, I like this bike!

[mikubuilder]

Gabe, if you need, I have an extra Special's gas tank...can be yours for a small donation...PM me if interested

[fredintoon]

Passenger pillion or not, I think Da-Bubble did a fine job of customizing his motorcycle. As customs go, this one may be my favorite.

Hi Marty,
you are absolutely right about the bike.
It's what the solo seat says about the rider.
Remember Ingrid Bergman's quote? "I just want to be alone."

[fredintoon]

Gabe, if you need, I have an extra Special's gas tank...can be yours for a small donation...PM me if interested

Hi Gabe,
if you decide to go for that Special gas tank, it's drilled out lock will swap with the lock in your Standard tank so you can stay with one key operation.

[D0wn5h1ft]

Hi Gabe,
if you decide to go for that Special gas tank, it's drilled out lock will swap with the lock in your Standard tank so you can stay with one key operation.

I assume you mean just the internals, right? Because my tank has the flush mount lid, not the raised one like that.

[natemoen]

I assume you mean just the internals, right? Because my tank has the flush mount lid, not the raised one like that.

Yes, the lock cylinder can be removed from both and the good one can be put in its place.