Looks like this thread died a few years ago LOL! Nice pic. I have 3 custom BMW's two are complete and another in progress. Here are pics of my two R65's. One a tracker and a custom cafe racer built for a competition.
Hi Rocco. I have an old Honda cb750 supersport Boesman. It belongs to a client and he decided to abandon the project. It already has Gsxr front end and 17 inch spoke wheels. Some parts missing (carbs and wiring)but the motor looks clean and solid. Owner is in Joberg but bike with me in Cape...
The valve covers were damaged so got them welded up and I reshaped by hand and then you guessed it....ceramic coated... ::)
Thats pretty much where I'm at with the bike. Freek has done all the paintwork and I'm due to collect in the week to come. We going to fit a moto gp style exhaust too. The...
He also requested a small rack in the place of the pillion seat. Made up a billet ally rack that slots into the old bracket for the pillion seat. Also modified the tailpiece to mount another two small motogadget indicators. We are also ditching the big rear fender and Ive made up a thinner fender.
Client wanted bar end indicators as well as bar en mirrors so we went with the little Motogadgets and a special fitting that I turned up. Still waiting on the mirrors to arrive.
Then it came to fitting the Renthal style fat bars. Made up new risers and also had them ceramic coated.
The rims and hubs ceramiced and the spokes nickel plated and assembled.
Also the headlight glass was broken and the light rim damaged so those were replaced and the bowl of the light black...
So next up was what to do with the clock and idiot lights. Deigned a new housing and ditched the ugly trip meter knob for a clean look.
Got it welded up and ceramic coated.
Hi again everyone. Here is my latest build stil in progress. A 1200c that was in an accident about 4 years ago. The owner decided it was too expensive to repair and felt it might be worth more as a custom bike...So here we go.
He showed me a pic of more or less what he wanted so its re doing...
Hi thanks for the kind words. No I actually bought the light unit for the yamaha as it sits. Its a Harley light..Check out Bangood.com...cheap as chips :thumleft:
Its a small unit that is supposed to eliminate lots of wires. You connect all your controls wires to it and then only two wires come out from the handlebars to your M unit. Not a button as such but thats what they call it.
Dont worry it took me a while to get my head around it all. There is also...