strokerlmt
Moderator
Very f----ing coollllllll
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know your limitations
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Nick Morey
Rocker
Cool, so now he bends sheet metal to fit the foam template? How many pieces to do outside of tank?
strokerlmt
Moderator
Steve.....when the weather is betta I'm comin to meet you. I like your style and your twisted Bonneville mod vision.....
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Not sure how many pieces this one will be formed from.One of the chopper tanks I saw at his shop was only 3 pieces,2 halves and a tunnel.
I'll be here.
I've realized that my limitations are patience and knowing when I'm being bent over. Nothing has taken place since the last pic except the cost jumped to $1200 and the time table to 'when I can fit it in". Screw that. Make me some axle adjusters for my round swing arm project,maybe a couple of other bits here and there and I'll take that $200 chunk of foam please. It will make a dandy start to a fiberglass tank,I'm thinking....
Nick Morey
Rocker
:screwy: That's a real drag, sounds like the guy ran out of motivation. :yawn:
Reminds me of a friend from my hometown, he was suppose to put another engine in a Chevette I had, 5 months later and snow is falling, I'm still riding a Suzuki back & forth to work. I finally said f**k it and my brother and I decide to go put it in ourselves, even if we didn't know what we were doing! Sometimes if you want something done you gotta do it yourself. A custom metal tank would've been cool, but a custom fiberglass tank should still look pretty sharp.
Reminds me of a friend from my hometown, he was suppose to put another engine in a Chevette I had, 5 months later and snow is falling, I'm still riding a Suzuki back & forth to work. I finally said f**k it and my brother and I decide to go put it in ourselves, even if we didn't know what we were doing! Sometimes if you want something done you gotta do it yourself. A custom metal tank would've been cool, but a custom fiberglass tank should still look pretty sharp.
and when painted you won't be able to tell the difference
Went ahead and carved out the tunnel so I could visualize it on a real bike.Looks ok,but would need to be a little wider for some extra capacity.Also seems pretty high above the engine,but doesn't look too totally ugly. Opinions?
Don't mind the birds nest under the seat.The new mono shock is bigger diameter,so I'll need to whip up a new box.
Don't mind the birds nest under the seat.The new mono shock is bigger diameter,so I'll need to whip up a new box.
Nick Morey
Rocker
Could be 2-3" wider (split down the middle?), add an inch or so to bottom. Side profile looks sharp!
Nick Morey
Rocker
Something like this, eh? I can see the resemblance.
D9
Vendor
I liked that foam mockup first time I saw it... I like it even better now... looks as if it
BELONGS on the bike... wow. I'm down with a bit of extra width... but the lines that
tank is generating even as it is now are wonderful.
Personal opinion only... you need different wheels. The three spokers aren't quite right. Too much visual chop...need something with
a finer visual density... IMO, YMMV
Hope this isn't heresy... but the new wheels from the Bonneville SE would look killer... maybe finished all black though, but I'd like to see it either way - or maybe even just back to classic black spokes...
BELONGS on the bike... wow. I'm down with a bit of extra width... but the lines that
tank is generating even as it is now are wonderful.
Personal opinion only... you need different wheels. The three spokers aren't quite right. Too much visual chop...need something with
a finer visual density... IMO, YMMV
Hope this isn't heresy... but the new wheels from the Bonneville SE would look killer... maybe finished all black though, but I'd like to see it either way - or maybe even just back to classic black spokes...
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