Recent content by sgt brad

i knew you'd be able to make something out of it. nice job. i'm still loving the uj cover. just gotta find time to clean the bike and take pics for ya. hopefully soon. glad the busted cover didn't go to waste. curious now who wants it??? brad

i put progressive springs in the front and adjustable kybs off of a kawa zrx on the rear. it's a perfect combo for mild street riding especially if you're on the heavy side like me. the nose doesn't dive as mentioned and the rear stays planted. it was cheap too. i think i picked up a like...

the homemade ark gives one thing that the commercial ark's don't, a huge place to store all of your small stuff. i put my insurance and registration card in a ziplock bag and stuffed it back in where the aircleaner used to be. it's nice to have a little trunk to hide things. plus buying a...

i knew someone would bust me on that. i'll try to get some pics and post them. heck i'll even post an emgo vs. epco so ya'll can choose. just give me a couple of days.

pic of bar-end mirror this is about the best pic i had of the mirrors. i hope this helps. fwiw just take the mirror off of the stalk and make a tear drop shaped adapter from any material stiff enough to support the mirror. both ends of the teardrop will need a hole drilled in it. the...

after reading a couple of the threads here about people purchasing the discounted epco muffler seconds on ebay i finally took the plunge. i replaced a set of emgos that i installed just after buying the bike 2 years ago. i liked the emgos for what they were and certainly for the price. when i...

i did the old convert the stock mirrors to bar ends. grabbed some left-over carbon stock from work and ground down adapters. took all of about 20 minutes. they work great and i'm no longer looking at my shoulders when i ride. for those of you on a budget it works great.

thanks for the link. wasn't aware of it.

very cool. thanks for posting. i may have to try a track day after watching that vid.

for example, carlos and matt have a 2007 thruxton with stroker, cams, head work, ohlins suspension, wide wheels, etc, for 15k. i would imagine the thrux would walk away from the norton without breaking a sweat. of course all of this means nothing if you're a collector that doesn't ride much...

i think for the money i'd be more inclined to buy a duc sport like the dude's. the norton looks ok and i like it, but the price is retarded.

x2 on the scala multiset. did a 3600 mile trip with a buddy and they work great. ran out of battery only 2x and that was because we forgot to fully charge them the night before.

i'll check that. thanks.

it's a carb bike with 2800 miles. it shouldn't need a carb sync yet, but i'll grab my sync tool and check. i'm getting rusty on my carb adjustments, but won't opening up the air screw richen things up a bit? it seems that it's running a little leaner on the left cylinder based on the color of...

i did a quick search and couldn't find anything on this here. i've heard that our header pipes have been known to get hot and even sometimes glow. last night i fired up the thrux just to let it idle for a little while in the motorcycle shed. she was on the sidestand with about 1/2 choke. i...