Let the hate begin...
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Goin-Commando
Street Tracker
I can't think of anything to hate about it except that it's not mine...
I like the looks of it with the shocks that are on it, but the longer shocks are goin to help the chain not hit the battery box.
Got any old dirt bikes layin around? That peice of plastic chain guide that wraps around the front of the swing arm will help out your battery box.
Looks awsome RB!
I like the looks of it with the shocks that are on it, but the longer shocks are goin to help the chain not hit the battery box.
Got any old dirt bikes layin around? That peice of plastic chain guide that wraps around the front of the swing arm will help out your battery box.
Looks awsome RB!
OregonThruxton
750cc
Looks rad Steve. Lookin forward to seeing at PIR. Here's a cut-n-paste I did a couple years ago.
Thats why the new 530 chain/sprocket combo uses a 19t up front also.:lol:
Bonniebret
Rocker
Very cool looking. The phrase "slow and low" comes to mind. It looks like it would be fun for leisurely cruising.
OregonThruxton
750cc
Rodburner...leisurely cruising? ha ha...you've never met Rodburner then.
Just got back from my handling test.My normal, run a hundred times, backroad ride. My bike before,had ultra quick steering,requiring lots of input to follow a line through a corner,as in always wanting to turn in steeper and tighter as I went around. The new setup only responds to the bar input given.No more or less,it just goes around without drama. The corners were taken at the same speeds as before,only just where I wanted it to go..The ride on the freeway though,is much smoother and steady.A passing semi will barely push the bike off line.I like it.
Threewheelbonni
Two Stroke
I have no idea why you did this, but it looks like a good job. Enjoy it.
Andy
Andy
D9
Vendor
Some interesting things happening in the latest iteration...
The whole bike looks longer & lower - more so than perhaps it should with a lengthened swingarm, but the greater angle of the rear shocks, the minimalized
seat/vestigial rear fender, the narrowed tank, and the long, narrow low-profile headllamp are all working together well & creating some really good lines. I generally really dislike extended swingarms that cause the rear wheel to be completely out of alignment with the rear fender, in this case as the fender is so minimal it's not an issue, and the rear tire/fender relationship is cool... having spent some time studying the pic, I find the overall effect pleasing... from
a design standpoint, everything's pretty well balanced, major & minor components & their respective negative spaces playing happily together... and it's still unmistakably a Bonneville.
The one change I think I'd want to see would be better alignment between the
bottom of the tank and the bottom of the seat.
Good work Steve!
Cheers,
D9
The whole bike looks longer & lower - more so than perhaps it should with a lengthened swingarm, but the greater angle of the rear shocks, the minimalized
seat/vestigial rear fender, the narrowed tank, and the long, narrow low-profile headllamp are all working together well & creating some really good lines. I generally really dislike extended swingarms that cause the rear wheel to be completely out of alignment with the rear fender, in this case as the fender is so minimal it's not an issue, and the rear tire/fender relationship is cool... having spent some time studying the pic, I find the overall effect pleasing... from
a design standpoint, everything's pretty well balanced, major & minor components & their respective negative spaces playing happily together... and it's still unmistakably a Bonneville.
The one change I think I'd want to see would be better alignment between the
bottom of the tank and the bottom of the seat.
Good work Steve!
Cheers,
D9
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