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Fazed
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Wow! That's ideal.
Are the sleeves fixed at all as I will probably have to cut the tails down slightly to fit?
chunkolini
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Sorry Blackjack, you have got the whole thing wrong, nicely executed but wrong all the same.
Why?
Well there is a fundamental problem with the layout of the component.
An easy mistake to make.
But still a basic FUBAR thing.
it has to go the other way round.
With the closed end of the loop on the left.
All of the pictures (well almost all of them) in the the custom bike mags have the bike travelling left to right.
Ho Hum.
Chunko'.
Why?
Well there is a fundamental problem with the layout of the component.
An easy mistake to make.
But still a basic FUBAR thing.
it has to go the other way round.
With the closed end of the loop on the left.
All of the pictures (well almost all of them) in the the custom bike mags have the bike travelling left to right.
Ho Hum.
Chunko'.
Not if I take them.
In my pics, the bike is in no fit state to travel.
While I understand your point, you've neglected to consider that since the country of origin is south of the equator, everything spins the other way as it goes down the drain...
pedrobedro
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Thats just a random google pic to illustrate what I'm after, not my bike (unfortunately), but it is rather horny looking, isn't it?
I was given a little Suzuki GS125 that had been rotting in a shed for 4 years, so I've decided to 'bob' it, in the style of a Gravel Crew/Bratstyle/Heiwa creation.
Google the above... some amazing looking bikes can be created from polishing a turd!
Here's what it looked like:
This is where I'm at now:
AW MAN! Did you have to post this? Just so happens that I have a GS125 in bits in the garage that somebody gave me about 7 years ago. You've given me naughty ideas now!
I'd be very interested to see how this gets on if you'd care to share your progress with us.
Fazed
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AW MAN! Did you have to post this? Just so happens that I have a GS125 in bits in the garage that somebody gave me about 7 years ago. You've given me naughty ideas now!
I'd be very interested to see how this gets on if you'd care to share your progress with us.
Hehe! Do it man, you know it makes sense. The world is ready for Bratstyled commuter 125's (but none of those godawful Chinese-ese type things... they just need burning)
Spare time has been a little lacking of late, but I am/will be taking pics of everything I do as it progresses. It doesn't help matters that the recent weather has been superb, as I've been hooning around Wales on my other bike instead of cracking on with this.
I might start another thread in 'Projects' when I get the rest of the frame fabrication sorted, and there's something worthy of posting.
Stay tooned
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I saw a 500 single Enfield at the bike shop yesterday converted to a trail type bike with an aluminium tank and mudguards. It looked like a real old timer even though it was a 95 model bike. I think the twin shock bikes lend themselves well to this style.
Disco12345
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Hey man what tank are you using in the bottom pictureThats just a random google pic to illustrate what I'm after, not my bike (unfortunately), but it is rather horny looking, isn't it?
I was given a little Suzuki GS125 that had been rotting in a shed for 4 years, so I've decided to 'bob' it, in the style of a Gravel Crew/Bratstyle/Heiwa creation.
Google the above... some amazing looking bikes can be created from polishing a turd!
Here's what it looked like:
This is where I'm at now:
Disco12345
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