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"I'd rather ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow"
Bikes: Ducati: 748 (Track) Honda: RC31 (Race/street)/ CRF 110 Mini Moto/ Hawk Endurance Racer Kawasaki: ZXR1200R
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It's a good thing I don't have room for another bike.
--mark
'20 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro / '19 Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE / '11 Triumph Tiger 800 XC / '01 Triumph Bonneville cafe
My ride reports: Missile silos, Labrador, twisties, and more
Bennington Triumph Bash, Oct 1-3, 2021
Look what just showed up.
Same bike, same year... double the price.
Doc, go get the first one!
http://burlington.craigslist.org/mcy/1800938227.html
Justin, read more closely. That second one is ten years newer than the first. It also looks to be in substantially better condition and has some useful farkles (notably that rack, which isn't cheap itself, and upgraded rear suspension).
All things considered, the price on that bike is actually outstanding. But obviously that's not the one you'd choose if you want a project because it doesn't need any work.
--mark
'20 Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro / '19 Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE / '11 Triumph Tiger 800 XC / '01 Triumph Bonneville cafe
My ride reports: Missile silos, Labrador, twisties, and more
Bennington Triumph Bash, Oct 1-3, 2021
Don't worry Cata! I love the heat. I'm perfectly happy with 95 or so. Even the humidity is ok. What I don't like is 18 degrees with humidity. I'll take 90 with 3 H's all year if an option.
Might be home in July...not sure yet. I'll let you know.
Turn on the AC. Try to enjoy summer.
Cheers!
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- Nothing Witty -
2002 Ducati 998 (sold)
2006 Xtreme Pro Stock 125cc (sold to JBell)
2000 Ducati 748 track (sold)
hey do you have any more info on this 'vinyl spray'? got a cracked seat on my ttr and might think bout respraying it (i know it wont fill the holes but it would at least put the colours all together and maybe seal it up a bit).
how about durability?
I apologize for the lack of updates! It is slowly but surely coming together. Hope to make some forward progress this weekend.
This is what I used -- Duplicolor Vinyl & Fabric. Not sure about durability yet as I haven't been riding the bike.
Here is a video demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuiTj...eature=related
Not sure about durability, but even if it wears a bit it'll be easy to touch up.
For $7 per can it was a no-brainer for my project.
awesome info. where did u find it? wally world? auto store?
Performance? I probably wouldn't use that word to describe the engine. Utility is a better choice. It's a 200cc 4-stroke so it's sort of like riding a glorified lawnmower.
Still, something about small displacement & size makes it really fun to tool around on!
Lots more info here: http://tw200forum.com/
Here is one on the dragon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGkMQdS0ivw
Ran out of room for photos in the original post so are the current updates...
July 5th, 2010
This project got me interested in powder coating at home to save time and money.
On Friday, I picked up the last thing I needed to give this a go... a sandblast cabinet (Craigslist find). This antique is homemade but it works amazingly well and can fit semi-large items, unlike many of the bench top models.
Turned these foot-peg brackets...
Into...
Bare metal very quickly!
Now into the cardboard box for application of high voltage powder with $60 Eastwood powder coating gun. It looks gray, but it's semi-gloss black.
There are zillions of colors available.
Into the free Craigslist oven (cracked glass top) for 25 minutes at 400 degrees. This should be done in a well ventilated area and should not be done in your kitchen oven (unless you want some cancer with your next frozen pizza).
Of course, you'll need 200V @ 50 Amps in your garage for this.
As soon as the parts are cool, they can be bolted back on. Compare this to several days of paint coating & curing with solvent based paint.
Brackets ready for another 20 years of dirt roads.
Nice curves!
Honestly, this was about $150 invested in tools including the sandblaster, free oven and Eastwood Hot Coat powder coating gun from eBay.
August 1st, 2010
One of the problems I needed to solve after putting in a taller shock was the kickstand length. It was way too short after adding the Blaster shock.
The good news is that the OEM handlebars are the exact same outer diameter as the kickstand. I decided to weld a section of my old handlebars into the kickstand with parts of a bolt as backing.
After smoothing out the welds. It's not pretty but I'm not a welder, either.
At this point I powder coated it and put it back on the bike.
I also added a new speedometer with sweet blue back lighting.
August 7th, 2010
This weekend I tackled the exhaust and headlight.
I knew I had to replace the OEM piece and I had already picked up a stainless header from a TTR-225 on eBay a while back. A couple of people have had luck with the FMF Turbine Core 2 universal pipe so I ordered one up. They run about $120.
It looks good and sounds even better! I haven't had the bike under any load yet so I can't comment on performance yet.
One thing I changed was the mount. This can comes with a wrap-around hangar that covers the FMF logo and just generally looks sloppy. So I took a cutting disc to it and chopped it up. I riveted the section I was left with to the can and it looks much more clean.
Around this time I also finally fitted up a new o-ring chain to replace the very cheap OEM.
Back when I started this project, I started looking for headlights. I liked the way large chrome headlights look on TWs.
I ended up finding this huge headlight is from an enormous 1,600cc Victory Vegas motorcycle. I found it on eBay for $30.
When it arrived it seemed way too big, and I had no idea how I was going to mount it to the bike.
After playing with some angle iron and my welder, I came up with a bracket that I've now powder coated.
The mount looks bent because of the wide-angle lens.
The headlight used to live there...
...and now it lives here!
At first I thought it just looked too big, but it's grown on me. I think the large proportion goes well with the large proportion of the lugs on the front tire.
The chrome bucket goes with the chrome speedometer as well.
looking sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Niice...
Good progress! Can't wait to see the finished product.
~that which doth not kill me can only make me stronger~
LRRS / CCS - #103
Holy Crap... I think that's my old bike. Bought it in 2000 or 2001 with 1500 miles, sold it a year later to a friend. Check out the title history if you can and see if I (Shelby) is a previous owner - I believe I was the 2nd or 3rd.
Seriously?
I bought it from a guy near Middlebury. It didn't come with a title and it was last inspected in NY... but it easily could've been over to NY and back in the 8 years since you might've had it.
He took it in trade for a car, so it would be hard to track it down unless one of our friendly law enforcement types would like to run the VIN.
Or you can just look through your papers and find your Bill of Sale with the VIN and we can compare.
I won't sell it back to you though!