Put E30 Euro Smiley's on my Honda... Need opinions...

[newman]

jeeeesussss newman. Your killin it dude! that bike is badass. I love how you threw those old school chopper influences on whats nowadays usually turned into a cafe bike. Suicide shift. Hidden controls.etccc.... I have a lot of respect for you my man.

Thanks. A lot of guys ask me why I didn't do a restore or "cafe bike"... fuck that man, there are a million of those. Plus they're almost always parts bin bikes. Buy an exhaust. Buy a set of clubmans, buy rearsets... lame. I made tons of stuff on my bike.

Some "custom" mods

Rear seat hoop = bottom of a set of BMX handlebars
Front stem: made by me
Front Axle: me
Exhaust: me (304ss tig)
Bars: me
All the controls: me (internal throttle is a modified purchased part)
Headlight nuts, kicker, fender struts, shock mounts, etc etc...

I get real bummed out when people tell me they have a "custom" anything, and it turns out to be a bunch of parts that they bolted together.

Oh yeah, since you can't see it in any of the pictures, here's the front of the exhaust. Cylinders 2 and 3 cross. Makes for a cool sound. Pardon the instagram pic, but you can follow me @ctnewman on there if you want...

wait...just now noticed no hand brake. holy shit that thing must be terrifying!

It's actually really comfortable and I feel safe when driving it. The foot brake operates both front and rear brakes. The ONLY hard part is starting off on up-hills. You gotta use your left foot to clutch in so your right foot is on the ground, so you sorta have to fight the hill with that leg.

If you wanna do one light you could rig the low beam like cars now-a-days so when you activate the high beam the cut off thingy in the ellipsoid flaps up do it let's all the light out. I think that would look good. Put the flap on a spring and hook up an actuator to flip the cover up.

I'm only riding around with a low beam as it is. Most of my riding is city riding, so it's not an issue. I thought about using just one light, the smiley, but if I do, I might as well use the big 7" one.

[obes]

this is some bad ass shit! haha

[kwill22]

If you wanna do one light you could rig the low beam like cars now-a-days so when you activate the high beam the cut off thingy in the ellipsoid flaps up do it let's all the light out. I think that would look good. Put the flap on a spring and hook up an actuator to flip the cover up.

[rich4rdee]

wait...just now noticed no hand brake. holy shit that thing must be terrifying!

[stinkydriverx]

jeeeesussss newman. Your killin it dude! that bike is badass. I love how you threw those old school chopper influences on whats nowadays usually turned into a cafe bike. Suicide shift. Hidden controls.etccc.... I have a lot of respect for you my man.

[CrusherCurtis]

Shits dope, You should just do 2 cross haired high beams.

[Thizzelle]

looks dope

[rich4rdee]

come the f%^k on man.

???

i've only rode dirt bikes and a 68 cl250. both have a hand clutch and foot shifter?

[325ix]

I love the bike. I think dual headlights would look great if they were smaller though.

[MattAvino]

This bike is unbelievable. Im assuming the encasing you're making will adjust the offset between the high and low beam. If that's the case it will look awesome.

[newman]

Going to try print this housing on my printer tonight. It'll probably take 40+ hours

[tonywonder]

this is a fucking sick bike! what are you grabbing here?

its called Swag.

[tonywonder]

suicide shifter

[Simon S]

<3 how far outside any box I can even conceive that bike is.

Why?
No reason..

It's so delightfully crazy/creative/unique - yet so comfortable-looking doing so..

[matthugie]

Not gonna lie, from the title I came in here expecting a shit fest.

That bike's hella dope though :up:

+1. I came to flame, but that shit's sweet.