PNW Chit Chat thread

[5Toes]

My favorite Honda mini trail bike..

http://hondatrail70.com/MilitaryCT70.htm

[e30austin]

Old m42 almost out

You work slow.

[bmwm42]

You work slow.

i just started like an hr before i posted yo. removing this bitch isnt complex or time consuming im just multi-tasking with other shit im also doing in the process.

[e30austin]

i just started like an hr before i posted yo. removing this bitch isnt complex or time consuming im just multi-tasking with other shit im also doing in the process.

I'm just fucking with you. Calm down, my brotha.

[bmwm42]

I'm just fucking with you. Calm down, my brotha.

i anit tripping homie, thing has been ready to get pulled for a while but :yawn:

[e30austin]

i anit tripping homie, thing has been ready to get pulled for a while but :yawn:

Know that feeling. Get that bitch together dude!

[spiDmang]

No good pics of it yet, but off the top of my head:


So far it's just got:
-Headlight Relocation
-Speedo Relocation
-Drag Bars
-Flipped mirrors

Next up I have some tail light mods that I'm doing as well as rear controls and a 2-into-1 exhaust, further chopped rear fender, and maybe a little shorter seat.

Looks clean Joel.

Imho...Clip-ons > drag bars

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Looks clean Joel.

Imho...Clip-ons > drag bars

If you sit on it and put your hands where clipons would be, the riding posture is just horrible. It'd look sweet, it'd basically be the Roland Sands Hurley bike (which is gorgeous, don't get me wrong), but it'd be terrible to ride. The drag bars are about as low as you can go without destroying yourself.

Nice clipons are also like $250 :-/

One thing I'd like to do is move the controls to where the passenger pegs are and move those back another 6". There's an easy kit for it but it takes doing a 2-into-1 exhaust and there aren't any of those that look particularly good. Also, when you do a new exhaust on these things you have to retune the ECU and get a programmable ECU too, so your $650 exhaust kit turns into a $1250 job plus the $350 controls relocation kit. It's really disappointing that no one has figured out how to do it without the stupid exhaust.

[spiDmang]

If you sit on it and put your hands where clipons would be, the riding posture is just horrible. It'd look sweet, it'd basically be the Roland Sands Hurley bike (which is gorgeous, don't get me wrong), but it'd be terrible to ride. The drag bars are about as low as you can go without destroying yourself.

Nice clipons are also like $250 :-/

One thing I'd like to do is move the controls to where the passenger pegs are and move those back another 6". There's an easy kit for it but it takes doing a 2-into-1 exhaust and there aren't any of those that look particularly good. Also, when you do a new exhaust on these things you have to retune the ECU and get a programmable ECU too, so your $650 exhaust kit turns into a $1250 job plus the $350 controls relocation kit. It's really disappointing that no one has figured out how to do it without the stupid exhaust.

Haha I know what you mean. My cafe had drags on it, but I hated the look. I opted for some clip ons quickly after. To me, since my bike started out as a cruiser, the clip ons really weren't too bad. It's similar to riding a crotch rocket, but with a more rider to road feel (imo).

Im also looking at rear sets too man! I'd like to move mine back about 5-6" as well, to give it a more aggressive look and feel.

But damn, that's a shitty situation. You gotta pay to play ehh? Lol it makes me like my carbs a lot more...not as expensive and easier to work on :p

Next Dicks meet, let's ride there! Maybe by that time, I'll have my new speedo setup, my exhaust done, and my vintage series Firestone tires in ;)

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Haha I know what you mean. My cafe had drags on it, but I hated the look. I opted for some clip ons quickly after. To me, since my bike started out as a cruiser, the clip ons really weren't too bad. It's similar to riding a crotch rocket, but with a more rider to road feel (imo).

Im also looking at rear sets too man! I'd like to move mine back about 5-6" as well, to give it a more aggressive look and feel.

But damn, that's a shitty situation. You gotta pay to play ehh? Lol it makes me like my carbs a lot more...not as expensive and easier to work on :p

Next Dicks meet, let's ride there! Maybe by that time, I'll have my new speedo setup, my exhaust done, and my vintage series Firestone tires in ;)

Next Dick's meet is actually (tentatively) a Kate's Pub Meet! At the last one we decided that we oughta go for Kate's happy hour since it's half off the entire menu and you can get a burger/beer for < $10. I'm definitely in to ride there though. Since doing the work on the Harley I've probably put ~250 miles on it just because it feels so good. The Buell on the other hand got ~80 miles last year and ~50 this (just to get rid of last year's fuel). Gotta find someone with a bike to match that one for an excuse to ride it!

[spiDmang]

Next Dick's meet is actually (tentatively) a Kate's Pub Meet! At the last one we decided that we oughta go for Kate's happy hour since it's half off the entire menu and you can get a burger/beer for < $10. I'm definitely in to ride there though. Since doing the work on the Harley I've probably put ~250 miles on it just because it feels so good. The Buell on the other hand got ~80 miles last year and ~50 this (just to get rid of last year's fuel). Gotta find someone with a bike to match that one for an excuse to ride it!

Good to know!

Ya I know what you mean. Ive been riding with a couple other cafes as well as a yahama 1100 v-star, Suzuki boulevard m50, and a 2012 r6...

I don't discriminate ;p

[IronJoe]

Next Dick's meet is actually (tentatively) a Kate's Pub Meet! At the last one we decided that we oughta go for Kate's happy hour since it's half off the entire menu and you can get a burger/beer for < $10. I'm definitely in to ride there though. Since doing the work on the Harley I've probably put ~250 miles on it just because it feels so good. The Buell on the other hand got ~80 miles last year and ~50 this (just to get rid of last year's fuel). Gotta find someone with a bike to match that one for an excuse to ride it!

Lemme know if you wanna sell that Buell... seeing as though you hardly ride it!

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Lemme know if you wanna sell that Buell... seeing as though you hardly ride it!

So I went in to buy that bike in 2009 but saw the Harley and had to get it instead. When they shut down Buell I decided that I would refuse to live with the regret of passing it up (my Dad passed up a 1967 GT350 when it was less than a year old and I promised to not share his history of opportunities lost). I dropped down to one meal per day for months to pay it off (was still a Jr in college so actually affording it was an issue), my Dad even offered to buy it as living room art and hold onto it until I graduated.

So now it's 2 years old and only has about 1,600 miles on it as my museum piece.

Long story short: my cold, dead hands wouldn't sell that bike!

Some time I'd be happy to let you sit on it though :)

[Stevo-iX]

So now it's 2 years old and only has about 1,600 miles on it as my museum piece.

That bike is meant to be MOVING art! Either way, it looks amazing.

So I'm in San Francisco for the week, any killer craigslist deals in the bay area that I should consider driving back to Seattle at the end of the week?

[2mAn]

So I'm in San Francisco for the week, any killer craigslist deals in the bay area that I should consider driving back to Seattle at the end of the week?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/3066692919.html

i want it