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I done my DAS course (direct access) its over the week end, Sat Sun, Mon training then test on the tuesday. Thats how i done mine but different instructors may do it differently. The training isn't to teach you how to ride a bike as they done that on your CBT all they are doing is ironing out the bad points of your riding (we all have them) and practicing for your tests. I would say do the direct access way as i no, no other way but im sure there is some one on here that has gone a different path and could give you there view of it. All the best Keith

Ok mate cool, drop me a Private massage and let me know how much you want for it.

Hi Mate i am in the process of doing a old skool to new skool bobber project and im after a Hypercharger do you want rid of it or are you gunna pop her in the shed for a later date....? All the best mate, Keith

Hey Mate, not there is a powder coat out there that can take the heat the only thing is that its from Sweeden and hard to come by, my Step dad used this on his 1988 Harley sporster's exhaust and i think the powder coater did say it is for BBQ's and could try it on the exhaust to see how it gose (got it done for free bar the powder lol) and its as good as the day it was done. What is this plasticote BBQ paint from Wilkinsons like finish wise? Thanks Dave, im almost done with this fucking fender! id say give me another week or two and it "should" be finished but still got a few brackets to make so i can fit the seat and front indicators, then ive decided to rivnut the fender on that way its easier to remove so i can change the wheel etc better and clean the swing arm.

Thanks its taking a while as im between doing the bike and looking after my 4 month old daughter but its getting there. Still got a lot of work to be done on the fender as one side of the filler is slightly higher than the other but it will get there. I had a test fit of the fender and seat yesterday and she looked great!, (no pics tho sorry) the seat hight is fantastic, nice and low, all thats left to do now is make a braket for the seta to be fitted, front indicator bracket, finish fender ready for paint, take off fuel tank, strip then paint then see whats left in the bank for my springer front end if not that will come next year.

Hi guys well its been a little while since i was last on here just been little busy with the fender and my baby daughter. Well i finally got my single seat through from Chicargo only took 2 weeks! got snapped by import charges tho but hey ho, the springs i got wont fit as the mountin point on the frame is further forward that the mountin points on the seat so im just gunna mount it straight to the bike frame as the bike has got a mono shock so no point in adding more springs. As i said at the start ive done a bit more to the fender and its coming along nicely, needs a bit more work buts so is life. I trimmed round the light and got my mate to weld a plate round and then i got out the old angle grinder to get rid of the lumps and bumps. Once i was happy with that it was out with the filler to blend the light into the fender, so now all thats left to do is more wet and dry sanding followed by primmer and paint. Just got a set of small black bar end mirrors so i no longer see elbow just the road behind. Well i will now let the pictures do some talking. Well i will keep on with the old wet and dry and im hoping to get this on in the next few weeks. Thanks for reading Keith

The worst thing this country done is sight the human rights act! as these fucks just dont desurve any of it! if i go slap a black person in the face id be arrested for being rasist but they burn down a building thats survived TWO world wars and the police run away! Im not rasist in any way as were all the same BUTsertain people use the colour of there skin as a way of being imune to any law and to create new laws for them selves! Fuck their human rights, fuck there benifits and fuck their way of life.....if they are cought stealing then they should loose a hand, if they are cought burning a building with people still living above it then they should be thrown in the fire! either way their lives should be made hell! I just hope the poor souls that have had to suffer this get the justice that SHOULD be had and not the half arsed justice that will be had!

Dont worry all Christians are going to hell.........if they actually read the bible there is a verse in there (dont asks me which one as ive forgotten) that states that "any man who changes these words of god shall spend eturnity in hell" propably worded slightly diffent but its all there but seeing that the "original" bible was written in herbru and then the Christians changed it to English.........thats my jerhova witness "f**K off paragraph"

HI Mate and welcome! My tax disc is on the left hand side pillion foot peg bolts (i take no prisoners ...i mean passengers) My heat shield was held on by a juberlee clip but i have removed this sheild due to popping on some exhuast wrap. Cracking bike this is and as long as you dont over load it with shiney bits from highway hawk you can sustain the national speed limit easy Have you any plans for the bike other than riding it?

Yer i dont blame you mate! i have odd bolts on my 650 dragstar that are doing my head in but im leaving them till the winter strip down then every nut and bolt will be changed to s/s. Are you selling your DT on or is it a keeper?

Has any one here got a set of stock front foot pegs they want shot of? its just im fed up of dragging my feet round every corner/round about i go round and id rather pay for a set of foot pegs then a pair of new boots lol. O and a quick up date, i have my bobber seat springs, the seat should be out of customs today and my new grips and iridium indicators should be here tomorrow so with a bit of luck next week end (13/8/11) i can finish the mock up and get cracking on paint etc. Then it will be onto the fuel tank which is coming off paint stripped off and then re-painted. Front fender will have the treatment after that and that will do till the winter i think.

Looking really good mate! far better than it was, i would def get some stainless steel bolts in there tho with some copper slip grease to stop future snaping of bolts, you may have to drill that bolt out and re-tap the thread if you still cant get it out.

A chap i work with has a 400 dragstar......the only thing is.........its says "virago" on the tank lol showed me the V5 and its says its a 400 dragstar confuzled. I had a look at performance figures with the 125 and 250, same top speed pretty much, but the differnce is that the 250 can sustain that speed longer than the 125. i would say not to muck about just go 650! the only advantage with the 250 is that you pay less tax than a 650. But where's the fun in that lol

Hi mate, yes sounds like your mirror is loose, just under the mirror there should be a nut, possition your mirror to where you want it then tighten the nut up, = job... jobbed

A quick for sale guys............my Billit Ally grips with built it indecators are now for sale (the ones you see in the above picture) only been on the bike for less than 100 miles! changing them due to the fact i am a bloke and i can change my mind at a drop of a hat plus they dont look right with the style im going for.Very easy to fit! pull old grips off, Take off front and rear indecators, fit 2.2ohm resistors in where the rear indercators wired up via male bullet connectors, extend front indecator wire through handle bars connect to grips via two more male bullet connectors, connect up throttle. left hand grip 10x easier to fit!...........Job Jobbed! £30 with FREE P&P If you would like to know what im like with postage please talk to Nickybewild on here as i sold a lot of my old stuff to him. Best regards Keith

Hi Guys, Right i fitted the rear light then checked it out on the bike, looks good but now im gunne weld the fender back up so the light is flat against the fender as once i made the wedge up the fender is gunna look too bulky so all i will do now is make up a number plate braket out of ally so that its not facing the sky and "PC i have nothing to do plod" has no excuse to pull me over for my number plate. Pics of how the light will look I finally got rounf to grinding back the fender so it has a nice curve instead of the jaggy lines. Before AFTER My seat has left Chicargo so im hoping to get that some time this month but all depends how our customs react with it! i have gone with the normal bobber seat springs as i couldn't for the life of me find a small enough tractor seat leaf spring! but i will keep looking in the mean time, and if i do find one then these ones i have now will be for sale! Well thats it for now folks its all a waiting game till the seat gets here as i cant do any thing till it gets here So if customs are reading this............HURRY THE F**k UP!

well done mate good on ya! Great bike too! Hope you have many long a safe years of riding! Keith

Hi mate and welcome I too had a 125 dragstar bobber but now have upgraded to a 650 dragstar, sadly most stuff you cant get so you will have to hand build a lot of it your self! As for drag bars I fitted a set of 7/8 bars from a Norton all you will have to get is a set of new risers to clear the tank. Again you will need to get a new seat ad you will be sat up too high for your new bwrs but you can get all sorts on Ebay, just type in bobber seats and there your have it. As for the rest of the bike I would say start by thinking what the end result you want to look like ad ALL bobbers look different so think about whwt style you want EG old school or new school, rat bike or a clean bike? SO many things you can do. All the best mate Keith

Hi Guys, well here is a very quick update on whats happened this week, rear light was ordered Tuesday after 2 weeks of thinking what i liked how they would look and price etc etc and it was delivered yesterday morning. So being as i turn into a kid every time a parcel is delivered i had to start mocking it up onto the fender so here are a few snaps of it after 2.5hours with the dremal and about 20-30 dremal cutting discs lol I will pop it on the bike on the week end and take more pics as i still need to do bit more cutting then need to sort out the angle it need to be at etc. i finaly found my seat after a good long hunt. not arrived yet as its coming all the way from the USA! its a black leather hand tooled solo seat with the malteze cross and a few skulls in it so should go nicely with the old bad ass bobber theame. There are two was in which im mounting the seat tho, with the rear fender im not having any "stays" holding it up (poles going down to the rear wheel spindle nut) im doing it so that it apears to be floating above the wheel, so the same will go with the seat so im either having a tractor seat leaf spring so there will be no springs on show OR i will mount a 4" mini mono shock under the seat but up near the tank end so the rear of the seat will look as tho its hovering. But we will see. More pics to follo next week. Stay tuned

Its people like him who should be band from breading!

Have you not got a shop that just sells nuts and bolts? we have a shop down here called wentin fastners that just sell nuts a bolts, if you take out the bolts you have on the bike and take them into the shop just ask them for longer ones. I need to get some soon for mine as changing the bolts on my bike to stainless steel so i could pick up some for you and send them up?

Right here goes with some more pics, Here are the new exhausts with the wrap, most likely will be geting them powder coated black and then re-wrap them but will only be half of what ive wraped now, Ive changed the bulls eye bar end indecators with some billet ally grips with built in flashers (bit cold in the winter i think lol) Will be getting some new mirrors soon. Now here is my rear fender, i sill got a ton of work to do to it but its getting there! Cut out for the swing arm 2hours of tape messring and tape And then after cutting, Still need to grind it to make it neat etc but the shape is there. Here it is on the bike. Its gunna be painted black so it blends in with the tyre so it will seem as tho there is no fender, and i will add some white pin striping patterns to it. Next on the shopping list is rear light, and a bobber seat. O and the springer forks lol

I do agree less is more and thats what im going for, its staying mostly white but im adding bits of black and a secret othet colour lol Will get some pics up soon.

Hi guys well some more parts arrived last week i was trying to up load some pictures but photobucket is being a twat so i will have to do them when i get home from work. The springer front end is on going i have found a company thet do them but still gotta find time at work to phone them and talk to a guy who will tell me if it will fit the dragstar. Those bar end indicators where shit! so they are off and a set of billet ally grips with built in indicators are on. The high way hawk exhaust you see in the pics above are off and a set of long shot Raasks are now on with white (now straw colour) ehaust wrap is now on, the pipes will be powder coated black and then re-wrapped as im not 100% happy with the look yet but least its stopping my jeans catching fire when im fueling in a petrol station! (and yes this very nearly happened wasn't till i sore the black smoke i realised i was going up lol...desaster avoided tho) A raw steel stealth fender was next to be delivered but had rusty finger prints all over it so i had to get some anti-rust primer on it after attacking it with some 250 grit. Next is to sort out a rear light (not sure what to do yet) sort out this springer fork set up, test fit rear fender and then just wait till winter to get every thing stripped, prep'd, painted and re-built. Pictures to follow

If your bike runs like your avatar dose then your going no where fast lol been watching it and thats one un healthy engine (watch where the piston is when the fuel and spark comes in. some times its on the money other times its on half a stroke then its at the bottom) lol