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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 lolI 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
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Its people like him who should be band from breading!
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Na f**k the brakes all together!.... more throttle is what i say!
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Car brake peddle operates all 4 brake discs no matter what......so the same applies to a bike its just that you have to be less lazy and move two parts of your body to do it. (unless you own an Exile chopper then you have a fancey twist clutch and the foot brake is both front a rear lol)
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I think you're right, I've found one on Ebay for £30 in chrome.
I found the complete opposite to be honest, the Harley has phenomenal brakes, Discs on both front and rear wheels that pull you up very rapidly, where as the XVS650 was at best vague and the rear was only really able to slow you down rather than bring you to a halt, more than a little pressure on the foot brake caused violent skidding and sphincter tightening.
The 1200 lump will pull your arms off in any gear, but is very vibration-ee. The bike turns into corners really quick, not sharp like a sports bike but not like a bomber turning as the Dragstar does, it also feels very short, and man alive, it's got a blokes clutch!
Must be a new one that you bought then if it actually stops lol i took my step dads up the road and i had to plan a week in advance with the brakes. Dont get me wrong i would have a Harley tomorrow if i had the money! that new street bob is pure willy snot and dont get me going on the shovel head! i know i would spend more time fixing the dam thing but what a bike!
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Pretty sure they came with a battery cover, my step dads 1988 883 has one (was chrome but now been powder coated black) should get one on flea bay if you wanna hide it.
And as for the comment on the comparisson with the XVS i do agree! harley's are totally different one major difference is that they have mud for brakes and the Yamaha's come with brakes standard
Im sure your be fine tho lol
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That is a nice looking sporty! gotta ask tho....is it the whole hog? (1200?) or the baby of the range? step dad has just finished restoring his 1988 883 sporty with the early Evo motor in it (which i will inherit when that time comes)
Just noticed.....are you missing the battery cover!?? lol
Get a single seat for the bugger soon, it helps complement the lines of the bike.
Congrats on the new purchase tho! well done.
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Hey mate, 1st welcome to the club 2ndgood luck with the test.
As for your restrictor kit EVERYONE takes them out once fitted and just keep the cert to prove to the old bill if they get pulled "BUT" if you rode your bike like a complete twot then the blod are gunna see its nt restricted and there for bugger you in the chocolate star fish! but if you rode it "as if it wher restricted" then your be fine
Its catch 22.....anal rape'd if you dont....anal rape'd if you do.
How old are you? im 23 and done my direct access so i dont have a restrictor kit (dont need one) so my advice if your the same age is to do that.
Job Jobbed
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hey guys,
Right im not sure if you lads will be able to help but there again i think a few of you will as you are smarter than i ever will be lol. Basically i am after a set of springer forks for my XVS 650 bobber project as all i have left to get now is a raw steel rear fender and a bobber seat then i can crack on and strip her down ready for powder coating and the big over haul this winter. But i need to know:
Where to get a springer front end from?
Which is the best make?
Best price range?
Things to look out for?
I know i need to make sure that the bearing measurments are the same and the same with the spindle will also need to make sure that the rake isn't too stupid....but is there any thing else im missing?
Thanks for any advice guys and i hope this happends as i haven't seen many XVS's with a springer and i love having "one off" things
All the Best
Keith
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Well what can i say lol if he had actually leaned the bike into the corner im sure he would have been fine! but to be truthful did you see that bottle in the middle of the road!? ...o no wait....that was his that he lost lol
confuzled.
so here are a few snaps of it after 2.5hours with the dremal and about 20-30 dremal cutting discs lol
Hello and a Couple of Questions
in Yamaha Customs
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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?