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MODEL SPECIFIC => BIG BANDIT BANTER => Topic started by: Red01 on March 14, 2005, 12:14:55 AM
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Raza
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 17:23 pm
Post subject: More Pics
As requested another couple of pics :)
(http://img81.exs.cx/img81/3082/9312.jpg)
(http://img74.exs.cx/img74/7349/10751.jpg)
(http://img74.exs.cx/img74/9335/10752.jpg)
(http://img74.exs.cx/img74/4991/10753.jpg)
(http://img74.exs.cx/img74/5757/10755.jpg)
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PeteSC
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 17:35 pm
Geeze...I dunno about you guys in the UK. Here in the US....we trim the rear fender a bit, peel off some decals, bolt on a few 'purty' parts...and think we have a 'custom' bike! k:
:headscratch:
Looks great! :beers:
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 18:39 pm
Trick / Fly / Schweet / Custom / Hot / One of a Kind
Whatever you wanna call it, I think it looks great!
WEINERDOGBONE
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 19:07 pm
Raza, that orange is beautiful. :clap:
Raza
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 21:41 pm
Geeze...I dunno about you guys in the UK. Here in the US....we trim the rear fender a bit, peel off some decals, bolt on a few 'purty' parts...and think we have a 'custom' bike!
LOL! I guess it's because the weathers so miserable here that we have to find other things to do :evilone:
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 0:48 am
Post subject: weather..
The weather is "miserable" in Nashville this evening....and that's one great bike...
PitterB4
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 13:57 pm
Guess I'm a little late on this thread.... that bike is hot! Tons of detail. Nicely done! :clap:
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 14:18 pm
Sweet, but needs bugs. Do you ever ride it?
Raza
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 17:46 pm
Do you ever ride it?
I only do two things in my life...... ride and polish! :moon:
If by 'bugs' you mean the headlights, they're so overdone here, every bandit has a set.
Over the winter I am going to fit a GSXR 1000 headlight in a one off alluminium housing and some slab yokes and risers. :lick:
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PitterB4
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 17:49 pm
I think he meant bugs as in insects... it's freakin' CLEAN.
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Raza
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 17:54 pm
Ooops doh! :headscratch:
Us Brits are not known for our sense of humour!
B6Matt
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 23:25 pm
If you'd paint "Vols" down the side of the tank, that orange bike would be an idol around these parts. http://utsports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/tenn-m-footbl-body.html
It's a sweet-arse bike anyway.
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Hydrogen
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 21:27 pm
Wow!!
What did you have to do to get that Simpson windscreen on? I bought a predator but haven't taken the time to install it yet.
Any pointers?
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Raza
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 22:03 pm
The Simpson was a b###h to fit.
The brackets that came with it were too short and I had to cut away some of the fairing to fit :banghead:
My only advice is take it really slowly and keep checking as you go along!
The irony is that I'm going to take it off and fit a GSXR headlight and clocks this winter :screwy:
Hydrogen
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 23:15 pm
LMAO, yeah, I knew it would be too much to ask for it to fit easily and well without taking a saw to a $400 windscreen
Thanks fo rthe info.
-H
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Hydrogen
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 15:46 pm
hmmm, what did you say you were going to do with your simpson?
(http://66.155.114.22/FrankenBandit/During/Fairing/images/Bandit-progress-fairing%2023.jpg)
It isn't finished yet. I'm going to wait for the GSXr forks then rebracket it
-H
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Hydrogen
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 15:50 pm
Raza what belly pan is that and where di you find it? I've been looking for one and only found the roca that I like so far.
Thanks,
-H
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Raza
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 16:23 pm
Good work fitting the Simpson!
The belly pan was made by my own fair hands
I wanted something that was tailor made, close fitting (you can't see it from behind) and a little different.
I've had so many comments about it that I may try and find a way of producing them in quantity.
Hydrogen
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 20:09 pm
hehe, I'd be up for quantity 2
Any chance on me jumping on a prototype? :yes:
I like the tank too. I was scetching out something similar but well done on the flat top look too.
What did it take to fit that SV tailpiece to the bike?
-H
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Red01
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:26 am
Hydro, in his first thread (lost in the board crash of '05) he revealed it was a GSXR1000 tail.
(But didn't give details on the complexity of the swap.)
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Raza
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:51 am
Thanks Red, it is a GSXR1000 tailpiece. It went on pretty easy all things considered. Had to cut off about 6" of subframe, make a new battery box and relocate it, new bracket so that the solo cowl locks in place and that was about it (condensed version!).
I'll let you know if I do start making more of the belly pans
(http://img150.exs.cx/img150/3145/1172.th.jpg) (http://img150.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img150&image=1172.jpg)
Sorry, I still don't know how to post a full size pic so just click on the thumbnail :screwy:
The tank took a lot of work, it's the original tank with sheet metal welded to it to create the look.
Red01
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:00 am
Raza wrote:
Sorry, I still don't know how to post a full size pic so just click on the thumbnail :screwy:
It's actually easier than making a clickable thumbnail.
Here's the code you used:
(spaces added to prevent it from displaying)
[ U R L = h t t p ://img150.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img150&image=1172.jpg ][ i m g ] h t t p ://img150.exs.cx/img150/3145/1172.th.jpg[ / i m g ] [ / U R L ]
To post the whole image, all you had to do was:
[ i m g ] h t t p ://img150.exs.cx/img150/3145/1172.jpg[ / i m g ]
Viola!
(http://img150.exs.cx/img150/3145/1172.jpg)
And since you're using ImageShack, they give you the various codes for however you want to use it.
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Raza
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:18 am
Thanks Red!
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was that the one in the streetfighters mag a couple of months ago?
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Don't get to see that rag here very often, but I can't imagine there's two that look just like that! :grin:
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thats defo the one. i remember the shape of the tank. and the rear indicators are froma ford focus me thinks.
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im liking the tank thats sweet how did you manage that ???