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HDear
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| I would love to know about that frontend and how you got it to fit. Narrow is awsome.
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Hillchop
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| Posted: February 9, 2009, 5:04 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| yea i'm pretty stoked on it...i'm trying to keep the bike 60's lane-splitter style so running this front end saved me some time as the orginal plan was to narrow down a dna springer...only thing with this setup is i'll have to swap the neck shaft out for a stock xs unit...that and the risers were cast as part of the upper tree so if i don't end up finding some good 7/8 bars i'll have to have them lathed out for 1 inchers...
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Hillchop
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| Posted: February 19, 2009, 3:22 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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update...got the frame in some satin black and managed to stuff the motor in by myself while the wife and kids were sleeping...spent last night pulling the carbs off my parts bike and cleaning them up enough to throw on the proj...next will be getting the clutch and kickstart unit in...
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HDear
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| Posted: February 19, 2009, 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| Very cool!! Love the frontend. Is it fitted right now?? If so was it just a bearing swap or a machined stem?
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ted650chopper
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| Posted: February 21, 2009, 2:48 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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looking good man. original old-school.
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| Posted: February 27, 2009, 2:34 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| HDear wrote: |
| Very cool!! Love the frontend. Is it fitted right now?? If so was it just a bearing swap or a machined stem? |
thanks! its just mocked in the pic, but i did end up taking the tree to a machinist along with a spare 650 tree to have him swap the neck stems...it was actually supposed to be done today but the bastard didnt answer his phone 
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| Posted: February 27, 2009, 2:37 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| looking good man. original old-school. |
thanks alot! definitely trying to keep it true to the old school...hopefully this new machinist i'm using works out cause i'm going to have him make me some wild bars for it....front street style
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| Posted: February 27, 2009, 3:24 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| Hillchop wrote: |
| ted650chopper wrote: |
| looking good man. original old-school. |
thanks alot! definitely trying to keep it true to the old school...hopefully this new machinist i'm using works out cause i'm going to have him make me some wild bars for it....front street style |
why don't you just have Front Street make you some? He doesn't charge that much and quality is top notch.
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Hillchop
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| Posted: February 27, 2009, 3:52 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| sure wrote: |
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| ted650chopper wrote: |
| looking good man. original old-school. |
thanks alot! definitely trying to keep it true to the old school...hopefully this new machinist i'm using works out cause i'm going to have him make me some wild bars for it....front street style |
why don't you just have Front Street make you some? He doesn't charge that much and quality is top notch. |
true..just figured with the currency exchange and shipping bs i could have someone ten minutes from my house do it for less...see how it goes i guess...this guy might want to rape me just to swap neck stems...
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| Posted: February 27, 2009, 11:30 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| oh I didn't know you were a kanuck..but I will tell you I have had my hands on craigs handle bars,and fenders and damn they are nice..
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Hillchop
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| Posted: February 28, 2009, 5:00 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| sure wrote: |
| oh I didn't know you were a kanuck..but I will tell you I have had my hands on craigs handle bars,and fenders and damn they are nice.. |
i definitely can't argue that...haven't had the chance to see them live, but judging by the pics all his stuff looks badass...
on a side note, got my trees back today...guy did an awesome job and didn't ding me nearly as bad as i thought he would...even tossed in a deadly little headlight bracket that with a little cleaning up should be ready for chrome...now i just have to wait for my surprise guests to get lost so i can scurry into the garage for some assembly 
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CUSTOMRUNNER
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| Posted: February 28, 2009, 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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Hay Hillchop, bike is looking sweet keep up the good work mabye when we both finish we could meet up and cheack out reach others rides.
Later Chad.
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Emzdogz
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| Posted: March 4, 2009, 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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hey, great bike!
What kind of adjuster are you using to secure the rear axle in place? love the bike....
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Hillchop
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| Posted: March 18, 2009, 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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Hay Hillchop, bike is looking sweet keep up the good work mabye when we both finish we could meet up and cheack out reach others rides.
Later Chad. |
sounds good...should be rolling by mid spring if all goes as planned
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| Posted: March 19, 2009, 12:01 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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hey, great bike!
What kind of adjuster are you using to secure the rear axle in place? love the bike.... |
thanks man...axle adjusters are just some threaded half round bungs welded onto the axle plates...seems like they should do the trick, they're similar to the ones the G&L guys are running except mine are face mounted...
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| Posted: April 11, 2009, 8:16 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| heres a bit better of a pic of the front end...love how narrow it is....an inch narrower than the stock 650 forks... |
aren't you on LIL?? I"m MOSTHATED CC from LIL doggie 
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| Posted: April 16, 2009, 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| Hillchop wrote: |
| heres a bit better of a pic of the front end...love how narrow it is....an inch narrower than the stock 650 forks... |
aren't you on LIL?? I"m MOSTHATED CC from LIL doggie |
hey, whats goin on bro! nice to see a familiar face on here...haven't been on lil in a minute...bike looks badass! dig the color-matched pipes...bout to post up some progress pics myself 
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| Posted: April 17, 2009, 12:00 am Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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also wanted to get some feedback from you guys on the tail light i was thinking of running...whether or not its feasible or if its going to come flying off the second i kick the bike over...this is my first bike build so i'm not exactly sure what to expect as far as vibration is concerned...figured the mounting would be pretty sound, couple holes tapped into the axle cap with some loctite on em...or am i just wasting my time?
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| Posted: April 17, 2009, 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: 70s something yamabob |
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| Hillchop wrote: |
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| heres a bit better of a pic of the front end...love how narrow it is....an inch narrower than the stock 650 forks... |
aren't you on LIL?? I"m MOSTHATED CC from LIL doggie |
hey, whats goin on bro! nice to see a familiar face on here...haven't been on lil in a minute...bike looks badass! dig the color-matched pipes...bout to post up some progress pics myself |
So how come no LIL too much bullshit?? Hey I dig them bars on your bike I wanted to switch mine to something like that makes for a different look then all the apehangers you see around.. Nice progress on the bike..
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