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[QUOTE=Boxboy100;416069]not wanting to bog up the bandwith with my pics... I have been keeping a photo log on my Picassa..[URL="http://picasaweb.google.ca/veryscarygary/R65191008835AM?authkey=6KvZVv2Dqj0#"] Click 86 R65[/URL]
this is the idea mocked up in Photoshop.. original paint is not that bad:
before and after
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fMCg6xfqJH0/SYDYMFUVX0I/AAAAAAAAED4/EO5WRnWdo8s/s800/beforeandafter.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Excellent, thanks for the link.:thumb
1982r65ls
[QUOTE=Boxboy100;416069]not wanting to bog up the bandwith with my pics... I have been keeping a photo log on my Picassa..[URL="http://picasaweb.google.ca/veryscarygary/R65191008835AM?authkey=6KvZVv2Dqj0#"] Click 86 R65[/URL]
this is the idea mocked up in Photoshop.. original paint is not that bad:
before and after
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fMCg6xfqJH0/SYDYMFUVX0I/AAAAAAAAED4/EO5WRnWdo8s/s800/beforeandafter.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Great ride you have there. You have some nice pics on your site.
The engine guards may look wimpy but they do work! I know I speak from experience.
May you have many, many sweet rides with your R65.
[QUOTE=R80RTJohnny;416932]Great ride you have there. You have some nice pics on your site.
Thanks!
The engine guards may look wimpy but they do work! I know I speak from experience.
Doh!.. sorry...
May you have many, many sweet rides with your R65.[/QUOTE]
Thanks again.. Can't wait for the snow to melt up here.
cheers,
g
[QUOTE=Boxboy100;416069]not wanting to bog up the bandwith with my pics... I have been keeping a photo log on my Picassa..[URL="http://picasaweb.google.ca/veryscarygary/R65191008835AM?authkey=6KvZVv2Dqj0#"] Click 86 R65[/URL]
this is the idea mocked up in Photoshop.. original paint is not that bad:
before and after
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fMCg6xfqJH0/SYDYMFUVX0I/AAAAAAAAED4/EO5WRnWdo8s/s800/beforeandafter.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Really dig the black wheels. Nice bike. h
[QUOTE=kstoo;416167]I didn't realize from your first picture that this was a monoshock R65 ... my favorite R65 ... nice[/QUOTE]
I was keeping my eyes open for a mono.. I used to have a beauty R100 but it was way too pretty for me. I was scared to get it scratched/dirty etc.. I wanted a bike I can play with. Mine was the black CS..
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_fMCg6xfqJH0/SYX6cVBz_hI/AAAAAAAAEJc/qSD3FQPKqAE/s800/932928661_8ad1096bd4_o.jpg[/img]
Sold this to a friend... so it is still in the family.
The R65 mono fits me better.. smaller, and lighter. cheaper! :heart
My 73' R50/5 (pic 1)
My 73' R50/5 (pic 2)
Ooh la la.
I was just coming up with a cafe-bike rear suspension geometries like that in my head last night when I laid in bed.
A toaster does make a lovely cafe bike.
[QUOTE=woodnsteel;421963]
A toaster does make a lovely cafe bike.[/QUOTE]
[B][I]Indeed![/I][/B]
That bike is very, very sweet!
Makes me want one! :eat
Yep. The bike is a blast! It was a clean stock /5 but I couldn't resist a little modification. I put all of the original bits on a shelf and welded up a new subframe (bolt on) which is a little taller and moved the upper shock mounts forward about 3 or 4 inches. Threw on a set of clubmans and an airtech seat cowl and presto...a great little cafe. Here's the bike at Indy MotoGP.
[QUOTE=Boxboy100;418078]I was keeping my eyes open for a mono.. I used to have a beauty R100 but it was way too pretty for me. I was scared to get it scratched/dirty etc.. I wanted a bike I can play with. Mine was the black CS.
Love the CS you owned but looked at the link for the R65. Good work! That will be a fun ride. Also really like the photo you posted with the CS and the RS. Beautiful background. Where was it taken?
[QUOTE=jamesdunn;422075][QUOTE=Boxboy100;418078]I was keeping my eyes open for a mono.. I used to have a beauty R100 but it was way too pretty for me. I was scared to get it scratched/dirty etc.. I wanted a bike I can play with. Mine was the black CS.
Love the CS you owned but looked at the link for the R65. Good work! That will be a fun ride. Also really like the photo you posted with the CS and the RS. Beautiful background. Where was it taken?[/QUOTE]
Thank you. That shot was taken somewhere around Erin Ontario (north west of Toronto). Just one of many farm backroads. Grant with his RS and I went for long ride that day. We swapped bikes for a while and it was amazing how similar the bikes felt. I know that they are more a less the same, but it was really cool to feel how "my" bike feels with the big RS Fairing..
[img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1285/934706962_dc2fdc77ac_o.jpg[/img]
The CS also rolled over 100 000 kms that day.
[img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/933863049_ba480b660d_o.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=wandering;422033]Threw on a set of clubmans[/QUOTE]
22mm or 7/8"?