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MotoBuddha

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Already thinking about next year's project bike
02/09/11 at 13:22:16

Got a little something today from the world's most cheerful UPS guy. It's a tank from my very first bike. (Not the actual one I had, just the same model.)

Yes, it's in rough shape, but I'm going to build a frankenbike -- 180º from the polished, anal-retentive bike I'm building now. It will be a junkyard dog. Mismatched parts. Ugly cool. Or at least ugly. Imagine if you will...

Maybe a dirt bike rear fender, or the tail from a sportbike...

Maybe something from each of the other bikes I've owned...

Oh, the possibilities.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29287 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #1 - 02/09/11 at 16:26:05 You got the ugly part nailed... ... Kidding!,.... Yamaha tank?...
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #2 - 02/12/11 at 15:34:30 Yes, a Yamaha tank. Or maybe I'll get one from a Hodaka.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29287 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #3 - 02/12/11 at 18:03:21 ... I used to have a Combat Wombat 125... My first real bike...... check this one out!... no, it's not mine...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #4 - 02/12/11 at 20:23:44 Combat Wombat I could get in trouble with that
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #5 - 02/16/11 at 08:36:06 Another eBay find. A lot less rust but more dents. And red is nice. I'm watching a few old Suzuki tanks too. I think I'll start a gas tank collection, hang 'em on the wall.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #6 - 02/21/11 at 09:46:50 I might have found the perfect seat. It's from a '60s Cushman. That appeals to my sense of weirdness. I wonder if they make helmets shaped like a Shriner fez.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29287 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #7 - 02/21/11 at 10:01:46 ... Cool seat,... room to roam... ...
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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #8 - 02/21/11 at 11:04:26 I can tell you from first butt experience that will be a comfy seat. I rode cushmans a lot as a teen in the 60s'. Mustangs looked cooler, though!
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #9 - 02/23/11 at 20:11:47 I won the auction on the seat. Woot!
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #10 - 03/01/11 at 14:04:44 The seat arrived.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #11 - 03/01/11 at 21:35:43 That tank just looks Bakkerds to me, every time I look at it. Sure do dig that seat, thats great stuff rite there. Gonna be a in lookin ride. Those bags,, sure look like there for shooting.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #12 - 03/02/11 at 04:10:49 The backwards look is why I dig it so much. The world is full of fat end first tanks. Yawn. Yeah, you could use the bags for shooting, but they're also used in film and video production to weight down light stands. That's why I got them, but they're useful for other things, as you see.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #13 - 03/02/11 at 06:34:34 Hey, I wasnt shootin it down. I saw it th 1st time, looked closer, decided Yea, thats the way it is, but every time I see it, my eyes have to study it again. Whats that tank off of?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: Already thinking about next year's project bik Reply #14 - 03/02/11 at 07:00:07 It's off some early '60s Yamaha, the kind with the stamped steel frames.
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