06-11-13, 02:03 PM
Cheers Nog, I've had a good read through your post! I like the way it's looking. Necessity is the mother of all invention eh?!
TBH, the plan with mine is just to make it work and look as good as possible, and then ride it as much as possible! And let's admit the truth here, a bike is never 'finished' is it?!
It started purely because I missed having a bike (living in Central London forced me to sell my first bike, a small but perky ER-5)
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and when I moved out of the city I decided to get back on two wheels. But without much cash to burn I had to settle for another small bike (400-500cc) or get a 600-750cc in need of some TLC.
Fettling is definitely one of my favourite ways to spend the spare time, so this one was ideal.
The only other project is still to do with this bike.
I picked up a smashed front fairing, repaired a few of the cracks and then trimmed it right down to make a mini-fairing. It's a work in progress at the moment, but hopefully will allow me to have a streetfighter-esque look but keep the original headlights (which are now much improved, so worth keeping!). That started because the fairing and tall screen were TOO effective in Summer. No wind getting to me so i kept getting hot! We'll see how that turns out. Currently trying to decide what to do to the scratched up standard screen I got from Red98. Tall 'wraith-like' look or low cafe-racer style. decisions, decisions.
Whats your plan with the front of the Noggyfighter? You mentioned getting something different?
TBH, the plan with mine is just to make it work and look as good as possible, and then ride it as much as possible! And let's admit the truth here, a bike is never 'finished' is it?!
It started purely because I missed having a bike (living in Central London forced me to sell my first bike, a small but perky ER-5)
[smg id=1370]
and when I moved out of the city I decided to get back on two wheels. But without much cash to burn I had to settle for another small bike (400-500cc) or get a 600-750cc in need of some TLC.
Fettling is definitely one of my favourite ways to spend the spare time, so this one was ideal.
The only other project is still to do with this bike.
I picked up a smashed front fairing, repaired a few of the cracks and then trimmed it right down to make a mini-fairing. It's a work in progress at the moment, but hopefully will allow me to have a streetfighter-esque look but keep the original headlights (which are now much improved, so worth keeping!). That started because the fairing and tall screen were TOO effective in Summer. No wind getting to me so i kept getting hot! We'll see how that turns out. Currently trying to decide what to do to the scratched up standard screen I got from Red98. Tall 'wraith-like' look or low cafe-racer style. decisions, decisions.
Whats your plan with the front of the Noggyfighter? You mentioned getting something different?
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