wester
In way over my head
Hi all. Thank you for the warm welcome to the world of motos over the past couple of weeks!
I was advised by drewpy to start a build thread to keep all up to speed on what I'm working on so that the jokes and sarcasm could be appropriately accurate throughout my first build.
And let the story begin...
Picked up the bike below... the addiction set in moments after...
At the moment, I have to give a huge shout out to drewpy. When i saw the ad for the bike it was his bike that got me ridiculously excited about the potential for this build. drewpy - hats off to you mate.
Upon finding this site after the purchase - I realized that many of you have awesome bikes! ...all in their own right. So I'm excited to be a part of the group!
Over the past few weeks I've pulled as much weight as I could. Including mirrors, turn signals, mud guards, chain guard, etc.
From here the fun begins. REMINDER... I'm learning from scratch. no shop experience. no welding. no ... um... whatever else would be helpful...
So what's the goal? Simple. Clean. Efficient. With a hint of wicked awesomeness.
A fun place to start? The cutting of metal. Having only the slightest idea of what i'm doing. I cut the backend off.
no going back now!!
However, to ride and practice (oh yeah.. sidenote.. last bike i rode was in college and, hmmm, how to say this.. i totaled it. aaaaaaaaaaand it was my roomate's. Sorry Butch
Anyway... i need it street legal - so the custom taillight mount...
And that's how she stands today.
Welcome to the story.
More to come...
I was advised by drewpy to start a build thread to keep all up to speed on what I'm working on so that the jokes and sarcasm could be appropriately accurate throughout my first build.
And let the story begin...
Picked up the bike below... the addiction set in moments after...
At the moment, I have to give a huge shout out to drewpy. When i saw the ad for the bike it was his bike that got me ridiculously excited about the potential for this build. drewpy - hats off to you mate.
Upon finding this site after the purchase - I realized that many of you have awesome bikes! ...all in their own right. So I'm excited to be a part of the group!
Over the past few weeks I've pulled as much weight as I could. Including mirrors, turn signals, mud guards, chain guard, etc.
From here the fun begins. REMINDER... I'm learning from scratch. no shop experience. no welding. no ... um... whatever else would be helpful...
So what's the goal? Simple. Clean. Efficient. With a hint of wicked awesomeness.
A fun place to start? The cutting of metal. Having only the slightest idea of what i'm doing. I cut the backend off.
no going back now!!
However, to ride and practice (oh yeah.. sidenote.. last bike i rode was in college and, hmmm, how to say this.. i totaled it. aaaaaaaaaaand it was my roomate's. Sorry Butch
Anyway... i need it street legal - so the custom taillight mount...
And that's how she stands today.
Welcome to the story.
More to come...