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Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
So I traded my big ol' V-twin Drifter for this antique Goldwing awhile back and there's only one problem...
It looks like every other one out there...Y'know...Like grandpa's 'Wing.
I wanna hear from the post-apoc stylee guys as to what ya'd do to it to make it look like something straight outta "Mad Max" or "Ruin-Nation."
I know straightaway that the color's gotta go. That's the easy part. Pinstripes went out in the 70s. A flat, mean, nasty color is definitely in order.
I want to turn it into something that people would see going down the road and think "Better not get too close to that thing."
Here's some pics (hopefully):
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 2432&saved
Throw some ideas at me, wouldya?
It looks like every other one out there...Y'know...Like grandpa's 'Wing.
I wanna hear from the post-apoc stylee guys as to what ya'd do to it to make it look like something straight outta "Mad Max" or "Ruin-Nation."
I know straightaway that the color's gotta go. That's the easy part. Pinstripes went out in the 70s. A flat, mean, nasty color is definitely in order.
I want to turn it into something that people would see going down the road and think "Better not get too close to that thing."
Here's some pics (hopefully):
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 2432&saved
Throw some ideas at me, wouldya?
***When I die may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline***
- roadkill804
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
I'm not an expert in the post-apoc thing, but I think those chromes should go.
I'm just a lurker.
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Yeah, roadkill...Either that or they need to be seriously modified and contrasted.
What I'm concerned with at this point is mods. Armor/spikes/blades, etc. That I can do-I'm just temporarily at a loss as to where to start so I figured I'd ask people for some ideas.
What I'm concerned with at this point is mods. Armor/spikes/blades, etc. That I can do-I'm just temporarily at a loss as to where to start so I figured I'd ask people for some ideas.
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
I'm the last person left on the planet that isn't on FaceBook so I can't see the photo.
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Aye, Coffey. I couldn't get the photo to attach.
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- roadkill804
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
How about some fake rust, like in rat-rods?
I'm just a lurker.
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
I don't suppose the fairings can come off around handlebars?
What about flat black? No pinstripes?
Edit: duh, you already said no pinstripes and a color change in your first post.
What about flat black? No pinstripes?
Edit: duh, you already said no pinstripes and a color change in your first post.
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
No, the fairings are staying. They're an integral part of the bike (lights, digital instrument cluster, mirrors, air suspension compressor+controls, CB radio, and my stereo. My stereo ain't goin' nowhere. Heh. I finally can mix two of my three favorite things together-Bikes and rock 'n roll. Stripping it down isn't an option. Building it up/accessorizing is.
What I'd really like is JP's input....Anybody know where he's at these days?
What I'd really like is JP's input....Anybody know where he's at these days?
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
maybe those box things on the side near the back :P could be painted like gas cans? a bit of fake rusting like the ones on ratrods here and there (as roadkill suggested), bones painted on the suspension at the front, fake spikes here and there :P and maybe a faded classic red n yellow flame paintjob. that's all i can suggest as im not that good on motorbikes!
running people over.. so many peds so little time...
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Hmm...ok. Well, I gotta put the project on hold for awhile 'cause the bike puked it's final drive on the way back from the store (stripped drive/driven splines) and now I gotta go track down new parts to rebuild it.
May have to adapt a GL1500 wheel and final gearbox to it cause GL1200 parts are getting scarce the last 25 years.
May have to adapt a GL1500 wheel and final gearbox to it cause GL1200 parts are getting scarce the last 25 years.
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
OK, OK....NOW I think I'm onto somethin' here.
So the 'Wing ended up woulda cost me something like $700+ to fix (Damn differential gears stripped....So much for holeshots) and what with the cost and scarcity of parts for a quarter-century-old high end bike, I uloaded it for a grand and spent slightly less on another bike.
It's a '96 Honda VT600 VLX. It's light, agile and faaaaaaast. The perfect attack chopper.
Here's what it looked like when I got it: I immediately began chopping stuff off of it. Rear frame section-gone. Turn signals-gone. (That's what left arms are for, dammit!)
Also, it's amazing just how many motorcycle accessories can be fabricated from an old aluminum road sign... (Kustom license tag/taillight bracket and brace, misc. mounting brackets and the mounting plate for the stereo amplifier that powering the 4 1/2" three-ways mounted in the reversed spotlight housings up on the handlebars.
And of course-two rattle-cans of high-temp matte black.
In true Road Puppy style, I'm re-using pretty much alla the parts and fasteners I chopped off the bike and whatever else I can scrounge up to customize it.
Next, the headers get wrapped and mufflers flat-blacked.
Any other suggestions?
So the 'Wing ended up woulda cost me something like $700+ to fix (Damn differential gears stripped....So much for holeshots) and what with the cost and scarcity of parts for a quarter-century-old high end bike, I uloaded it for a grand and spent slightly less on another bike.
It's a '96 Honda VT600 VLX. It's light, agile and faaaaaaast. The perfect attack chopper.
Here's what it looked like when I got it: I immediately began chopping stuff off of it. Rear frame section-gone. Turn signals-gone. (That's what left arms are for, dammit!)
Also, it's amazing just how many motorcycle accessories can be fabricated from an old aluminum road sign... (Kustom license tag/taillight bracket and brace, misc. mounting brackets and the mounting plate for the stereo amplifier that powering the 4 1/2" three-ways mounted in the reversed spotlight housings up on the handlebars.
And of course-two rattle-cans of high-temp matte black.
In true Road Puppy style, I'm re-using pretty much alla the parts and fasteners I chopped off the bike and whatever else I can scrounge up to customize it.
Next, the headers get wrapped and mufflers flat-blacked.
Any other suggestions?
***When I die may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline***
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Gimme some more ideas, fellas.... Unpimp ma ride.
;)
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
OK....Now I think I might be onto something...
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Better, no?
BTW-That's a completely homemade hypercharger onnat thing. Made from old road signs-even the adapter plate. I'm currently working on the vacuum-actuated throttle butterflies using a piece of brass rod, 2 bearings from a roller outta an old piece of office equipment, the holes I cut out of the front plate (throttle plates), a spring, a couple levers and a vacuum choke pulldown motor off a Rochester 2G carburetor.
BTW-That's a completely homemade hypercharger onnat thing. Made from old road signs-even the adapter plate. I'm currently working on the vacuum-actuated throttle butterflies using a piece of brass rod, 2 bearings from a roller outta an old piece of office equipment, the holes I cut out of the front plate (throttle plates), a spring, a couple levers and a vacuum choke pulldown motor off a Rochester 2G carburetor.
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- random_monkey
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Deep_Blue wrote:I'm currently working on the vacuum-actuated throttle butterflies using a piece of brass rod, 2 bearings from a roller outta an old piece of office equipment, the holes I cut out of the front plate (throttle plates), a spring, a couple levers and a vacuum choke pulldown motor off a Rochester 2G carburetor.
Seriously though, looks awesome :D
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
LOL R_M. Aside from the engine, frame, tank and wheels-everythng else on this bike has been fabricated or repurposed from other stuff I either had laying around or could scrounge up. It's amazing how many motorcycle parts can be fabbed from old road signs. I even re-used every bit I chopped off the rear of the bike (used to have a rear subframe over the wheel w/ passenger pillion) including all the fasteners. In true road warrior style, 'tis a rolling scrapheap. But it does burnouts. ;)
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
That's one superb beast there D_B!
Looks badass
Looks badass
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Heh. This is what I meant. Working throttle butterflies.
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Yay.. bike jelousy..
Wouldent know where to start only that its something that Ive allways wanted.. specially since it looks so awsome now.
Wouldent know where to start only that its something that Ive allways wanted.. specially since it looks so awsome now.
Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Couple more...
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Next to find some suitable heavy plastic for wheel discs...
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Re: Input/ideas wanted from the post-apoc guys...
Nice, looks straight out of MM2
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