Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

I watched it. I also think the last episode was rushed. The same thing happened with long way round, the whole of the US was one episode.

Charlie did a show where they went from London to Sydney that was good. But the old Michel Palin shows are still solid in my opinion.

 

Watched it, thought the same, last one was rushed. Haven’t watched the other ones yet. Was a cool ride.

 

Got the rear end completely rebuilt. New upholstery, new seat cover, fresh paint on the rear plastic and reproduction stickers. It’s looking almost brand new. I did a quick and dirty paint job on the plastic but sanded and used plastic primer/adhesion promoter to hopefully make it last a bit. I couldn’t bear to leave the sun damaged plastic alone.



This was the original condition of the seat foam. The sun had eaten away portions of the top layer that were exposed once the original cover had deteriorated. New foam isn’t readily available so I’d hoped to just add a new cover and be good but it left a lumpy appearance and that was a no go. My solution was to cut off the top 1” of foam and add new foam.





being the resourceful fellow that I am, I had one of these gardening kneeling pads laying around and the density was perfect.




Glued it to the original foam and shaped it with a flap disc on and angle grinder.


Here’s the original plastic with peeling factory stickers.




And here’s the whole thing put back together with fresh paint and new upholstery. I wanted to save the dealer sticker from where my dad bought the ATC back in ‘84. I think they’re still around so I might take it there and see if the have a new sticker I could add.



And nerding out in full warning label regalia And reproduction tail sticker.



I’ll be doing the same to the tank and forks since now they look dingy by comparison. The paint on the tank is in good enough condition that I may just buff it out to bring it back to life rather than repaint it. I have new tank stickers to replace the faded ones.

 

That shit is rad!

 

$145 insurance renewal for the year.....what are y’all paying if you don’t mind!

 

$142 for the year for all 3. Full coverage on the BMW w/ $3000 in accessory coverage and liability only on the two Hondas.

 

new horse!

 

hahahahah, fixed

 

Seconded.

 

Wow!
Sorry I was at a loss for words. What a sweet piece of machinery that is.

 

Very nice work.

 

Way fuckin more than that

 

Well now you have to tell us!

 

I pay 85$ a year for my cbr1000rr. And I never take it off the insurance even If I never ride it. Cuz at 85 a year don't even notice the payment

 

3 bikes, 1 with full coverage and a low deductible, 2 bikes liability only I'm around $400 per year in PA.

 

DMV just sent me a check for $22. Apparently I overpaid for something lol

 

I really don’t know what I pay. I set it up for auto pay and I don’t look at it again. It hurts less that way. I wanna say it’s in the $40/month range

Edit: LOL boy was I off. $75/month