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Old 08-26-2009, 05:59 AM   #16
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I wouldnt mind to get my hands on that 109 helmet. Very nice pictures BikerBabe! lol, and Welcome to the forum GSXR.
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Old 08-26-2009, 09:21 AM   #17
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Where in Georgia? My Dad retired from Moody AFB (Valdosta) back in '91, I spent 7.5 years sweltering down there before I graduated HS!

Oh, and Welcome Aboard!
Im near Savannah.

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Welcome to the family mate! Cafe racer, eh? BSA, Norton, AJS, Triumph?
I wish.... Its actually an '85 gsxr750 with an 1100 engine that I am turning into a cafe-racer-meets slightly more modern kinda thing. :P I guess you could say it is both cafe- and warbird-inspired.

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Welcome aboard mate!

Bashing up original warbird skin for a bike?? BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY!

You could look around to see if anyone's anyone's doing any restorations and replacing the skins, the originals often get turfed in the process (I have some original Mosquito fabric to prove it!).

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Haha, I was afraid of that reaction... I will definitely check with some restorers.

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Hi Joey and welcome from Denmark.

A few thoughts for your project there:
Yep, all is well with the safety and legalities. The piece would be used simply as a cowl to go where the passenger seat was, a solo tail of sorts. That helmet is great!

The bike isn't much to look at in it's current state, as I just decided to go ahead with this idea. However, here is a starting pic, and i can post more as work progresses.

Thanks again for the kind welcome, cheers!


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Old 08-26-2009, 11:58 AM   #18
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Savannah, I was just there 2 weeks ago. Im up here in Charleston about 2 hours away. Was at the 8th Air Force Museum. You ever go there?
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:02 PM   #19
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Savannah, I was just there 2 weeks ago. Im up here in Charleston about 2 hours away. Was at the 8th Air Force Museum. You ever go there?
Yes actually, I was able to go there after hours and have a good look around! (A friend of mine had his wedding there.) I love that place.
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:10 PM   #20
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:11 PM   #21
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I enjoyed it too. I would like to go back and look at things more closely, as I had the wify and little girl with me. And they arnt into it, well the wify isnt. Im still trying to get the little girl intrested into warbirds
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Yep, all is well with the safety and legalities. The piece would be used simply as a cowl to go where the passenger seat was, a solo tail of sorts. That helmet is great!

The bike isn't much to look at in it's current state, as I just decided to go ahead with this idea. However, here is a starting pic, and i can post more as work progresses.

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Cool!
I'm looking forward to see more of your bike work once you get going, as I'm dying to get my hands on/in anything mechanical.
Y'know, you can prolly get someone who's good with an airbrush to repaint your helmet into the kind of pattern you would like it to be, I've considered that myself.
It could be kind of cool to make it match the bike once you've finished the rebuild.

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Me neither, it could be cool to have.
I think those pics surfaced during one of my Google-searches on a certain german general, and I've saved the link ever since.
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Old 08-27-2009, 03:28 AM   #24
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G'day welcome mate.

Looks a veery cool project! Bloody quick too! Nice change from the street fighter/naked machines getting around. Good luck with it.

I've helped my old man build 2 classic bikes up. He's ridden for about 40odd years, I'm about to get one myself.

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Welcome to the family mate! Cafe racer, eh? BSA, Norton, AJS, Triumph?
You missed Triton (a hybrid yes but the ultimate cafe racer) , Matchless, Vincent, Brough Superior, Scott, Royal Enfield, Sunbeam, Ariel, Excelsior, Rudge, Velocette, Douglas, Francis Barnett,

just to name a few Jan
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Sure as h*ll look the part mate! This is what I'd like to have under the x-mas tree!
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Nice Jan! Got a spare 50K though for the Manx? They are hidously expensive and the 7r isnt much better.
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Nice Jan! Got a spare 50K though for the Manx? They are hidously expensive and the 7r isnt much better.
I know...! Imagine the sound from that sweeeeet 500cc with those, well...cough...cough, silencers!
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