britjoe2
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Posted: 01/31/10 10:11 PM
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Ill Give you my usual intro stuff, Im british and come from North London, but for the last 15 years Ive been Living in Alberta Canada, its cold here for 6 months of the year, and Im itching to get out on my bike, its been four years since i built my Gixer SRAD, 1000 Hybrid,
any how, it all started with a handsome Gixer 1K that wasnt mine
 I actually spoke to the guy that crashed the bike and though he was in hospital for a while, he was ok and is still riding and living in BC. [b]after his misshap[/b]
 [b]2005 After I bought the bike and started to strip it[/b] I striped the srad sold the parts I didnt need and got to work the first mod was to drill the triples and use a set of virago risers
 [b]Oct 2005, I soon relised Id need a new rolling chassis as the frame was tweaked at its head stock[/b]
 The stock subframe had to go so I fabed up a tempory one out of some 3/8 aluminium
 When I got the subrame how I like it I had it lazer cut
 The tank was stripped with air craft paint striper then waxed with car wax in the four years iv had the bike it isnt showing any signs of rusting, occaisionly i will remove all the wax with paint thinner and brush the tank with a wire brush and rewax it.
 I used a Ducati Monster tail fin, on the rear, and decided the price is right $80 canadian, to use another fro the front mini fairing to hide some wires and tidy it up a little
 The exhaust bracket, needed work, I wasnt totaly happy with it, and I drilled some wholes, in the mini fairing, inspired by the wholes in the fireblade's fairing I really liked., oh I allso decided that it needed something and installed carbon fibre lookin decals that i designed my self by cutting out on plain paper and converting them in to cad format by copying them with a scanner, and tracing the out lines, then sending them to the decal 3m store.
 I rode the bike for a while discovng that it wouldnt rev over 9000 RPM I decided it must be something to do with the induction, I guess it needed the induction tubes, so I went about cutting the stock ones down.
 I still wasnt happy, and the bike wasnt reving like it should so I took the bike by the horns, and used a set of after market induction tubes from a honda Civic AWOOOOWHA it worked, and the bike screams al the way through to red line
 SO I tidied the exhaust hanger, and made up a mount that works well, the front induction works well and isnt to everyones taste, but im more about function over form anyhow, and I think it allmost looks like the motorhead logo from the front.....
 So its Been four years, its had its ups and downs, a blown motor, finding out I had to remake all the engine mounts, My bike I guess will never be finished its allways a work in progress, maybe one day ill even paint it, who knows.
 Theres additions, the rear sets, the rear brake resivour,
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Posted: 01/31/10 10:21 PM
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britjoe2
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Posted: 01/31/10 10:39 PM
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dave_sonsky
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Posted: 02/01/10 11:41 AM
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