Project started.

LeftCoast Peter · 10-22-2011, 03:59 PM

"cause we know what the fastest colour is.....

MaineRoads · 04:11 PM

I guess your riding season is over?

wswartzwel · 10-22-2011, 04:09 PM

law looking for you? Or somebody that got passed put out a bounty

jduke · 10-22-2011, 04:09 PM

What's your "to do" list look like?

LeftCoast Peter · 10-22-2011, 04:16 PM

I always loved this. So I'm gonna do it. Wheels are BST's of course.

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

that mid-frame is gonna be a beatch! I was thinking about the black scheme, but I am kind of digging the white after getting off the black. my time and energy is going into the top end!

AZ-Twin · 10-22-2011, 04:22 PM

Very cool, can't wait to see the finished product.

MaineRoads · 10-22-2011, 04:25 PM

That's nice!

LeftCoast Peter · 10-22-2011, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shreddr

that mid-frame is gonna be a beatch! I was thinking about the black scheme, but I am kind of digging the white after getting off the black. my time and energy is going into the top end!

Ya I get it. Went back and forth a bunch of times. But ****, that is just badass. My other 2 bims are black so I feel like its natural. I'm saving the top end until Shreddr can blaze the trail.... But JMJ, a twist is all I need to see the light. Can't imagine more. But more may be just plain good....In fact I'm sure it is.

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftCoast Peter

I'm saving the top end until Shreddr can blaze the trail.....

I am working on a homegrown bigbore kit, thats gonna be a hell of lot less than $5500

stay tuned!

jduke · 10-22-2011, 04:42 PM

Looking forward to the pictures and details.

Supersteve · Supersteve's Garage

must see!!!

LeftCoast Peter · 10-23-2011, 11:21 AM

Since I want to leave as much of the plumbing (throttle cables, injector wiring, air box, brake lines etc) intact a bit of wiggling was required to get it off. Nothing too bad though....always wanted some front spline lube maintenance anyhow...

shreddr · shreddr's Garage

nice job, are you going to have it painted or powder coated?

LeftCoast Peter · 10-23-2011, 12:54 PM

Thank you, so far so good. I'm leaning to powdercoating the frame for the durability. I'm going to do the blue forged wheels at the same time and plan to use them on the R1200S. Someone told me that powdercoating frames is bad because it doesn't breathe and the steel can rot from the inside out....I don't buy it and I think that the frame is powdercoated as it is.

Although I think the rear sets and the bottoms of the sliders would be cool to have black I'm not sure its worth the extra effort....maybe see how this goes for now. Besides the forks are sure to get abuse and look crappy with chipped paint. This one is meant to be ridden...

Droptarotter · Droptarotter's Garage

Good job Peter............how was the pizza??

Cheers

RoLoo · RoLoo's Garage

...so, we'll have another Van Harten Special Replica on the road...

jduke · 10-24-2011, 11:06 AM

shreddr has thrown down a gauntlet, Left Coast Peter has to do him one up....
There are rules in this dueling S's isn't there????

sgoodwin · sgoodwin's Garage

Bombs away, money bombs that is. First to finish while spending the most wins.

SergioK · 10-24-2011, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftCoast Peter

Since I want to leave as much of the plumbing (throttle cables, injector wiring, air box, brake lines etc) intact a bit of wiggling was required to get it off. Nothing too bad though....always wanted some front spline lube maintenance anyhow...

Whenever I see a pic like this it reminds me of the scene... for some reason...

Short Circuit - No Disassemble! - YouTube