balkowitsch
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Eyes Examined
Dear Les, I think you need to get your eyes examined.
One beautiful dude.
Thanks,
Shane
Dear Les, I think you need to get your eyes examined.
One beautiful dude.
Thanks,
Shane
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Complete Restoration of BMW R75/5 into Cafe Racer
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les_garten
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Dear Les, I think you need to get your eyes examined.
One beautiful dude.
Thanks,
Shane
That's a very famous Trans-sexual named Tula.
You've been had my friend!
http://tgmedia.enacre.net/lorna_lynne/tula.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Cossey
Don'tcha feel dirty now!
I can fix ya up, if ya like...
balkowitsch
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You Got Me
Damn it Les, I hate it when you are right, I have to say you set me up a little bit, your damn knowledge of all things transexual caught me in a pickle, thanks for making my day, that is good stuff. Only you would have saw the "Tula" on her race outfit and put two and two together. Good one,
Thanks,
Shane
Damn it Les, I hate it when you are right, I have to say you set me up a little bit, your damn knowledge of all things transexual caught me in a pickle, thanks for making my day, that is good stuff. Only you would have saw the "Tula" on her race outfit and put two and two together. Good one,
Thanks,
Shane
les_garten
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I got caught on another forum the same way!
The wiki entry is actually a fascinating read considering the dates that all this occurred.
balkowitsch
New member
Jet Hot Finished
Just paid for the ceramic coating for the exhaust, headers and clamps. One of the things that I really wanted to avoid was the discoloring that takes place on all exhaust systems and I was not too keen to add exhaust covers since we are doing the whole Cafe Racer thing, so Jet Hot seemed like a good solution. I have heard nothing but good things about their product and their work.
http://www.jet-hot.com/
Damage was $343 for everything if anyone is contemplating using their service.
Thanks,
Shane
Just paid for the ceramic coating for the exhaust, headers and clamps. One of the things that I really wanted to avoid was the discoloring that takes place on all exhaust systems and I was not too keen to add exhaust covers since we are doing the whole Cafe Racer thing, so Jet Hot seemed like a good solution. I have heard nothing but good things about their product and their work.
http://www.jet-hot.com/
Damage was $343 for everything if anyone is contemplating using their service.
Thanks,
Shane
les_garten
New member
What color?
balkowitsch
New member
Silver
Sorry Less, it will be their silver chrome looking finish, not as shiny as chrome but no discoloration at all.
Thanks,
Shane
Sorry Less, it will be their silver chrome looking finish, not as shiny as chrome but no discoloration at all.
Thanks,
Shane
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les_garten
New member
Kewl! Thought you might be going black. The Silver will look good on there.
I always liked the Blue discoloration of the Chrome for some reason.
balkowitsch
New member
Shiny
Yeah with all of our shiny bits we wanted to go with Silver. Thanks for the support Les and thanks for telling me about the guy! Damn it anyway!
Shane
Yeah with all of our shiny bits we wanted to go with Silver. Thanks for the support Les and thanks for telling me about the guy! Damn it anyway!
Shane
les_garten
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"He" fooled a lot of folks!
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balkowitsch
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balkowitsch
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balkowitsch
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Helmet and Goggles
Well I did it, I purchased some of my safety equipment for the bike. I am going with the Classic Jet helmet by Davida, it is DOT approved, per our previous conversations, I stayed away from the less safe models and are going for function over form this time.
http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=classic-Jet
The helmet is going to be all white to match the stripe on the bike, these are handmade and will take about 6 weeks to get it from U.K.
Also went with a set of their goggles and their face mask for cold mornings in North Dakota and to protect against bugs if I feel in the mood to wear it.
http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=halcyon
their Halcyon goggles are very cool.
Have a great evening everyone.
Sincerely,
Shane
Well I did it, I purchased some of my safety equipment for the bike. I am going with the Classic Jet helmet by Davida, it is DOT approved, per our previous conversations, I stayed away from the less safe models and are going for function over form this time.
http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=classic-Jet
The helmet is going to be all white to match the stripe on the bike, these are handmade and will take about 6 weeks to get it from U.K.
Also went with a set of their goggles and their face mask for cold mornings in North Dakota and to protect against bugs if I feel in the mood to wear it.
http://www.davida.co.uk/type.php?id=halcyon
their Halcyon goggles are very cool.
Have a great evening everyone.
Sincerely,
Shane
balkowitsch
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Liquid Coating
I have asked Josh who he is using and asked for any technical information about this process, all I do know is that it is different than powder coating, is suppose to be more durable, so I will find out who is performing this process and any information I can to share about it.
Josh posted an update on his site:
http://beemersandbits.com/2012/02/ready-for-blasting-and-coating/
Thanks for your interest,
Shane
Liquid coating process? Please explain. Liquid coating soulds like "paint"!!!!
I have asked Josh who he is using and asked for any technical information about this process, all I do know is that it is different than powder coating, is suppose to be more durable, so I will find out who is performing this process and any information I can to share about it.
Josh posted an update on his site:
http://beemersandbits.com/2012/02/ready-for-blasting-and-coating/
Thanks for your interest,
Shane
lmo1131
New member
Shane,
Have them pay special attention to protecting your control perch and switch boss parts. Lots of little holes, and interfacing parts that don't like too much excess "paint", especially around holes. i.e. the countersink in the top of the throttle housing.
I had to have mine stripped and redone... they weren't happy. But not as unhappy as I was.
Have them pay special attention to protecting your control perch and switch boss parts. Lots of little holes, and interfacing parts that don't like too much excess "paint", especially around holes. i.e. the countersink in the top of the throttle housing.
I had to have mine stripped and redone... they weren't happy. But not as unhappy as I was.
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balkowitsch
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balkowitsch
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Headlight Houseing
We have decided to pull the headlight housing from the powder coat box because we want that larger piece to match perfectly with the tank and fenders. The liquid coating is very very close with their silver but I do not want to chance it not matching and I think that it is important that the larger pieces like the tank, headlight bucket and fenders are done at the same time via the same paint process. I have looked at both the Porsche color swatch and the silver powder/liquid coating swatch and they are very very close.
Will keep you posted,
Thanks,
Shane
We have decided to pull the headlight housing from the powder coat box because we want that larger piece to match perfectly with the tank and fenders. The liquid coating is very very close with their silver but I do not want to chance it not matching and I think that it is important that the larger pieces like the tank, headlight bucket and fenders are done at the same time via the same paint process. I have looked at both the Porsche color swatch and the silver powder/liquid coating swatch and they are very very close.
Will keep you posted,
Thanks,
Shane
balkowitsch
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jstrube
John.
Awesome!
Make sure you follow the break in directions with those explicitly. If they use the same as the company I used, you wipe them down & heat them up following a process. They will look good forever. If you leave a fingerprint on them when breaking in, you could have it forever.
Make sure you follow the break in directions with those explicitly. If they use the same as the company I used, you wipe them down & heat them up following a process. They will look good forever. If you leave a fingerprint on them when breaking in, you could have it forever.
