The "bare" frame should give the finished bike an unusual look. Keep up the good work.

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He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
>B. Franklin

78 GL1000 Pending Resurrection
78 GL1000 Naked (gone to pieces)
83 GL1100 Interstate
99 GL1500CF Valkyrie Interstate (Gone to the Darkside)
99 GL1500C Valkyrie Standard (Gone to the Darkside)

I'm glad I'm not paying you by the hour!

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Enjoy life,
Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

Dem bones, dem bones ....

Lovely bones.

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Steve -- IBA #8078 -- Winnie, the '81 Nekkid Bagger build

Don't get paid by the hour at work either... Maybe I should be taking that personally?

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Daily rider...
2012 Concours 1400
Projects...
81 1100 "Bones" (Stripped!)
Maintain...
Dad's 86 1200 Aspencade (my fee is being able to ride it whenever)
Uncle's 76 1000 (for sale)

Great concept and work.
Claude

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In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is Weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.


RETIRED and LOVING It!!!
82 GL1100 Standard
83 GL1100 Presently getting undressed! Finally getting started.
80 frame,82 wheels, forks & rear drive, "new" 1981 engine and full Vetter setup. (Starting to collect parts needed to complete)

looks awesome I would like to do that with a bike,got alot around here for cheap,what are your plans for a seat? seems like alot of the bobber seats I see are lacking....hope the rest goes well.

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God bless our sons and daughters,husbands and wives who darn the uniform in defense of our nation.
82 650 nighthawk R.I.P.
87 750 shadow R.I.P.
81 GL 1100i forever young

Hobbies can't be judged by the hour but back when I got paid by the hour at work i loved the overtime. How are you going to keep it from rusting, I must have missed that.

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Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

Cookie he cleared the frame.

Nate, looking good dude hope you can have her ready for OHIO.

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Matt Haus
81 GL1100 Cheap Trick
GET ON AND HOLD ON OR MOVE ON!!
We are what we do repeatedly. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

I'm doing everything on this bike as cheap as I can. If I can make it look original with a little elbow grease instead of replacing it that's how it's gonna be! There's a few things that can't be scrimpt on... belts, carb kit, head gaskets (have to switch heads off another motor), tires, and seal kits for the final drive and brakes most likely. I was hoping to give away the extra pieces I took off but I may have the sell them to help cover my costs.
There's a pic of my seat back on page 2. The seat is off a honda magna, and when you slide it back it matches the lines of the frame almost perfectly. I spent most of tonight cutting out the seat pan and gently (can you say B.F.H.) flattening out the huge seam on the top of the tank so they fit together low and seamless. After I get the tank stripped, cleaned inside, and cleared I'll post the pic. I technically won't qualify as proper bobber because the seat is really comfortable , and I'm going to make some mods to a set of Kuriakyn (how the hell do you spell that?) highway pegs so I can do a few longer cruises. I'm bustin @## trying to make Ohio!

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Daily rider...
2012 Concours 1400
Projects...
81 1100 "Bones" (Stripped!)
Maintain...
Dad's 86 1200 Aspencade (my fee is being able to ride it whenever)
Uncle's 76 1000 (for sale)

Looks friggin sweet, who would have guessed that shiney metal was under that black paint. Keep up the great work.


Take another look at the case protectors that came with the "Old BattleAxe" seems to me they had highway pegs on them...

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Bulldoged '81 GL1100 "BOMBER!" BUILD THREAD
Cafe' '74 CB350F "Lil Sister" LINKY
Bratstyle GS750L "GADZOOKS!" LINKY

rainstromrider say's I'm "addicted to the build"... I think he might onto something

Take another look at the case protectors that came with the "Old BattleAxe" seems to me they had highway pegs on them...[/quote]

They did, but I'm not going to put on the crash bars. The pegs are a good story, but I'll save it till I post the mod and mounting of them.

Bye the way Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement!!!! A good hard slap on the back sure helps get you out of bed when you worked to late futzin with a widget that no one but you will even notice you did anything too! But we do it just for us anyways right!

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Daily rider...
2012 Concours 1400
Projects...
81 1100 "Bones" (Stripped!)
Maintain...
Dad's 86 1200 Aspencade (my fee is being able to ride it whenever)
Uncle's 76 1000 (for sale)

Got a few more pieces done this week, and came up with an idea to stamp the bike with its name.
Here's the swing arm done and cleared! I found the swing arm bearings in good shape too. Miracles never cease!

Here's the tank finished, but not cleared yet.

I decided to try and polish a graphic into the side of the tank. I found the perfect graphic and sized it just right for the tank surface. I then covered the side of the tank with good painters tape, transferred the image, and cut it out with an exacto knife.


I'll do most of the polishing with a dremel I think. If it works like I plan, the cut lines from the exacto, and the polished surface will make for a very visible picture, but one you might not catch right off the bat. I'm going for something that messes with you a little before you finally figure it out I'll post the pic as soon as I get it done!

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Daily rider...
2012 Concours 1400
Projects...
81 1100 "Bones" (Stripped!)
Maintain...
Dad's 86 1200 Aspencade (my fee is being able to ride it whenever)
Uncle's 76 1000 (for sale)

You know how they acid etch? I wonder if that would work?

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Enjoy life,
Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

I really like the thought of the polished in graphics. This is going to be one cool looking bike when it is finished. I'm looking forward to the assembly pictures.

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1975 gl1000 in progress
1989 fzr1000 My first love
2006 Yamaha Stratoliner Midnight
1983 Aero 80 Too good a deal and it embarrasses the wife(sold)
1979 Honda CX500 Too good a deal not to buy it (sold)

it looks like its going to be real wild. Im wondering if laying silverleaf over your pattern and xactong it out might work. A option anyway if the polishing doesnt do it. JB

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jbz