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Started by Travman, January 21, 2010, 02:53:00 AM

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jvax

Quote from: Travman on July 03, 2011, 07:43:33 PM


That's hot!!!  I wish it had a silver colored frame and black fenders tho...


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ducatiz

Quote from: Travman on July 03, 2011, 07:43:33 PM


interesting that he shoe-horned those old school Tarozzi footpegs onto that frame.  I'd like to see it up close to see how he kludged it.
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fastwin

What's the white box with the red and green stripe sitting above the Marcus Design F1 Tracker's top triple clamp? Air box intake??? ???
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Quote from: fastwin on July 04, 2011, 12:30:05 PM
What's the white box with the red and green stripe sitting above the Marcus Design F1 Tracker's top triple clamp? Air box intake??? ???

I'd say so.
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Quote from: fastwin on July 04, 2011, 12:30:05 PM
What's the white box with the red and green stripe sitting above the Marcus Design F1 Tracker's top triple clamp? Air box intake??? ???

That or a vintage "on bike" camera housing.
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iRam

Quote from: fastwin on July 04, 2011, 12:30:05 PM
What's the white box with the red and green stripe sitting above the Marcus Design F1 Tracker's top triple clamp? Air box intake??? ???

yes they are. He was going for a slim profile and putting it on the sides wasnt an option for him.
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fastwin

I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

Eddie_322

Quote from: iRam on July 04, 2011, 02:22:06 PM
yes they are. He was going for a slim profile and putting it on the sides wasnt an option for him.


Looks like he was trying to make it look like a F1 car air intake. Kinda ruins the lines of a otherwsie nice looking bike.

Travman


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avizpls

I think its pretty much a case of "nuff said"

[thumbsdown]
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avizpls

#1377
plus, anyone with their blog site pasted on their motorcycle....  [thumbsdown] x2

ok, just to name a few from this photo angle.
the swingarm looks janky and barely held in place. Cant put my finger on it, but its not right.
The swingarm appears to be longer than it need/should be
The complete lack of any clutch cover whatsoever adds nothing and looks unfinished.
while I like the design concept of piecewise exhaust pipes, this one is of a terrible design.
It looks like someone wanted to proudly display the "function over form" but they forgot what the function was and instead you end up with no form, no function.
The aforementioned blog site.
the silly little brake light looks like its just resting on the license plate mount
which itself looks like a broken mudflap pointing straight back like that.
There is no proper alignment between the seat pan and the tank.
Silver some places, black others with no rhyme or reason to it.
please tell me thats not a "missile launch" style switch for an ignition?
back to the seat pan again, its at a different angle than the rear "subframe" leaving an unsightly gap.


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ducatiz

Quote from: avizpls on July 06, 2011, 06:39:23 AM
plus, anyone with their blog site pasted on their motorcycle....  [thumbsdown] x2

ok, just to name a few from this photo angle.
the swingarm looks janky and barely held in place. Cant put my finger on it, but its not right.
The swingarm appears to be longer than it need/should be

that's a stock S2R swingarm.  the lack of an udder or exhaust pipes in front of it make it look like it is further from the bike.


QuoteThe complete lack of any clutch cover whatsoever adds nothing and looks unfinished.
while I like the design concept of piecewise exhaust pipes, this one is of a terrible design.
It looks like someone wanted to proudly display the "function over form" but they forgot what the function was and instead you end up with no form, no function.
The aforementioned blog site.
the silly little brake light looks like its just resting on the license plate mount
which itself looks like a broken mudflap pointing straight back like that.
There is no proper alignment between the seat pan and the tank.
Silver some places, black others with no rhyme or reason to it.
please tell me thats not a "missile launch" style switch for an ignition?
back to the seat pan again, its at a different angle than the rear "subframe" leaving an unsightly gap.

the exhaust is overdone and the seat doesn't fit, that's about where i see it.  i could care less about the blogsite, cheesy but it can be painted over/removed.

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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

Eddie_322

Quote from: avizpls on July 06, 2011, 06:39:23 AM
plus, anyone with their blog site pasted on their motorcycle....  [thumbsdown] x2

ok, just to name a few from this photo angle.
the swingarm looks janky and barely held in place. Cant put my finger on it, but its not right.
The swingarm appears to be longer than it need/should be
The complete lack of any clutch cover whatsoever adds nothing and looks unfinished.
while I like the design concept of piecewise exhaust pipes, this one is of a terrible design.
It looks like someone wanted to proudly display the "function over form" but they forgot what the function was and instead you end up with no form, no function.
The aforementioned blog site.
the silly little brake light looks like its just resting on the license plate mount
which itself looks like a broken mudflap pointing straight back like that.
There is no proper alignment between the seat pan and the tank.
Silver some places, black others with no rhyme or reason to it.
please tell me thats not a "missile launch" style switch for an ignition?
back to the seat pan again, its at a different angle than the rear "subframe" leaving an unsightly gap.





Don't forget the lack of a front fender.

The pipes are stupid. You weld sections of short pipe segments because you can not bend the pipe in tight radius or are changing diameters (like a 2 stroke expansion chamber).

There is no reason that he couldn't bend a pipe to that radius (or have it done for the cost of the welding consumables). Even if it is titanium.