If she's fine with that for her first bike, she has more restraint than I do.
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June 29, 2011 10:29 p.m. MitchellC Dork
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July 16, 2011 5:13 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
Both bikes all cleaned and detailed. Took the FZ1 out last saturday for 260 miles of random driving. Been gettin low 40 MPG on it. Its an easy riding bike and i love it.
Just thought i would chime in with an update
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July 16, 2011 7:03 p.m. Rusnak_322 HalfDork
The new Sport Rider has a story on fixing up a used FZ1 (jet kit, suspension, brakes).
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July 22, 2011 9:46 p.m. TuffWork Reader
That's a pretty nice ride. Too bad you don't live closer or I'd say we should go for a cruise. I'm a yamaha guy as well (as you can tell from the avatar). I've had the R6 for over three years now and am starting to itch for a liter bike. I'm very jealous.
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Aug. 11, 2011 7:41 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
Been taking the bike out a lot on 100 ish mile quick trips. Just leave home and hit the road. Found some interesting places along the way. My MPG on this and pretty much every trip and tank is 40 +- a MPG. Cannot beat it.
Made some highway pegs for it...ill post some pictures soon. Makes long rides a bit better because your in a different position so less fatigue.
I keep saying to everyone that the bike is a windshield and a comfortable seat away from me going cross country. Those two things and this would be the perfect do ANYTHING bike.
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Feb. 18, 2012 6:25 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
Well, i have been busy with the bike. Last season the biggest thing that kept me from using it more was lack of carry-a-bility. I have a great backpack that Fieldsheer makes that is just great for riding but that was not enough at times. I figured i would wait till the off season to mess around with anything.
Well fast forward to a couple weeks ago when i found an old shopping cart on the front property at work. Now, normally i would try to wheel it back or just move it but the nearest store was many miles away and it was sitting there for a while so i took it, cut it up, and decided that i would use the bends and nice looking tubes to make my rack for the bike.
Made some mock ups with several pieces of cardboard, paper, toilet paper tubes and finally settled on a simple design made of coat hangers.
This design used the same holes and bolts that the factory passenger grab bars used. So no extra messing around with stuff like that. I wanted something i could remove and something that looked like it coulda been a factory accessory or stock.
I welded the U shape rack then made a rig setup thingy to mount the tabs from the U to the frame.
Was happy with how it fit after welding. Murphys Law of course that i could not get the MIG dialed in like i wanted it until the last two beads. haha.
Today i painted it up black using Rustoleum Hammered Finish paint. Let me just say that it is worth every penny and it looks absolutely killer. Goes on nice and by the second coat (as recomended) you cant wait till its done to show it off. Reminds me of a professionally done powder coat. Only downside is that it looks more gunmetal or dark silver then black.
Here is the rack all painted up and mounted. With no passenger i have apx. a 19" X 13.5 area, with passenger it still 12"X 8.5".
Ready for action.
Fun project. I did it after school/work/ latenights etc and it was as much a challenge as it was relaxing. I can still mount a hard case on the back in the future and can use bar collars if i wanna mount anything else.
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Feb. 18, 2012 6:37 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork
CarKid1989 wrote:
Made some highway pegs for it...ill post some pictures soon. Makes long rides a bit better because your in a different position so less fatigue.
Here is the quick version of the highway pegs.
Buddy gave me take off Harley Davidson pegs. I took two drive clevis ends from the scrap/ mistake parts bin at work. The holes were the exact same size so i found some bolts, made some mounting plates and mounted it to the frame by the engine mounts.
Folds up when not in use and down to stretch my feets out on long hauls. Works really nice.
Been using em for a year now and zero problems
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Feb. 18, 2012 8:07 p.m. minimac SuperDork
minimac wrote:
I don't believe you. I give it less than three months before the bike A.D.D. kicks in.
I'm glad I was wrong! Nice work on the rack/handle thingy and the pegs.
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Feb. 18, 2012 8:39 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork
I did a similar peg setup on my bandit. Great for long rides.
