Thread: Bike Porn - Regardless of the motor, Show off your "two wheeled" beasties

Originally Posted by Ftx325

New boing boing sprung seat on and slightly more tweaked bars finalized (mounted above top clamp now with riser clamps just to lift them slightly) and front dropped 32 mm to sharpen (lol) the steering . Now it feels a little more like what I'm used to . And seat surprisingly comfy .

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Always wondered about those seats. Does any of the 'boing' transfer through to handling, through the body, or just compress-down ? I'd always imagined things going a bit pear-shaped if you hit a bad bump at speed, where you needed body-stability to control things

Originally Posted by c-dog

Here is my dr650 while out looking for some Canadian geese, the wee aluminium bracket I made up to carry rifle/fishing rod etc (excuse the welds, was my first time mucking around with tig welding alloy) Attachment 183287

Useful motorbikes the DR 650 and lovely remote country side on the Main land.

Bought this to go along side the Harley. Not practical in any way but who doesn’t want a 2 smoker for the road

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

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Bought this to go along side the Harley. Not practical in any way but who doesn’t want a 2 smoker for the road

Cool. Looks like a lot of fun. Couldn't be any more different to the Harley.

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

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Bought this to go along side the Harley. Not practical in any way but who doesn’t want a 2 smoker for the road

Cool motard!

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

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Bought this to go along side the Harley. Not practical in any way but who doesn’t want a 2 smoker for the road

Lovely. More fun than a sack full of monkeys right there!

Originally Posted by Shearer

Cool. Looks like a lot of fun. Couldn't be any more different to the Harley.

The rattles, smoke, vibes would be the same. Forward motion would show some difference however.

Originally Posted by outlander

The rattles, smoke, vibes would be the same. Forward motion would show some difference however.

A 500km trip might show a difference in riding comfort though!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

A 500km trip might show a difference in riding comfort though!

Provided it's not a hardtail Pan with bars that apes hang onto. Starve your hands of blood flow and make you fall off from numb knuckles and balls.

Originally Posted by outlander

Provided it's not a hardtail Pan with bars that apes hang onto. Starve your hands of blood flow and make you fall off from numb knuckles and balls.

Ah, the sacrifices that are made in order to look cool!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

A 500km trip might show a difference in riding comfort though!

A mate of mine rode his KTM 3 hundy from Otorahanga to the Dusty butt and back a couple of years ago. Yes he took a couple of weeks off work

Originally Posted by cameronjackwhite

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Bought this to go along side the Harley. Not practical in any way but who doesn’t want a 2 smoker for the road

Nice pipe!!!

Originally Posted by XR500

Nice pipe!!!

Hand made in Austria, beautiful up close

I just finished fitting a McCruise Unit to the Africa Twin. Really nicely built kit from across the ditch. Very comprehensive and accurate installation instructions for type. Works well, very happy. Because my AT is not ride by wire, the kit includes a servo and cable interface unit which makes it a tad more expensive than the kit for the RBW versions. The latest AT has factory cruise control.

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Cable interface unit, 1=Re-routed throttle pull cable, 2=kit cable to throttle body, 3=kit cable from servo unit


Servo unit


The little computer sits under the pillion seat and most of the 6 hour install was making the connections to power, brake switch, coil, speed sensor etc.

Be interested in how you find it.
My previous bike had a fast idle lever.
Could crank it on and have a good stretch with it chugging at about 4000 rpm.
The one I have now doesn't have it.