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[baldrick]

whats the plan for an airbox? air intakes?

out of interest..

[yantosh]

4 hours ago, baldrick said:

whats the plan for an airbox? air intakes?

out of interest..

no airbox, some people say it won't work, but I know someone on here  for whom it just worked fine , and I have a power commander V and friends with a dyno, time will tell

[baldrick]

a lot of people have said a lot of stuff would never work, only to be proved wrong, and wheres the challenge in that?

[137401]

In Germany we say: „Leck mich fett...“

 

Amazing job done here, very well documented 

Thanks for sharing

[yantosh]

too many people who actually know a thing or two advising against my headlight idea,  figured I should at least entertain the idea, popped the light off my GSX-R for a mock up , those who's opinion I value enough to ask for it say it looks much better ,  it doesn't match my original plan, but it is £300 cheaper . I'll fab up some "temporary " mounts and try for a ten foot look 

 

 

[Captain Chaos]

meh... everyone and their dog puts MT-02 headlights on their specials

[yantosh]

1 hour ago, Captain Chaos said:

meh... everyone and their dog puts MT-02 headlights on their specials

guess you can'nae please all of the people , yeah the MT03 is becoming the clitoris of headlights, but for the money I have available its the best fitting option, for a reasonable working headlight ....... unless of course you can recommend an alternative? 

[Captain Chaos]

ah yes MT03 and not 02. You're right, good headlight for not much money. But this build is something special and it deserves a special headlight.

How about some Dominator twin spots?

Edited December 29, 2020 by Captain Chaos

[Askamaskinservice]

What about dual gsxr headlights.

(Nevermind me i had neighbours over for whisky tasting)

[yantosh]

an inspired choice  Captain,  but too good for the likes of me, nothing special here, just a cheap budget bike built from freebies, second hand  parts and what ever I could cobble up myself 

always open to the advice of our more senior members tho 

[yantosh]

hoping my perseverance has paid off,  constant internet searching found this for not much more than an MT03, hopefully its a standard electrical plug , now we wait . I'll go put the blue light back on my GSX-R 

 

 

[yantosh]

light arrived, looks cool as fuck , going to take a bit of modification,  but it'll work I think 

it won't be orange, might wrap it 

 

 

[Captain Chaos]

Much better than a bland MT03 headlight. 

[SiBag]

Yarp, that works.

[yantosh]

had to swap to one of the non led speedo pods,  they'll be relocated 

got the headlight mounted, single bolt in top yoke and a pair of pegs into bottom one, it won't work with the high muddie anymore, not to worry 

 

[yantosh]

so if anyone is looking to fit a motogadget mini this be much cheaper than one from Germany 

 

 

[yantosh]

time to get my arse in gear and finish this off

 

need a low muddie  to go with the new light,  I gathered up a few bits n bobs from the shed and introduced them to mr angle grinder , then offered them to the bike 

lets see if I can turn it into something worth keeping 

 

 

[yantosh]

muddie is starting to look like I want , thinking I'll give it a coat of resin and use it as a plug for a mould , it'll be stronger, lighter and a lot less of a bodge 

 

 

[yantosh]

remade the speedo pod too, moved the led's to in front , stop the wires interfering with the headlight 

 

[yantosh]

headlight wrapped  to match the tank panels, reg/rec and tail light mounts painted and fitted, and the front muddie mould (hopefully) ready ... and horn bracket 

 

[Askamaskinservice]

9 hours ago, yantosh said:

headlight wrapped  to match the tank panels, reg/rec and tail light mounts painted and fitted, and the front muddie mould (hopefully) ready ... and horn bracket 

 

 

Ha ha ha, it's all in the details.

Brilliant.

[yantosh]

dragged outside for no other reason  than I wanted pictures 

 

 

[yantosh]

got the mould made for the muddie, one off kevlar be the next task 

 

[gsx]

Epic!

[yantosh]

got the kevlar, peel ply and breather layer all cut out on Saturday ready for today. Up Sunday and off to the shed, mix up the resin and get it all loaded into a vacuum bag, never tried this before ... turned out ok, the mock up I cobbled together was the better part of 600g , vacuum moulded part about 150g. It did need a final cosmetic layer of resin brushed on, that'll need to wait until tomorrow to be rubbed down