Cafe prospect 2

Picked up a naked Goldwing GL1000 - Mmm chunky :)
Going to keep stock, just had it balanced, new fork tubes and throttle - bring on the better weather!

Cafe prospect 1

Here's the 550, nice condition ready for some stylin that or just sitting on and waiting for the price to go up :)

Cafe time

Time to start a new project - this time its going to be based on a Honda CB550 - cafe style :)

Watch this space.

Pixs in NC, now back in UK

Taken with the Panasonic DMC-G1R i snaffled before moving back to the UK :)

Paint Update

Fender Mk2, looking good!

Problems Problems

Couple of slight short cuts caused some damage, heartbreaking really, but nuttin that cant be fixed!

First ride!

OMG - hard to describe, like riding a wild drunken horse i suppose, I was really hanging on for dear life and not because of excess speed either.  It felt like when i first rode a motorcycle, nervous, excited - not being able to find the back brake, clutch really heavy, back wheel slightly out of align, crazy geometry - shit it was all going on! 

Tubage

Went up super early to Rexs, added fluids, primed it, and it starts first time - now thats satisfying, watching and listening it come it life, sounds great too, I cant wait to get this thing on the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_byH7G2ls

Show us your box..

95% Done

What no tires?!

Getting closer, bike is looking good, not convinced about the yellow plus leads, will try black ones and see. Pipes i sent to Pro plating - they seem to have no problems with chroming them, cant wait to get them back and put the end caps in

Dazzler

NC - NYC - NC in a weekend

Bit late on the update, however made it to NYC and then over to New Jersey and picked up the painted parts - sat in the sunlight they look amazing, shame I only have a crappy picture of the parts in my bedroom - but it made me happy to wake up and check out Ryzarts work each morning :D

Spokes now ordered, exhaust, well its getting there, Rex is sorting out the wiring as we speak - not long now!

Frame up!

Frame bondo'd up, looks from the picture a really nice job, pretty subtle but I think it'll make the paint show really well.

Pinstripe Progress...

At long last, we decided on the shade of blue for the pinstripe, took lots of texts and emails and photoshop comps but now I think we are somewhere good. Rich and myself where kinda worried about getting the frame back to me after its painted so I think it'll be a road trip for me and the family, kids are already not too thrilled about a 16hr round trip but thats what makes for family life, both the good n the bad, the ups n the downs, and the long ass journey to pick up your dads motorcycle bits :D

Glory Glory...

Lookin' good :)

Try spelling Variegated..

Its a pain in the a$$ - but this is red variegated gold leaf and its going on my tank - pixs soon.

Kandy Apple extreme!

How the pleasure just keeps rollin' on and on - thing looks like a giant christmas ball , nay, a monster candy apple :P

G-Base

Base coat laid down - looking awesome already!

Primed and ready to go..

Rich from Ryzart.com is doing the paint job for me, heres a quick update on the tins - looking good is all I can say!