Last night a buddy and I were driving to Kragen to buy a couple things for the new motorcycle. I was telling a story about something… Oh yeah, this motorcycle apparel shop I went to one time to get my brother a birthday gift. It was the first bike shop I had ever been in that was not geared towards Easy Rider fans. I was totally blown away by the internal skeleton pads they had in some of the jackets. I had commented on how they only had one rack of typical leather jackets and they were on clearance. He looked at me like an idiot and explained how these new uber-padded performance suits are better for performance bikes and yadda yadda. He even pointed out the carbon fiber knuckled gloves I was purchasing to kind of prove his point. I explained to him that my brother was a crotch rocketeer and rode something like a Bazooka qx79 or Kamikaze sp850 or something like that. He laughed at me and asked what kind of bike I liked to ride. I told him how I would be happy on something like a Honda Shadow or Suzuki Intruder, and ultimately something like a Harley Softail that I would be able to do a bobber-style chop job on.
This story sounded just as stupid last night. I even completely lost my train of thought about halfway through it and just stopped talking for minute. The reason I was even thinking about it was because the bike that I was getting parts for was the same Bazooka qx79 from the story, and now I want a pair of carbon fiber knuckle gloves and a jacket with plates in it instead of just my regular biking leathers. I’m not exactly sure what the point is, but I know its there. -p
This story sounded just as stupid last night. I even completely lost my train of thought about halfway through it and just stopped talking for minute. The reason I was even thinking about it was because the bike that I was getting parts for was the same Bazooka qx79 from the story, and now I want a pair of carbon fiber knuckle gloves and a jacket with plates in it instead of just my regular biking leathers. I’m not exactly sure what the point is, but I know its there. -p
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Hahaha, I have the exact opposite problem. I still have all of my race gear, and no bike. I even have the pants with knee sliders on them. It is all just sitting in the closet :(
can we see a pic of the new bike?
It has been kind of a project, so maybe I will try and get a couple pictures, and definatly a before and after.
You took off the fairings? The SVs are normally naked, aren't they? Were those custom fairings?
Yes, ths bike should be naked. The fairings are custom. They are also primer grey over red with plenty of little cracks and holes that need to be patched before it is painted shiny black. I have them off to do a bit of work on the engine as well as get them fixed and painted.
Cool man. You know, you can get brand new plastics from sharkskins for about $200 (for a full set, I think). If you don't want to deal with all of the sanding and stuff. I looked on there back in my bachelor days when I was thinking about building a track bike.
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