GL 1000 cafe fighter
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
Exceptional work!!
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
UK_Andy wrote:Love the CBR, is it going to be a solo with leading link?
Thanks for all the compliments.
The cbr is going to get a sidecar in januari, but thats been done by the owner himself.
I just needed to build him a leading link.
Yesterday I spend hours and hours to look and think about the footpegs in relation towards the exhaust. And decided i want to keep the original position after all, but with the zx6r controls. So i need to build two small subframes for that... Which means more work for the overtight schedule...
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
not more work.......more fun!
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pictures to show what I meant in my previous post.
the foodpegs make it a big mess of intervering lines and also the exhaust needs to go backwards more then I want.
and last but not least: i expected to make te seat more comfortable by placing the foodpegs a little bit backwards, but on the contrary...
probably also because I don't want to give it extreme clipp ons, but a more active straight up position with wider bars.
okay, this is without the pegs on, but you I'm sure you all just can admit it will bring a much cleaner look.
So indeed Cyborg: it will gain much more fun
talking about Fun: i'm seriously considering to also make the lower triple tree plate in the same way as the upper... (The Fun is never the trouble, but I seem to bring myself into trouble every time again and again by keep changing the plans and getting more and more extreme ....
the foodpegs make it a big mess of intervering lines and also the exhaust needs to go backwards more then I want.
and last but not least: i expected to make te seat more comfortable by placing the foodpegs a little bit backwards, but on the contrary...
probably also because I don't want to give it extreme clipp ons, but a more active straight up position with wider bars.
okay, this is without the pegs on, but you I'm sure you all just can admit it will bring a much cleaner look.
So indeed Cyborg: it will gain much more fun

talking about Fun: i'm seriously considering to also make the lower triple tree plate in the same way as the upper... (The Fun is never the trouble, but I seem to bring myself into trouble every time again and again by keep changing the plans and getting more and more extreme ....
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Plans are meant to be changed.....especially as you go
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
The tube top triple is very cool! Do you plan to do any post welding machining to keep everything parallel?
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i'll try to weld in a smart order... and I will build a welding mould to keep things parallel and then I hope I will be safe as there is no tolerance left for post machining.
its a concern for sure, but we'll see. I might be Lucky
I spend Xmas eve to shape the bars. It took me several hours before i was satisfied...
but now I'm pretty happy with the result.
the seat position will be a little bit bending forward for my back, but for sure not too extreme as I want this bike to make many miles.
probably a low pair of clipons might look cooler, but this will gain more riding fun and it still looks low enough for me.
its a concern for sure, but we'll see. I might be Lucky

I spend Xmas eve to shape the bars. It took me several hours before i was satisfied...

but now I'm pretty happy with the result.
the seat position will be a little bit bending forward for my back, but for sure not too extreme as I want this bike to make many miles.
probably a low pair of clipons might look cooler, but this will gain more riding fun and it still looks low enough for me.
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
Progress

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and welded the triple tree / bars
machined some thread bushings for the clamping ears
and welded them in place
made a slit with a grinder blade on my milling machine. and after that i drilled the thread out of the first part
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interesting idea. look forward to seeing it on the bike. are you changing the fork angle?
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I lifted the back of the bike a little bit. But further on no changes on the bikes geometry
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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
Great work as usual.
Bikes at present:
83 XL 600r with a 2004 XR650L engine
And a slightly worse for the wear BMW GS adventure bike awaiting repair
83 GL in process
83 XL 600r with a 2004 XR650L engine
And a slightly worse for the wear BMW GS adventure bike awaiting repair
83 GL in process

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Re: GL 1000 cafe fighter
im liking it. I wish I had access to machining equiptment
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