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I dig the seat on the red bike. Was that custom-built, or did you buy it somewhere? Also, are those clip-on 'bars?

It was custom built on the stock pan. Had a really good upholstery guy shape the foam to my liking and then cover it. It was nice cause it maintained the hinging mech and stock lock. No frame cutting or welding etc...

The same guy did the seat a couple years later on the orange bike but on that one I had a welded on bumpstop cause I wanted to make sure the angle aligned to the strut on the frame exactly. Then it was covered with thin foam and upholstered.

Yes, clip ons on the red bike. I had Torrazziā€™s at first... adjustable with rise... and then I swapped the, out for some other more traditional ones with a billet clamp and solid bar. I canā€™t remember who made them. It was hard to find nice clip-ons for 33mm forks at the time.

They both used an 11ā€ short shock in the back to lower them an inch from stock in the back, the front forks on the red bike had stiffer race springs put in them and then heavier oil, then they were just slid up through the triple-trees. The scrambler was also lowered in the front, but it was done by shortening and rethreading the damper rode inside the fork to limit how much it could re-extend.

I wanted to do these builds, a cafe racer and a kind of flat track inspired builds to show how versatile the bikes were. I owned them at the same time for a while.

- Woody
 
field cars,.... pfft.
I love river cars.
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Fantastic! 1/8 mile or 1/4? And the time slip says......?
This was a Gasser meet a few weekends ago. Ran a 8:15 in the 1/8. The engine was starving for fuel. Needle and seat in the carb was too small. I think it will hit 7:90 or so soon. A 8:15 is about equal to a 12:70 quarter mile pass.
 
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