Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Help Me Buy My Old Parts


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I want to clear all my old parts. Anybody like one of those? email me at ugley.lee@gmail.com or just sms my mobile number.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

My old so called chopper

Maybe I'm too free in the office so I browse back my old bike picture. Back then, I think this is good looking cosmetic that I've ever done to my bike. Now I'm to a bobber style. No more back rest, no 21' wheel, I've changed my handle bar to semi ape bar, a new paint... just a memory. Can't remember how much I spend to this ugly looking chopper. The idea to convert my bike to a bobber is to have a comfortable ride! Honestly I can't sleep last nite just because to think about a new rear fender. Sigh...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ANOTHER RETRO RACER!


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While i'm just browsing street dragger site, I found that this bike pretty interesting!

RETRO RACER!


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Well, if you have plenty of money, and don't know what to do... just spend it to something like these! A retro racer!

Monday, October 12, 2009

If I Bought HD Dayna, This would be my inspirations!

Argh! I missed to shot Ayie his Metal Grey Dyana! All of sudden he sold to his bike to someone at east coast Malaysia! Completely regret about that coz I don't have a SLR camera. What a lame! Hope he kept some personal pictures of his dyana. So that I can feature his bike in my blog. A simple looking bike! Word of mouth saying that he now looking a new bike to replace his dyana! Probably with a Springer! :)

Well, if I got a dyna, probably I would do something like these: A nice kick-ass red ruby metal flake strawberry paint!







Picture tell everything! No need caption for the lovely bike!

KL Bike Week09



Looks like my rear fender won't be ready. But I will be attend these spectacular events! I'm expecting better than last year.

Never Satisfied!

Howdy folks! yesterday in hot sunny day, jump-start my bike after one month lay down below my garage... 7 times pressing, alive and kicking my foot pad ride to Mail workshops at rawang. I wanna fix my bike. I've got 3 reasons: Fix my wiring, change my rear hub bearing and ask advice Mail and Man Macha about my rear fender so called 'big jim slim'. From these 3 reasons only one solved! Finally my front light get fixed. All because one of the wire inside the light switch is tear off and just need to solder back and walla! all lights is functions!

I can't change my rear hub bearing (that's why when I ride I feel my rear wheel a bit shaky) it's because I wrongly purchase a bearing. It's same size but for these XV, you need the bearing with a caps! No caps mean all the grease will split out when getting hot and it could bring sands inside the shaft and the last thing you should do call a lorry! I don't want that happen to me. So as usual, Ayie is best buddy to asking outsourcing some parts. Got some information about that bearing, i'll get this saturday!

And I show my 'big jim slim' fender to Mail. It just piece of scrap metal! :) I got this used rear fender XV that has been modified. I went to grill shop and I ask them to cut and welding back all the hole and I thought maybe Mail can give me some advice... it can be done but it might cost me a bomb just to fit in! (Probably cut my frame again). I bring back my RM20 cost of cutting and welding big jim slim and do research about what Mail thought me. "That fender must played together with suspensions if not, it would scratch my tire. Either the frame convert to hard-tail style means rigid and you need to add on spring seat.... that would cost a money and time concern! And I can't afford both!

So I browse the motorcycles blog and I found some great design rear fender can inspire me. Anyone out there feel free to give me some advice about my upcoming rear fender projects. NEVER SATISFIED about my bike!


I want to do something like these... from top view, I can see how bolts and nuts
placing.


From side view, I assume the rear fender just bolts at the frame!


Or maybe this kind of rear fender.



Or this type of design with a bracket place at the suspensions nuts. There's
a bit gap between the tire and the fender. I wont scratch?






Love this kind of short and clean fender!




Looks like I don't have to cut more my rear framed! This bike is the proof!

But the questions are how to do it? I got no background knowledge about engineering, never play with torch and weld, never cut any metals... I'm just a round neck workers! Deep far from my heart, tells me something else...