My babe....

WightWizard · Post by **WightWizard** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:19 pm

Having been a member for nearly 50 years (or so), I reckon it's about time I got a couple of pictures of my babe up here on the forum.

I hope you like her!

Darren - WightWizard.

Gonzohop · Post by **Gonzohop** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:48 pm

Wow - she's a beaut! =D>

WightWizard · Post by **WightWizard** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:01 pm

Thanks Gonzohop!

Darren.

maccas · Post by **maccas** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:27 pm

Wow that's incredibly tidy, I think the kr1 in those colours looks better than the 1s!

Nice work!

Maccas

WightWizard · Post by **WightWizard** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:07 pm

Hi Maccas,

I'm glad you like her.

Black forks, indicators & mirrors, plus some fancy seat recovering with matching green piping. The rest is pretty much standard colours. I occasionally dress her with some Nikons for a change when the mood suits.

Thanks for the kind words.

Darren.

blueshockwave · Post by **blueshockwave** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:23 pm

Very very nice i like it =D> =D>

garye345 · Post by **garye345** » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:24 pm

maccas wrote:Wow that's incredibly tidy, I think the kr1 in those colours looks better than the 1s!

Nice work!

Maccas

Canney argue with that comment!
Thats a rather tidy example you have there squire =D> .
With out sounding like a bitch-ditch the black,seat/mirrors/and fork bottoms,job done.
Beauty is,those are picked up easy enough ont tbay,with a bit a patience.
Nice steed!

Post by **alimorg** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:42 am

Thats a little cracker
Cheers
Al

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:03 am

Very nice Darren,a cracker.

50 yrs

seems to have flown by

maccas · Post by **maccas** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:52 am

Have you got any pics with the nikkons on it?

Also have to agree with the black bits but each to their own and it's your bike.

Maccas

WightWizard · Post by **WightWizard** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:39 am

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the nice comments, I'm kinda basking in a warm glow of near contentedness! Must work harder though!

Hi Maccas, can't find the photo's of the bike with Nikon's fitted so here's a picture of them 'fitted' to my CR500. They are 21 years old and I picked them up 'new' and unused from the guy that used to make them last year. I've only ever fitted them to the bike & started it up, they've actually done zero miles if you know what I mean.

Cheers,

Darren.

Post by **alimorg** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:31 pm

WightWizard wrote:They are 21 years old and I picked them up 'new' and unused from the guy that used to make them last year.

I got mine that way as well, the paint on them lasted around 2 minutes! gong to strip and BBQ paint mine for the summer
Cheers
Al

WightWizard · Post by **WightWizard** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:45 pm

Hi Ali,

My sentiments exactly. The paint is poor. I'm going to braze the manifolds to the pipes as well because they leak and I can't seem to get a decent enough seal on them.

The nikons will eventually go on this bike which is a little cafe racer that I'm slowly building. It's a KR1 chassis, cut & shut at the rear, 3MA swingarm, R6 shock (not shown), ZXR250 forks & yolks, FZR1000 disk, R1 clip-ons (I know they are in the wrong place on the photo; bike was hastily assembled for photo) and spokey doke wheels. There's loads more going on with it but I reckon you can see where I'm going with it.

Darren.

Post by **alimorg** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:47 pm

WightWizard wrote:

That is going to look the dogs doo dahs, I love a bit of a cafe racer me what sort of weight are you expecting?
Cheers
AL

Ian_B · Post by **Ian_B** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:00 am

love those "spokey doke" wheels

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