Strat's 85 Maxim project bobber

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if it's dim, i can always put an LED bulb in the housing. i'm not too worried.

 

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quick pic of the bike from the annual 9/11 memorial ride... from left to right: my wife's savage 650 (which my dad rode), my buddie's bobbed s40, my maxim 700, and my buddies ninja 250.


IMG00397-20100911-1419.jpg by rallywrx02, on Flickr

 

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O bummer man, I had something come up and couldnt make it to the ride, i had friends go on it, they said there was WELL over 1000 bikes that went on the ride. something like 18 straight miles of bikes with no brakes in between. also heard yall got a great escort, roads blocked off and all. Im just east of State College, PA. Love to meet up sometime, at a ride or event man, check out your max and stuff.

 

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the sun gazette said over 3800 registered day of the ride. it was crazy.

saw a maxim x on the ride but never got the chance to talk to the owner. one or two older maxim's as well but same deal.

i'd be up for meeting up sometime! i'm right in Williamsport.

 

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toyed with the fender a bit tonight to get an idea what needs cut/modded/clearanced/etc...

i think it's gonna look pretty good when it all comes together. I want to trim the fender a bit so the rear sits about even with the rear axle. I also plan on cutting the stock seat down and reupholstering it for now with eventually plans for a springer solo seat.


IMG00402-20100913-1829.jpg by rallywrx02, on Flickr


IMG00404-20100913-1830.jpg by rallywrx02, on Flickr

 

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also ordered a set of 12" black powdercoated apes from tcbrothers.

 

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sweet man, the rear fender looks so much better when its tucking the wheel a little bit.

 

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apes came in... i'm expecting to see the plate mount and tail light here in the next few days.

also picked up some vinyl to re-cover the seat after it's cut down. hoping to pick up some hardware and metal for the fender struts so I can begin real mock up.

 

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sounds killer man. Bike is going to be real Sweet. Motion Pro is a great place to get new cables for the new bars.

 

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plate mount and tail light came in today.

i'm gonna try rerouting the cables on the bike first to see if I have enough play in them for the apes (it's not THAT much rise over stock) so we'll see. either way, the clutch cable will be replaced before too long as a preventative maintenance thing (already had my throttle cable snap a month ago)

pics to come

 

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Hey strat, are you by any chance strat81 on another message board that has to do with j bodies?

 

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yep that would be me.

 

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started tearing into it today...




extending the wires for the controls and cutting the rails tomorrow night.

will need to get an extended clutch cable and choke cable too.

 

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and front brake cables......

 

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actually just the line from the handle to the junction for the fronts... but yea i left that out as well... LOL

 

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it's going to really start coming together well for you here soon man. Hopefully you can get it done, and I can get my new parts on and we can take a ride, seeing your only about an hr or a little more away.

 

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cut the rails tonight and did some lenghtening of the wires for the bar controls.



i'm up for a ride cmcully... just need to get the clutch cable and brake lines sorted out.

 

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sweet. Im waiting on parts from chacal so i can go to all stainless brake lines up front.

 

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i'll probably do the one line in ss so i can ride the rest of the year and then replace the rest this winter. no sense in replacing the same line twice.

 

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it's looking real good man. I got my new stainless lines today from Len, get them on tomorrow and then hopefully ride upto roar in the mountains on sunday in holidaysburg just outside altoona if urs is road ready.