You know Kurt - after your wording of that phrase - the future 'Pics
Please' e-mails are going to seem quaint and trite :-)
-Joey
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Kurt Nolte <vturbine.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, as the "price" for being on the list, we demand a sacrifice of
> photographs of what you're working with. An appeasement to the Honda Gods,
> offered up in kinship with other Nighthawkers.
>
>
> Or, in other words, Pics Please! :p
>
> -Kurt
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Kurt Nolte <vturbine.po...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I thought that myself, thus my decision to go "courier." Basically, café
>> with luggage of a harder sort. Plan to color match cases and such, and go
>> with the more angular style to match the angles on the very 80s 650. It
>> won't be /quite/ true to cafe standards, but it will definitely show cafe
>> influences and be what I want it to be, while leaving a solid underpinning
>> for the next guy if he wants something different.
>>
>> -Kurt
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:27 AM, surfswab <surfs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gotta go with the conventional wisdom here. The old school Harleys
>>> and Indians looked good as bobbers, because they were big, beefy and
>>> overdone. So minimalizing the underlying design actually enhanced
>>> their lines, for the most part.
>>>
>>> Metric bikes are already pretty minimal to start with, so bobbing them
>>> is kinda like shearing a sheep dog -- y' generally wind up with a
>>> really ugly lookin' mutt.
>>>
>>> The few metric bobbers I've seen that I'd consider pleasing to the eye
>>> began life as Harley clones. Middleweight metric standards lend
>>> themselves better to the cafe racer style, in my opinion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2:12 pm, JJ <jwjar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I recently purchased a '83 650 Nighthawk. It is in bad shape but the
>>> > motor runs ok so I'm thinking about converting it into a bobber. This
>>> > is my first bike so if anyone can point me in the right direction as
>>> > far as parts go please let me know. I want to get new spark plugs, air
>>> > filter and many other things - what are the specifications, brand
>>> > names of parts I should get. What non-OEM parts are compatible with
>>> > the Nighthawk?
>>> > Thanks!
>>>
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