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  1. magellan

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    That would be too much blue
  2. Ever since having Lasik surgery on both eyes blue light at night is annoying. It's like my eyes don't want to focus and I have to force them to. Weird but true. So this mod is likely out for me. Pretty cool though...
  3. Might actually be overkill on the blue. The bike was already a beautiful pearlescent color (doesn't show in pics), so the blue is really supposed to be an accent. Signals will be GSXR mirror/sigs very soon.
  4. Well, George let me act as his photog today, so here are pics of the final results. I love it. Pics don't do the color scheme justice. S7000677s.JPG S7000681s.JPG S7000679s.JPG S7000680s.JPG S7000682s.JPG S7000683s.JPG
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    From the album: Motoczysz

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    From the album: Motoczysz

  7. It's all done now, and it looks completely amazing in person. I won't steal George's thunder, though. Hurry up and post some pics, man!!
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    Best looking 6th gen I've seen.
  9. Haha, George, you just couldn't wait to show it off could ya?! It'll all be back together on Saturday, and it looks even better in person. Everything blue is powder coated.
  10. If only someone would sell us a hundred complete bikes sans engine and fuel systems, we could build these all day long. Electric Motorsport did until Piaggio stopped selling Derbi MCs in North America. There's a lot of room for improvement over what these guys have been selling, though. For example, the motor Travis is using would stomp the one in the Electric GPR sold by Electric Motorsport.
  11. I'll try not to step on Travis' toes here. This project is all his, but I met him down at the shop last night and checked out the bike. It looks like I get to come down and 'hand him wrenches' while he mocks up packaging and builds brackets and racks for the motor, batteries, controller, and charger. He even has an idea for a generator in one "saddlebag" and fuel in another for a range-extending hybrid. The cool thing is that much of the technology is out there already. It just needs to be put together. Vectrix is getting close with this. Give the industry 5 more years and you'll see a bike with some sort of electric drive that we'd all enjoy riding.
  12. More power to you. I live in Portland too and own a 1994 US Electricar Prism. I've thought a great deal about electric drive for motorcycles. I even bought a Honda Elite scooter to convert before I bought the car. There are definitely great things to come with electric vehicles. If I had a clean sheet of paper for a motorcycle design I'd be going diesel-electric hybrid with the diesel serving solely as a generator. Think of the range! There are so many engineers here at VFRD I would think your project should generate at least some excitement. Definitely limited in range though, so I'm sure you won't stray much beyond city limits. Why not go with L-Ion? BTW, for those who believe vehicle emissions are are insignificant contributors to global warming, I suppose it's your right to deliberately mislead yourself, but please read this before commenting here. EDIT: Just checked out your site. Should have known you were working with Synkromotive :thumbsup:
  13. Man, I read the thread title and got all excited about new forum moderators. Imagine my terrible disappointment... :P
  14. fake Old Navy underarmor sweatpants fleece balaclava Rev It pants with liner in Tourmaster Cortech with liner in Powerlet Proform heated gloves Gerbing socks with top elements only still need overgloves and rain booties I just bought the heated gloves and a dual temp controller from Powerlet at the Seattle MC Show, then meandered over to the Gerbing booth to buy socks (since Powerlet doesn't make 'em yet), where I learned that I had saved $30 by getting the dual controller from Powerlet. Sweet. My legs and core never get too cold as long as I layer up properly, but hands and feet were bitterly cold last March riding in a Colorado sleet storm, even with the "water-proof" boots and gloves I had then. HA! They didn't let any water escape... <_<
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    From the album: Motoczysz

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    From the album: Motoczysz

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    From the album: Motoczysz

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    From the album: Motoczysz

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