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magellan

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  2. Wow, I guess I must have been under a rock to have missed this thread 'til now. I was wondering what had become of Ralph lately... She was a beauty, but just a machine after all. Glad you're okay Ralph!!
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    Just looked at all of his pics on the linked site. I love the lower fairing extension. It makes the tailsection seem shorter. The blacked-out frame, swingarm, and three points on the front cowl all work beautifully and add a hint of menace to the wide-eyed, friendly face that's always kind of bugged me on the 5th gen. Even the gold chain with no guard is perfect, but I wouldn't suggest riding with bell-bottoms... The tangelo paint is of course big pimpin', as red is the anger-management-issue cousin of the beautiful orange family :salesman: .
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  9. George brought over the front fender for me as a preview and pics don't do it justice. We also have another project in the works for George's buddy Paul. It's an '86 VFR750F with a freshly rebuilt engine (hasn't even been started yet) and plastics finished with (get this!) spray-on bed liner. It's going to be completely cool (and easy to repair if damaged!), but you'll have to see it to believe it. I'll post pics asap.
  10. Very cool! Thanks for inviting us along. :thumbsup:
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  13. Threatening people with all this math is a fantastic way to encourage weight-loss among VFRD folk. Thanks for always looking out for us, HS! :P
  14. Yes, but a nice underseat setup is even better than a high-mount, especially if you want luggage options.
  15. I've been :lurk: ing here since this thread began, but it's been a busy holiday season... First off, great work among the fabricators here. It would be amazing if we collectively came up with the means to assemble a reasonably priced kit. I for one like dual outlets, regardless of whether that means two mufflers or one. It just fills the space nicely. License plate placement is another issue, especially if you don't like the idea of it hanging way down below your beautiful muffler mods. That's the reason I went with mine above the muffler, even though it unfortunately obstructs the rear view of the muffler a bit. The reason I eventually abandoned my underseat setup for the tok tokkie underbody design was that I ride two-up all the time and we were hitting the pipes and muffler with the rear tire on big bumps, sometimes hard enough to send an impact up through the seat. Another problem I had was melting bits on the undertray. I tried to cheap out and modify the stock plastic undertray, which later melted in several spots (despite heat-resistant sheeting between the undertray and exhaust). Last but not least, the muffler guy I used did a hurry-up job on the mid-pipe-to-muffler section with mild steel, and after seeing veefer800canuck's stainless and Wolf mid-pipes, I'm pretty underwhelmed with mine. So I built one like tok tokkie's last spring. After living with the underbody system for a season, I found it had several significant drawbacks (not that I think tok tokkie is anything but brilliant for designing it!!), so now I'm back at the drawing board... again... <_< At this point, I'd recommend the following for any complete underseat system: An undertray made of thin ceramic-coated aluminum (I think Rob would agree that even thinner sheet than he used would be fine) with as much room as possible underneath for the bend connecting the mid-pipe and Y-pipes (it needs to be as *up-and-forward* as possible to avoid tire contact later. Ovalled pipes (much as on the 6th gens) would be the best solution yet. Carbon-skinned cans would be best for limiting heat transfer. The grommeted stays for the tail plastic (at the back by the lights) need to be replicated to avoid cracking plastics (as happens with Wolf systems unless modified). Re-positioning of the CPU is required. Shimming the shock (especially if you ride two-up) will likely be necessary, no matter how compact/ideally routed your system is, to avoid tire-to-muffler/pipe contact over big bumps. License-plate location is still an issue, maybe one best left up to the individual (I recommend Lite 'N Bolts for license-plate lighting). First one to assemble a plug-and-play kit that addresses all of the above for under $1000 wins!!!! :D
  16. Beautiful work. I'm a little concerned about your seat cowl cracking without the support of the two posts with grommets back by the lights. In the photos it doesn't look like there's anything there for support (ala Wolf). Did you see what veefer800canuck did to address the problem? It should be easy to do on yours too. Congrats on a sweet setup! :biggrin:
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    I'm seriously considering buying an extra front fairing and playing with a similar look on my '98 (I'll keep the OEM in storage), but I'm wondering how well lights like these work and where to buy?
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