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My two old scooters. Can't believe I'll never ride again.

Howdy y'all, forgive me for being absent for the last decade or so, but the time has come to admit defeat to injuries sustained in an accident with a dingy broad that just had to send a text message. My trusty '92 has been sitting in a corner of my shop completely neglected. Kerker full exhaust, custom shock with hydraulic preload adjuster, Givi rack, helibars, and an assload of spares. She needs to find a good home. It breaks my heart. Because of my injuries, I'll never ride again. Admitting this sucks.

Why not spend about a tenth of that and just get a high level link pipe welded in place with a 2" outlet? The world's your oyster for can choice then. I'm planning to build another 3rd gen and I'm too lazy to get out my tig. In the old days, we all had more time than money. #firstworldproblems

I have the Kirker left low exit 4-2-1 on my 3rd gen. This exhaust connects to the stock down pipes from the front and rear cylinders. I could care less whether the dang thing makes any more power, I just wanted to show off the beautiful 8 spoke. I would be interested in a left high mount, sans silencer. If the price is under 1K US, I'm in. I've thrown so much dough ray me at this old scoot over the years, what is a few more bucks. It's not like I'm ever going to sell the damn thing.

Quit being a dick Larry.

Just read through the entire thread. Amazing work, congratulations on your new baby. Soichiro would be proud.

BR, how long did it take you to extract the saddle?

Are you done yet? How about now? How about now?

How much does Larry like you? If you have the design in CAD, there are quite a few small machine shops that will make simple one off parts for significantly less than prototype money (thanks bad economy). BLS, are you listening?

Seb, for mark II maybe you could make the ring out of stock 1/8 thicker than the lexan that you're using. That way you could make the ring 3 dimensional instead of flat and cover up the end-grain (for lack of a better term)of the lexan for a cleaner look. Shouldn't be too much more time on the mill for that.

Seb, another guy on the TL site posted up that he painted his and has been running it with no problems for years. He used a type o Krylon if I'm not mistaken. I'll look into it and post up a link to the type of paint used. "For all of you who have the clear clutch covers, & want a colored Pressure Plate. Here is a cheep way to go. Go get a can of ( Krylon - X Metals ) spray paint. It's a anodized paint, & oil does not effect it. It cost about $5 (us) & comes in a host of colors. I did mine up 2 months ago. I know alot of you are like me & don't have or want to spend the big $$ for the vans Pressure Plate. So now you can have your cake & eat it to. Hope this helps. All i did to prep mine, was to spray it down with brake parts cleaner, tape off the the part you don't want paint on & let it dry. They can't cause any more pain, I'm maried. Glad i could give something back, i know i have got some great info from the fourm." http://www.misterart.com/store/view.cfm?store=003&group_id=9076 This guy has had his in constant use since October 2007 without any problems.

new one on me. Thanks, that was great.

Would you mind posting up a few pics of what you've done?

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