Here we go again

[utopia]

Originally Posted by Albie

I really think the club should have a once a year voted bike of the year forum based award as well as the weekender one. If only though great projects attended it would be good too.

Seconded.
It was a sacrilege when the same, NOS equipped 750 won it for a second year when Dukedesmo's stunning special was far more deserving.

Oh, and your red-piped Corbin seat, Albie .....that's the one sitting on my monster right now.
I'm gonna repair the cat scrape too.
Its a heavy old bugger though, isn't it ?

[Mr Gazza]

This is definatly a very high quality job. I like the different takes on certain bits.

Just wondered if you have done something, paint wise, to the carb breather/catch tanks, Dookbob?

Re Bike of the year...Not so hard is it?
Just need a thread to nominate bikes, a cut off date for nominations...And then a forum poll..With it's own cut off date.

Who would need a prize, when everyone knew theirs was the best bike?

[Flip]

Originally Posted by MerlinPV12

you did the graft yourself, stunning job!

Pretty much sums it up for me too!

To be honest I wasn't sure whether I was going to like the finished colours (which is purely personal and by no means a slur on the quality of workmanship) but like so many things, when it is all together it works and I am sure that in the metal it is even better.

I, like many others here really enjoy all the build threads for many reasons not least on this one is a bit of workshop envy- I need more room!!

[Albie]

Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

This is definatly a very high quality job. I like the different takes on certain bits.

Just wondered if you have done something, paint wise, to the carb breather/catch tanks, Dookbob?

Re Bike of the year...Not so hard is it?
Just need a thread to nominate bikes, a cut off date for nominations...And then a forum poll..With it's own cut off date.

Who would need a prize, when everyone knew theirs was the best bike?

I don't think it needs a prize too because that would lessen the value of the BOTY but I also think the prestige would be the best bit. I feel a bit awkward saying these things because of the weekender but that is a different occasion and 4-5 months into the year. I wouldn't be hard to have a forum awards every year say in Nov-Dec and announced Xmas for say Bike, thread and outstanding person contributor.

Anyway that's a HIJACK and needs discussing elsewhere so apology's Dookbob.
You are a contender in my book.

[utopia]

The more I look at it, the more I find myself wondering ...."could you lose the sidepanels ?".
The lines of the seat, accentuated by the red piping, do look good as Albie says, and they flow very nicely from the tank.
The sidepanels look ok too, but they do rather spoil the lines.
I guess the new owner could remove them easily enough though.

I guess one "problem" with a forum vote is that anybody at all could vote.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a fair voting system, but if the award is to have any meaning as a recognition of true excellence by those who know and care, then maybe there needs to be a little more thought about how to achieve that.
At least turning up at the weekender goes some way to "tuning" the vote.
Maybe some combo of the two, and/or weighting the forum vote according to length of membership or post count would be worth considering ?
Sorry for hijack, Dook.
As Albie says, maybe any further discussion on this should have its own thread ?

I did think about leaving the side panels off then decided against that. If you really want to mess up the visual lines then fit a seat cowl. not only will that ruin the lines , but in some cases it can ruin the seat too.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by Dookbob

I did think about leaving the side panels off then decided against that. If you really want to mess up the visual lines then fit a seat cowl. not only will that ruin the lines , but in some cases it can ruin the seat too.

I agree when its a visually pleasing seat. But what they ruin they cover up.

The americans seem to love no side panels and .the frame does look good naked as long as they wiring is tidy.

I,m still waiting for some manufacturer to run the wiring inside the frame tubes, shouldn,t take too much ingenuity to sort a system out.

[Dirty]

Originally Posted by Dookbob

I,m still waiting for some manufacturer to run the wiring inside the frame tubes, shouldn,t take too much ingenuity to sort a system out.

I was wondering about doing that the other day. Is it not possible on an original frame monster? Would the holes weaken it too much?

I think you would need a relay system to enable the use of smaller section wiring, which would reduce the size of the holes required

[Dirty]

Originally Posted by Dookbob

I think you would need a relay system to enable the use of smaller section wiring, which would reduce the size of the holes required

Already on it

[Mr Gazza]

........or weld/braze thin wall tube in discreet places to conduit the harness in the worst places..?

We where putting the wires through the frames back in the seventies....and down the handlebars too.

[utopia]

Originally Posted by Mr Gazza

........or weld/braze thin wall tube in discreet places to conduit the harness in the worst places..?

I believe Capo's frame has this kind of modification, though its a series of tabs on the inside of the frame tubes to cable tie the wires to.
This might be a better system than running them through a conduit, as subsequent inspection and removal of the wiring is not compromised.

[Mr Gazza]

I actually had Capo's tabs in mind when I suggested the tubes, thinking they would be an improvement, but in reality the tabs are far a superior idea. Tubes would be too fiddly to thread through and remove as you say.

Did you need to apply acid etch primer before the VHT paint on the cylinders?