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Joe
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what can i do to it to improve its looks my friend is a welder so i have someone to do some fab work. please be specific and serious.
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I have a suzuki GS450 i want to turn it into a bobber or a rat bike. at a low cost.?
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chopperchopster
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yup the horse backstreet choppers is the mag to look at and in oct. is the smokeout and smokeout west plenty of actuall daily riders there. But here are some ideas: throw away your shocks and lower the bike with some solid rear struts,a solo seat with no front fender,throw away the turn signals get some drag bars and drag pipes.then paint it flat black.
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Firecracker
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Either one is simple. All a rat bike is is a busted bike fixed with whatever was handy. Like me having a Ford regulator on a Honda.
A bobber is just as simple: cut off everything you don't want.
This is probably what you want:
I had a 1979 GS425L. This is what was done to it:
Battery, airbox, toolbox removed. Welded 2 pices of angle iron to the frame where the airbox used to be = new battery mount for lawn and garden tractor battery. Added 4 Emgo mesh air filters. Cut the stock seat in 1/2 on a bandsaw, recovered = solo seat. Rebent already bent handlebars to new shape. Flat black exhaust, gloss black engine, black laquer on sheet metal. All paint worn, weathered, and scratched.
Homemade highway bars welded to engine mounts (1x1 sq. tube and 1x1/4 flat).
A true story: I was riding this bike down to the Weirs during a Bike Week. When I was stuck in traffic on the hill, a guy riding a Suzuki GS was next to me. He looks at the bike and says "Hey, is that an old Triumph or something?" I laughed and answered "No, it's just like yours, only a bit smaller and a few years older!" I was glad traffic started to move, my eyes were tearing from laughing so hard.
A bobber is just as simple: cut off everything you don't want.
This is probably what you want:
I had a 1979 GS425L. This is what was done to it:
Battery, airbox, toolbox removed. Welded 2 pices of angle iron to the frame where the airbox used to be = new battery mount for lawn and garden tractor battery. Added 4 Emgo mesh air filters. Cut the stock seat in 1/2 on a bandsaw, recovered = solo seat. Rebent already bent handlebars to new shape. Flat black exhaust, gloss black engine, black laquer on sheet metal. All paint worn, weathered, and scratched.
Homemade highway bars welded to engine mounts (1x1 sq. tube and 1x1/4 flat).
A true story: I was riding this bike down to the Weirs during a Bike Week. When I was stuck in traffic on the hill, a guy riding a Suzuki GS was next to me. He looks at the bike and says "Hey, is that an old Triumph or something?" I laughed and answered "No, it's just like yours, only a bit smaller and a few years older!" I was glad traffic started to move, my eyes were tearing from laughing so hard.
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rockbase
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Whats the problem, Cut the front fendor down to 1/3 the size and paint, blak out everything, remount rear lites and plate somewhere else so you can chop rear fender off past seat. Cut tree and give your self a little more chop if you want. Black out engine using wood stove hi temp paint.
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ScooterTrash
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Go to the public library and see if they have back issues of The Horse and Iron Horse magazine. They have lots of home made custom bobbers and choppers and there's lots of tech articles too.
http://www.ironcross.net/
http://www.ironhorsemagazine.com/
http://www.ironcross.net/
http://www.ironhorsemagazine.com/