What did you do to your Vmax today? Part 2

[gentsvmax]

The Batman inspired motorcycle!
here are some photos. I made all the body panels from aluminum using only hand tools no CNC.

Creative, unique and cool as F%*K!

 

[02GF74]

Remaining final two lenses filed down and fitted.

Came to fit the last lens and the top screw was not gripping. Weird. I should point out at this stage that I bought the bike with tiny mirrored lens bullet style indicators that I replaced with look-a-likes, almost certainly not oem.

Turned out the screws were of different lengths, how can that happen? You are mass producing these so how can it make sense for that?

For a moment I did think I'd stripped the plastic but is this one an anomaly, so how did I manage to fit 3 others correctly if they all have different length screws, the odds of that are definitely against me., 1in 8?

Just awaiting for Amber LED bulbs to arrive.

 

[Marauder03]

Batman bike is definitely cool, you did that with hand tools? That’s amazing, you definitely have some skills.

 

[Fire-medic]

The Batbike is mean, menacing, and stealthly.

 

[Denci]

Batman bike is definitely cool, you did that with hand tools? That’s amazing, you definitely have some skills.

Thanks I appreciate that!

 

[Denci]

It might be take me a bit bikes are my first priority but my artwork is about caught up . I have gotten to where I sell a lot of it.

That's awesome, do you have a website so it can be seen?

 

[CaptainKyle]

That's awesome, do you have a website so it can be seen?

I do not have a website. I have a FB page Metal Art by Kyle . I might should make a website but I do pretty good selling local and with the FB page

 

[totalcomfort]

I sold my 07 today, hate to see it go. Sometimes a guy has to just put silly toy things behind him.
As we get older we must be more responsible , the heck with that I got a 1700 mile blue 2013 coming!!!
I can't wait!!!!

 

[Poolio]

Getting excited, picking up my new engine and swingarm tomorrow, front end being built. Bike is going to be fast and mean looking. If my custom ram air works I am declaring myself a master mechanic lmfao

 

[RMax]

I was stoked yesterday, got my 2010 back from Horsepower Logic. They installed my auto-tune to the Power Commander 5, this was after I installed the Voodoo exhaust and the Gurued Gear ECU flash. All I can say is Damn!!! Not only does it sound bad ass, the performance matches the sound. Rear rubber will not last very long! Next project is getting the seat shaved down a little.

 

[tinman22]

wheel is almost ready for weld up. Next up.. Get some parts ordered and build a motor.

 

[totalcomfort]

Looking great, keep on building!!!

 

[tinman22]

Nothing else to do.

 

[gentsvmax]

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tinman22, looks like your doing it right!

Way back about 2012 I had a 3 spoke rear wheel I bought off ebay.
It had a terrible 3/4" offset but fit the drive hub as if it were for a Vmax.
Because of the offset I could run a 190 tire in the stock swingarm.

It had no real markings like the Yamaha or Suzuki emblems like everybody seemed to think it was possibly made by.

Strange thing is there were no fabrication welds, it was cast as it was.
I looked around pretty good, even took it to our local bike salvage guru
to find out what it was off of, what bike was out there that had such a close to Vmax drive hub configuration with no luck.

I later sold it as a "kit", wheel, tire, and butchered swingarm to a guy in Colorado Springs that reposted it to ebay for twice what I sold it to him for.

 

[one2dmax]

The FJR1300 wheels were like that.

 

[tinman22]

I don't know about "right" but i'm doing it. Its either going to go, blow or put a hole in the fence.

 

[Fire-medic]

I don't know about "right" but i'm doing it. Its either going to go, blow or put a hole in the fence.

Sounds like an oval dirt-track expression.

For those of you who like oval racing, a reminder of how-dangerous it's been: Flashback Friday: Black Sunday, 29 July, 1951 - OneDirt - The Dirt Track Magazine

That looks good, the work to this point on the wheel.

 

[norcalAF]

The Batman inspired motorcycle!
here are some photos. I made all the body panels from aluminum using only hand tools no CNC.

That looks freaking cool! What did you use as for the donor bike?

 

[norcalAF]

I put in a Shorai battery, some Koso heated grips, and a phone holder/charger. Getting the bike ready for a couple thousand mile trip this summer up to and around Washington/Oregon/Idaho.

 

[norcalAF]

gen2 hayabusa wheel 85" vmax hub.

I was asking what motorcycle is underneath all that awesome body work in the batbike post. That green rim is gonna look great once finished as well though.