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Old 17-04-06, 07:26 PM   #11
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If only the BUELL had that much room for the pillion!!!!!
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Old 17-04-06, 07:30 PM   #12
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gotta think of something else for mine now!
GRRRR!!!
but yeah...looks ace man!
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Old 17-04-06, 07:35 PM   #13
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I'm not a fan of semi-naked bikes








but that looks like the dogs bollox

More pics please......and a good contender for next months front page
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Old 17-04-06, 07:45 PM   #14
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Does look good. Good job that man.

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Old 18-04-06, 08:25 AM   #15
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THANKS GUYS!! I'm smitten I never thought I'd get such a response. Not to blow my own feathers but I even got stopped by the white heads (its what we call traffic cops here) so they could take a closer look. I suppose it's a head turner, leaving the SV's nice frame more exposed than on the SVS works to its advantage.

The biggest job was fitting the stock naked clocks. I manufactured a new cowling out of 0.8 aluminum to make the assy thinner. The final was sprayed matt black.
Firebolt fairing fits like a glove on the SV. I can't think why nobody else has thought of this before and the lines just flow with the rest of the bike, which to me is very important as I wanted a special one off bike which looks like its been done by the manufacturer. The lower bolting holes in the buell's frame have to be filled in by a welder though and fresh holes have to be be drilled in which are lower for the SV. Other than that easy.

Sorry for the average pictures. I had so much great time riding it that I hardly wanted to stop to shoot the picts. Others will follow though.


Thanks again for the kind comments.
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Old 18-04-06, 08:34 AM   #16
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WOW! Looks great IMO.

Very minimal, very effective.

Like it.


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Old 18-04-06, 08:41 AM   #17
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It looks a lot better on the SV than the buel. Yet more proof that the SV is great!
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Old 18-04-06, 08:41 AM   #18
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Like it Not sure about the yellow plexiglass though
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Old 18-04-06, 08:41 AM   #19
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Superb. It just fits lookswise seemlessly on the curvey.

Wow!
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Old 18-04-06, 08:45 AM   #20
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That does look cool
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