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Hideous Modifications From Your Past
Andrew-S:
Well, it sure seemed like a good idea at the time!
I dug out these photos of my old 71 K1 from back in May 78 after I fitted a fairing and ace bars to it - Rickman or a Dunstall I think? It didn't match the candy gold but looked great (well I though so anyway), especially after I fitted some Yoshimura stickers even though it was a bog-standard K1..........with a rack. ::)
BUT, those ace bars gave the turning circle of a London bus, so it all came off after less than 2 weeks! ;D
So I wondered what hideous bike modifications others are willing to own up to?
SteveD CB500K0:
I don't have a photo but I fitted Fiamm air horns in an attempt to make myself heard..
The compressor was fitted (bodged) onto the old horn mount - with associated exhaust heat and road spray...
The horns were mounted on the fairing brackets on the outside of the Rickman fairing (see avatar)
They were loud OK, but the delay between pressing the button, the compressor whirring into life and the noise coming out made it impossible to "beep" the horn. Only a sustained blast was possible.
And then the compressor faided due to being continually wet :(
SteveD CB500K0:
... also, fitting a K3 seat and tank to my 500.
The mountings didn't line up and the rack meant I couldn't open the seat anyway!
Andrew-S:
--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on December 09, 2018, 01:05:19 PM ---I don't have a photo but I fitted Fiamm air horns in an attempt to make myself heard..
The compressor was fitted (bodged) onto the old horn mount - with associated exhaust heat and road spray...
The horns were mounted on the fairing brackets on the outside of the Rickman fairing (see avatar)
They were loud OK, but the delay between pressing the button, the compressor whirring into life and the noise coming out made it impossible to "beep" the horn. Only a sustained blast was possible.
And then the compressor faided due to being continually wet :(
--- End quote ---
Can't match the compressor driven airhorns, but these things I fitted in 79 to my Z750 twin when I was a dispatch rider in London and needed to send car drivers a little warning, just got waterlogged and were totally useless. Later, I fitted a big clear screen - clearly I'd been watching too much CHiPs on TV!
SteveD CB500K0:
I remember going to the bike show when the Z750 was launched.
You’ve got a 900/4 and a 650/4, why on earth would you make a 750 twin?
Not quite a modification, but my room-mate at uni bought a CB500T. Again, why?
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