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The Teutonic Tangerine · Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:39 pm

Never mind your VFR I suggest for the three wheeler project "One Black one, one white one and one with fairy light on..........."

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:05 pm

Boxermed69 wrote: White? That's for cheap garden furniture and 1983 MG Maestros with matching bumpers and plastic wheel trims...

Mike

I didn't know you were that old

slparry wrote:and Essex girls shoes

Who are these Essex girls you speak of ?

Dai wiskers wrote:In all honesty i think RED wheels realy would look good on it [wonder if you can get a realy bright MATT RED]

No red shiny red Dai

I've seen a few on the vfr forum but I'm not so sure....

The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:Never mind your VFR I suggest for the three wheeler project "One Black one, one white one and one with fairy light on..........."

sssshhh, don't tell Boxermed but i chickened out on the 3 wheel project

I did paint the em zed wheels dark grey though (no 50 shades jokes please

) a cheap aerosol can job ....

From this

To this..

Maybe I'll paint the bike white and have a green and orange wheel, or maybe a slight variation on the grey above might do it

Even more confused now

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:30 pm

ooooo they look good

Boxermed69 · Post by **Boxermed69** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:39 pm

Hmmm, where've I seen that colour recently? Oh yeah, HMS Bulwark out in Weymouth Bay

Shame about the 'project' Nigel, though I can understand it. No, I don't want the bugger back

Mike.

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:11 pm

Boxermed69 wrote:Hmmm, where've I seen that colour recently? Oh yeah, HMS Bulwark out in Weymouth Bay

Shame about the 'project' Nigel, though I can understand it. No, I don't want the bugger back

Mike.

Phew.. now gone to the home of "sidecarwillie" on a" local" forum , Came across a photo of it and kept pestering me . Reckons he'll have it attached to something shortly

Boxermed69 · Post by **Boxermed69** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:01 pm

Is that a 'local' forum for 'local' people?

Well, if you can get a picture of the finished article, I'd love to see it.

Mike

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:41 pm

Finally got around to tidying up the wheels , I listened to all the advice and decided to stick with Essex girls shoes.....

At some stage the wheels appear to have had polished outer rims with painted centres , it had been suggested on the vfr forum , a little too complicated for me and I needed the bike rolling again ...

Etch primer

Fibre washers between the wheel and disc

I then went out and got the wheels dirty

The finish isn't great but if I still have the bike when it needs new tyres again I may get them refinished professionally.
I fitted cheapo Maxxis tyres and went from a 180 rear to a 170 , they seem to work better than squared off 021's.
It really needs a new shock , fork upgrade , matching paint on panels... I think i'll just keep riding it.

And yes I did forget to paint the centre of the rear wheel ...

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:35 am

Looking good!
I used to have an 8 spoke rear for mine. Love the look of it, but couldn't get used to the quirky handling of the wider rim (5.5 vs 5.0 of the later 5 spoke).
Do you run a 180 or 170 section tyre on it?

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:15 pm

bigblackfalco wrote:Looking good!
).
Do you run a 180 or 170 section tyre on it?

I just removed a squared off 180 021 and fitted a 170 (Maxxis

), feels better already!

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:40 pm

Hmmm, White wheels, nice. Why not attract some opprobrium from the Taliban wing of Boxertrix by following my lead and adding some rim tape?

bigblackfalco · Post by **bigblackfalco** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:26 pm

nab 301 wrote:
bigblackfalco wrote:Looking good!
).
Do you run a 180 or 170 section tyre on it?
I just removed a squared off 180 021 and fitted a 170 (Maxxis ), feels better already!

Ahhh yes, now I see the yellow (I have budget tyres) Maxxis emblems.
Loved the Supersport front

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:32 pm

el-nicko wrote:Hmmm, White wheels, nice. Why not attract some opprobrium from the Taliban wing of Boxertrix by following my lead and adding some rim tape?

Nooooo.............

Twinspark · Post by **Twinspark** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:39 pm

I like my VFR, too - it's a real ratty shed (as you'd expect with around 140k miles on it), but has a very nice hand made stainless exhaust on it - with a choice of quiet, loud and 'fück me, that's offensive' cans for it.

The electrics are a bit iffy, as it stood outside in my brother's garden for 4 or so years before I bought it - so I've just grabbed a 2nd hand loom from a low mileage bike off eBay, which I plan to fit next weekend.

Then I'll do the clutch and take it to Llandow for a track day.

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:27 pm

Twinspark wrote: The electrics are a bit iffy, as it stood outside in my brother's garden for 4 or so years before I bought it - so I've just grabbed a 2nd hand loom from a low mileage bike off eBay, which I plan to fit next weekend.

Then I'll do the clutch and take it to Llandow for a track day.

Mine is tatty but the electrics seem ok so far .... good luck with the loom fitting!

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:09 pm

Keep everything original. Best way to go when comes to selling on IMHO