cruiserlover

I had a chance to buy a 2001 with salvage title for 900, and a driveable with full title,99 model, for 1500.I was thinking about one for a custom build.I think the engine weighs abut 300 of the 860 pounds.massive wheels and tires,heavy frame.I guess if one took off the fairing,trunk,bags,sound system wiring,skinnied down the seat to solo,some amount of weight could be shaved off.I dont like the dragging lowrider fenders made of fiberglass.But reworked rear fender with frenched license plate,flush mount tailight and signals,forkmounted signals,devalance the front fender a little,custom bars and grips,I dont know,just dreaming a little.

I was surfing the net, and I believe it was cruisercustomizing that has spoke wheels for royal stars.

On ebay the drivers seat alone sells for 200-250.After rick redid mine it is perfect.I dont know how the stock seats feel, I never sat on one.

On oct 21-25 our cma is having a national changing of the colors there in hatfield.Of course we always spend lots of time on the tahlahina trail.Been there 5 times,its beautiful.There will be about 4,000 of us there that weekend.our campground is loarge and beautiful, its called iron mountain,in hatfield,about 15 minutes from mena.Come visit us.on saturday we have a parade,usually starts at 130.then if weather permits we have bike games.There are many vendors for food and biker items.We also have a big church at IM that seats up to 2000.I would love to see you there.My name crusierlover is ron bayless,I am with the gainesville texas chapter crosstimber riders.

Rick got me a seat,rdid it,I got it today.It is great.I appreciate you guys on the forum so much.Thanks for the offers.

duh,I am not a smart man, but I know what love is.I fixed the noise.It was my speakers echoing the cadence of the engine.I turned the sound off, and the noise stopped.Dang i am dumb,me and forest.

I will check for that.I do not know how to do a video.Maybe I can figure that out.

Yes.So far havent found one under $200.

I did not ride the bike to his house.The traffic in dallas is very dangerous.The seat felt fine sitting on a perch he had,a stool actually.I put it on the bike this morning, went for a ride.Hurts my tailbone.He said the seat is too far gone.His work was excellent, but it couldnt correct all the lousy stuff that someone else had done to it.You can tell he is very good at what he does.

Mybike has a sound coming from somewhere in the front of the engine now,sounds like when you have shredded a piece of your tire and its flopping on the pavement.But it does it sitting still or riding.I have heard a similar noise on a bike before and it was one of the exhaust inlet gaskets leaking.I have not looked at my manual to see if the motor has those.What is it? The bike runs perfectly, it doesnt get louder as I ride. Dont know if its something t worry about. I FIXED IT!!!! PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD SOMEBODY.I AM THE DUMBEST OWNER ON THIS FORUM!

I tried, insert image, it showed i did it.Now it doesnt appear.Anyhow, the seat feels lousy.He didnt help it all.Not his fault.The former guy screwed it up with the lousy padding.At least the cover is back on.he worked for an hour and a half on it.

he was only going to charge me $20.00.I gave him 30.I will post a picture of before and after.

I live 50 miles from him.I took my seat to him.My seat was so whittled on and heavily modified when he saw it he said i would be better off just buying a complete seat, that there wasnt much of my seat left to work with.I dont have 300 for a used ebay seat.Whoever butchered my seat used some crummpy grey nonsupportive collapsing foam for the bulk of the seat cushion.A stock seat like his is at least 6 inches wider than mine.But, he cut out most of the offending foam,replaced it with quality foam,then memory foam,stretched the upholstery back over it,stapled it, and I sat on it.Amazing difference.I can hardly wait to go for a ride on it.For a crummy seat with nothing to build on he somehow saved it.He said buy some more seats and bring them to him and let him redo them.I will someday.

What will fit the venture from the roadstar.mustang seat,forks,brakes,saddlebags?

I thought about marking through his name,putting mine on it.our dmv here is like the spanish inquisition.Doubt I could get away with it.

Here is my dream venture.Comfortable 2 up seat.Dashboard modified to accomodate a cd player, not one in the trunk,no more cassetteOr just blank,no slot for either.8 inch dark windscreen.They have one already.centerstand.rebuildable rear shock.No plastic emblems.whitewall tires.red paint.4 pot front brakes.I think I could do all those myself.

Yes, that's the one.

It works with their rims,the phamtom hub.But I never saw one, but I bet it could be modified to fit any wheel.I saw once on the cruisercustomizing site spoke wheels available.

Pacific coast star website.Not a new dealer, but they have many beautiful bikes there.The part I was interested in was their magic hub.It makes all the custom wheels adaptable to our shaftdrive bikes.First one of those I have seen.

Great information.I appreciate it a lot.

That is about the most beautiful paint job I have seen.Sure, it was a lot of work, sure it was a pain, but the bike results are what makes it worth a 100,000 dollars in appearance.Beautiful work.I have decided probably on metallic red, not as big a flake as 196-'s metalflake,but flake.The word venture will be like a ghost emblem,painted on, barely discernible on the sides of the tank.Plus xvz1300 on the sidecovers.I am not concerned with saving or reaplying stock pinstriping.I would love to know the paint colors you used Larry.As far as time, in the winter it will be done,too rideable right now.

plus one on texas titles and being pia.

I will check into that.yes the harley gave me the idea.

I watche a lot of videos yesterday.As said below, you take saran wrap right after you put a coat of paint on.wrap the tank,hand form if where needed.Then later peel it off,probably soon after.Then several coats of clear and wetsanding and it looks like that.So many possibilities.I am old school.I prefer solid paint, a little pinstriping for accent.But so many possibilities.

Once I get my title problem fixed I am going to get my bike painted.Rick butler gave me a name of a guy.My 01 is the burgundy sort of red and black.I am thinking metallic solid red all over.Then the name venture in gold on the tank, and then in gold on sidecovers say xvz 1300.on top of the tank towards the seat have a small crossed checker flags like on a corvette.I was also thinking of some sort of brake lights mounted on the trunk somehow.