Cousins of Organization - A two-wheeled build

[milano_red]

Now this I will be watching

[Capt. Obvious]

NO MINE is better!!! I guess that's my favorite because this is my favorite bike?

I love Buell's. I'm actually a Harley guy at heart as I've grown up with them and my dad has a few, my uncle has a few and all their friends have them. My next bike will be a Harley, I have a huge boner for the Sportster Forty Eights right now, but they're still a little pricey.

This pic is from a ride I went on with my dad and his buddies this summer. Guess how much shit I got from them all day?

But I would of just went with a Monster, for the sake of how well the bike rides/ works after installing a single swing arm on a frame engineered for a regular arm.

I'm a big Ducati fan as well, but I paid $1300 for the Bandit so that made the "what bike should I get?" decision a lot easier.

[Z.Cockburn]

I love the GS's, easy fun bike to rip on,

But I would of just went with a Monster, for the sake of how well the bike rides/ works after installing a single swing arm on a frame engineered for a regular arm.

Kudos on the product, I sure it will be baller when you are done.





Plus I'm a sucker for the V-twin powha and the dry clutch rattle...

[244Brick]

NO MINE is better!!! I guess that's my favorite because this is my favorite bike?

[electricalbox]

Nice, I'll be watching this... and @ biker bitch.

[montgomery]

WOW



man you make me want a bike so bad now!

WORST ONE! GROSS GROSS GROSS!

THIS

Best one. Perfect.

[TruTaing]

You have great taste in automotive projects Cant wait to see how this turns out!

[Capt. Obvious]

Much rather see a full build on an entry-level bike like this than few bolt-ons with a new sport bike. This looks like something I'd really enjoy riding when done. Mellow power for normal speeds but potential to be a blast in the corners. What are future plans for fork upgrades?

This is EXACTLY my thoughts in terms of what I'm building, why I'm building it and what I want to do with it when done.

As for the forks, I swapped the forks/brakes/wheel from the Speed Triple to the bike. They're made by Showa and are compression/rebound adjustable and the Speed Triple is about the same weight as my bike, so they should be a good match. Also, they're about an inch and a half shorter that the factory forks on the Bandit, so turn-in should improve a bit as well.

The design of the forks is kinda interesting too, because as you can see in the picture above, they're a standard fork rather than the more common inverted forks you see on modern bikes, BUT they're built like inverted forks; so they're pretty much upside-down upside-down forks. LOL

[D&W]

cool project

[DinanDave]

THIS

[244Brick]

WOW



man you make me want a bike so bad now!

[motocaddy]

This is awesome and looks to be progressing a lot! Great vision and execution on the upgrades so far.

Much rather see a full build on an entry-level bike like this than few bolt-ons with a new sport bike. This looks like something I'd really enjoy riding when done. Mellow power for normal speeds but potential to be a blast in the corners. What are future plans for fork upgrades?

[Rinku-Bitch]

They're fun bikes. Does your friend have a 600 like mine or the 1200cc model? For now, I'm okay with the power/speed of the 600 as I'm more of a cruiser type when it comes to bikes, but the bike is still powerful enough to put the front wheel in the air without much effort and it's faster than pretty much anything on the road besides other sport bikes.

I'll be doing a few power mods like jets and exhaust as part of this build, but without going for broke, I'm not going to get much more than ~100 horsepower out of the bike, which is is plenty enough for me since the bike will only weigh around 400 pounds when I'm done with it.

He has the 600cc, it's the same color as yours too! But I imagine it puts out a tad more than 600ccs since it's bored out, jetted, and it has chopped off racing exhaust.
I rode on the back once.....

Never again.

[FunfGang]

This will be great.

[Capt. Obvious]

Watching this, my best friend has this exact bike, only modded for a little more speed

They're fun bikes. Does your friend have a 600 like mine or the 1200cc model? For now, I'm okay with the power/speed of the 600 as I'm more of a cruiser type when it comes to bikes, but the bike is still powerful enough to put the front wheel in the air without much effort and it's faster than pretty much anything on the road besides other sport bikes.

I'll be doing a few power mods like jets and exhaust as part of this build, but without going for broke, I'm not going to get much more than ~100 horsepower out of the bike, which is is plenty enough for me since the bike will only weigh around 400 pounds when I'm done with it.