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#1 ·
Now this is home made! Functional for sure. The guy spent his money on his head though.....his helmet had it and did it all! Seriously!



Phone quality shots...sorry.
 
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"dirty old biker" I luv the boots. I think that is the 1st home made mod to dress apparel! :cool:

"HalfFast" that is about the best way there is IMO to help out with cancelling.

"philkaos" I always have a problem with small lights ....... but those look like they are very bright to make up for it.

Let's keep em' coming!
 
#158 ·
"dirty old biker" I luv the boots. I think that is the 1st home made mod to dress apparel! :cool:

"HalfFast" that is about the best way there is IMO to help out with cancelling.

"philkaos" I always have a problem with small lights ....... but those look like they are very bright to make up for it.

Let's keep em' coming!
Thanks for the props man, Guess I'm a "trend-setter"
 
#163 ·
As colder weather approached, I enjoy continuing to ride, however my hands get cold easy so once it gets below 50, I have issues. I have tried a few different types of gloves, but still get cold after 20-30 min of hwy riding. I saw some folks will install a fairing but I didn't want to go that route. I decided to try some wind blockers. I like to make my own stuff so I made some from some left over plexiglass I used for my lowers. So far I believe they are working well - was out a couple days ago for a 30-40 min. ride at about 48 degrees and hands kept warmer. I simply made some brackets using some aluminum stock from a home store. They are not the prettiest but seem to function well.

 
#164 ·
I was just thinking that they look pretty good and you'd probably take them off for the summer, but then, I've been nailed on my fingers a few times by some UFO of sorts, so they'd be great protection year round. Nice job! :applause:

Wonder how they would work in the rain?
 
#167 ·
Home made fender tips with all the info to do it yourself. Thx "tmeaders"!

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Homemade Fender Tips Update
After my last post I decided I liked the front tip best because of it's thickness.
I decided to remake the rear tip and discovered I could have made all 3 tips from a single piece of aluminum. The piece I purchased came from Lowe's and measured 1/8 x 2" x 3'. Here is a template to show you how to layout each piece before you start cutting.
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Next are the actual templates I made to cut my original tips except for a minor
modification I had to make to the rear tip so they would all come from the same aluminum bar. If you print these make sure your printer is set to print them in actual size.
Front Tip
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Back of front fender
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Rear fender


The only downside is they are two pieces instead of solid but I'm not worried about. Heres a picture of the original rear tip and then the new tip made from the thicker stock. I think the new one will look much better.
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new tip
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To get the right fit I bent the pieces by hand until I had it the way I wanted it.
The first once I made were attached with automotive double stick tape but I think I'll drill holes in the new one's to mount them. All in all with the cost of the aluminum, sandpaper and clear spray to seal them I would have had about $25.00 in the total project.

Have fun, I know I did.
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Tim Meaders
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If you don't have time to do it right,
you don't have time to do it again.


Here's the link for your reading pleasure.
http://www.volusiariders.com/47-custom-mods/209336-homemade-fender-tips-update.html
 
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#173 ·
Made a big difference for me. I was originally planning to cut and mod the foam too, but I think this is all I need. I really like the stock shape and it's pretty comfortable after that hump is removed.
 
#174 ·
well I took my seat off this morning and mine looks different. I'm pretty sure its an oem seat but the hump wasn't nearly as big as I have seen in pictures so I just left it alone. Are m50 and c50 seats different?
 
#175 ·
????

My hump was huge. Deffintly made a difference. I was always sore and always felt like I could sit low, but not deep, if that makes sense.
 
#192 ·
Yes M50 seats are different than the C50
 
#180 ·
While I was at the home depot looking at the steel, I came across something that gave me an idea...
Turnbuckles.



I flipped the rear seat bracket around...



I attached the other ends to the battery bucket bolts...
(I attached it to the battery box bolts first, I just took the above shot to show it)



And tightened it up. That's it.

The turnbuckles need to bend a bit because it's not a direct straight line, but this is temporary for me, until I can decide on a seat.

$5.13



 
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