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Title: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest24 on October 12, 2009, 07:50:54 PM: Easy.

Take one 'Wilderbeast' motorcycle, my MT-03, with its daft handguards (look at this http://www.thumperclub.com/photos/2009/thumper4abfbce076a0d.jpg to see what I mean)
and take them off! It now looks less like a Wildebeest as it appears to have lost its horns. Honestly, it is now 4.5 inches narrower across the bars which is handy as the bars are very wide on their own! Hey, I might be able to start doing some filtering through traffic on it....but I bet it will still behave like its namesake ;D
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest7 on October 12, 2009, 07:57:11 PM: Photos please :)

GC
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest24 on October 12, 2009, 08:07:28 PM: Yup. Tomorrow, when its perched precariously on its paddock stand minus its rear wheel. Actually if its sunny, I may do a few more pictures of my shy and retiring beast.
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: squirrelciv on October 13, 2009, 06:51:11 PM: Funnily enough I've gone the other way. Fitted some 36" wide cowhorns to the VX along with some Viper bark busters! Still filtering down the M4 mind with no accidents to date. Getting a hankering for some feet forward rests and a chicken bar too.

OH NO! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME???? Someone get me a leather waistcoat and a fake ponytail! ;D
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest24 on October 13, 2009, 10:28:18 PM: I'm showing my ignorance of all things custom. What are Viper bark busters and chicken bars?

Talking of 36 inches, I'll measure my bars out of curiosity and we can compare lengths. :D
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: squirrelciv on October 14, 2009, 05:22:24 PM: viper bark busters are the hand guards fitted to motoX bikes (made by viper) and a chicken bar is a backrest thingy for your pillion passenger.

The joke's kinda gone off now :-[
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest7 on October 14, 2009, 05:34:40 PM: I've only ever heard the backrests called 'cissy bars'.

GC
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: Gaylord on October 15, 2009, 05:51:19 PM: Yes GC you are quite right but us bad bottom bikers tend to spell it sissy bar. I think Squrriel is getting his chicken strips in a twist, mind VX800s like big big ones( fnar fnar gimble gimble )

GLD........
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest40 on October 16, 2009, 04:46:56 AM: I suppose the bark busters are to ward off the shards from the cagers mirrors? The "Viper" bit makes them sound tough enough to put on a Vee twin.
;D )) with beard!
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest27 on October 16, 2009, 08:26:54 PM: They are a dual purpose German invention, for busting the vind screen vipers and hitting the doggies who chase the bike in der teeth...

Hummm have heard of a gay bar and a transvestites bar, but a sissy bar? Would they not be too scared to ask for a drink?

R
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest24 on October 18, 2009, 04:46:22 PM: Pictures uploaded of my WilderBeast without his horns!

Bar width is 32.5 inches - beat that VX boy....!
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: squirrelciv on October 18, 2009, 06:42:01 PM: Quote from: Hackbridge Cossack on October 18, 2009, 04:46:22 PM
Pictures uploaded of my WilderBeast without his horns!

Bar width is 32.5 inches - beat that VX boy....!

Already have. VX is over 36" wide ;D
Title: Re: How to lose 4.5 inches!
Post by: guest24 on October 19, 2009, 09:30:48 AM: I am humbled by your 36" length... :(