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Title: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Friday, 03 February 2017, 10:02 PM
Some have seen it, some may remember it but here it is any way  :lol::

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Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Del on Friday, 03 February 2017, 10:09 PM
Very Very Nice :)
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Friday, 03 February 2017, 10:25 PM
in short:

GSX1400 K2 with Nebular black K4 tank and matching tailpiece,
GSX1300 BK '08 - B king front end with radial brakes and red brembo pads (07KA23SA)
Akrapovic stainless exhaust system,
Shortened Akrapovic carbon can - with Yoshimura sticker - guess that makes it a Akramura  :imrgreen:,
Powercommender 5 with Autotune,
Pairs removed,
Slotted ignition backplate to gain 4 ° advance,
R1 throttle tube
Home made stainless steel tail tidy,
Brembo RCS19 brake master with folding lever kit and Rizoma reservoir,
Ducati 1200S clutch with folding lever kit and small reservoir,
Yoshimura sticker bombed  :tongue:



Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: ARH on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 03:31 AM
Very nice!  Btw...di you know your mirrors are upside down?   :rofl2:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: coldhands on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 03:34 AM
luvly ;)
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 03:34 AM
have you seen how tall blubber is he'd never see out of these the other way up as he would only see his chest
this way round he has a great view of his knees

im 5'11" tall
:rofl2:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 04:17 AM
Hey, I can't help it that you were birn in the shire :rofl2: :stir:

It's photoshoped, I tell ya.

I am only 2.03 meter in the metric world
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 04:19 AM
 :boogie:
Netherlands =land of the giants :whistling:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Mrg on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 05:28 AM
and drink loads of beer to  :cheers:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 05:36 AM
fantastic beer it is too  :cheers:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: ARH on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:03 AM
Think it's the beer that makes em sprout like that?  It's a valid point tho.... every neiderlander I've met has been a tall bugger.. well..taller than me anyway.

You got big feet as well Seth?   :rofl2:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:15 AM
average feet
size 9-10 shoes
i don't drink much thesedays getting old

:cheers: :popcorn:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 07:10 AM
I grew up in the years when free range meat wasn't easily available to public unless you where a farmer yourself.  So... I blame it on the cheap chickens filled with free antibiotics and grow hormones  ;)

Could be a genetic thing though ...  My mum and dad are both above average size.

Regarding drinking: much less and deffo less often since I am a dad: I get zero recovery time granted from my six years old daughter.  Can't complain really,  she's awake around 07.30u. But that doesn't help when I crawl into bed at 06.00u  :facepalm: but hey,  sometimes you gotta feel bad, to recognise the good times :onya:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: VladTepes on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 05:10 PM
Lovely bike goes without saying !

Cool mural.

What on earth is that in the third photo ???
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:26 PM
Quote from: VladTepes on Saturday, 04 February  2017, 05:10 PM
Lovely bike goes without saying !

Cool mural.

What on earth is that in the third photo ???

That,  my dear admin,  is grown into a landmark these days.

They were designed to extract exhaust gasses from a tunnel under the canal...the "velsertunnel"  that tunnel has undergone a major revamp last year and the exhaust ducts are no longer in use, they upgraded the ventilation system with fans.

Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Ktmjunkie on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 06:39 PM
nice pics
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: VladTepes on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 10:25 PM
You know I had an inkling it might have been that.....
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Saturday, 04 February 2017, 10:29 PM
is the velsen tunnel open again now blubber as it was a right hassle with all the roadworks and alternative routes .
it must have been a total pain for you locals

:frustrated:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: Blubber on Sunday, 05 February 2017, 12:00 AM
Thanks all for your comments.

Seth, Yes it is open again. The main reason for the revamp was to increase height for heavy traffic: on the first day, 3 trucks got stuck  :imrgreen:. They only gained about 10cm,  that took 9 months :frustrated:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: seth on Sunday, 05 February 2017, 12:33 AM
that's crazy 
glad its reopened tho the traffic was totally crazy during all the works . :smoke:
Title: Re: My Retro bruiser
Post by: RickC on Sunday, 05 February 2017, 09:15 PM
Nice looking Bike and great pics/topic Blubber.

I'm glad you asked the question VLAD, I was thinking prision towers.