Modded Rap.
Modded Rap.
Bet this will upset the purists !!!!!
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Re: Modded Rap.
Very nice, love the headlights.wizard wrote:Bet this will upset the purists !!!!!
What are they,from where did you get em?
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Re: Modded Rap.
I dont think we have any purists here - Raptor riders tend not to be the type to measure spokes and "tut" about non standard
Very nice!
Very nice!
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Re: Modded Rap.
ooooh like it
few Qs - what are the mirrors? how do the indicators fit? did you have to hacksaw much?
few Qs - what are the mirrors? how do the indicators fit? did you have to hacksaw much?
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Re: Modded Rap.
I do like those mirrors, but I'm a shiny shiny sort
Not sure about the indies, and although I've always liked the look of twin lamps on a bike, I've always heard they aren't so good at providing much needed illumination of the road, I'd be interested in how they perform compared to standard.
Not sure about the indies, and although I've always liked the look of twin lamps on a bike, I've always heard they aren't so good at providing much needed illumination of the road, I'd be interested in how they perform compared to standard.
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Your Rapter looks like a sci fi robot dragon! and it breaths fire too! It singed my eye brows and boiled my eyes at the lights! smudge
Re: Modded Rap.
Magnum wrote:Very nice, love the headlights.wizard wrote:Bet this will upset the purists !!!!!
What are they,from where did you get em?
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Headlights are after-market "Streetfighter" lamps....I bought them off a friend for £20.....They're available on Ebay for £50 or £60 new.....Brackets are homemade.....Thanks for your encouraging comment....
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Re: Modded Rap.
snapdragon wrote:ooooh like it
few Qs - what are the mirrors? how do the indicators fit? did you have to hacksaw much?
Thanks for the positive comment on my bike...The mirrors were bought off Ebay 3 or 4 years ago for £20.....Indicators are fitted on existing framework on the front, and to the homemade rear- light cluster.......I hade to cut quite a lot of the original fairing to accommodate the twin headlights- It still needs some "finishing" to make everything a bit neater....
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Re: Modded Rap.
Looks good!
The fairing and lights remind me of one of the tripods off the "War of the worlds" flick
or is it just me being weird
The fairing and lights remind me of one of the tripods off the "War of the worlds" flick
or is it just me being weird
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Re: Modded Rap.
I don't think that there are any purists on here. I run twin front lights myself, but they're stacked. They're not fantastic, but they give as much light as my previous Kwack 750, so they'll do.
The main thing that I worry about is that in bad light, car drivers probably see this little light in their mirror and think that there is a scooter behind them. I doubt that they expect to have a bike thundering past gong 50 mph faster than then a split second later. I am a bit more cautious (than usual) at night if only because I know that I probably look like a much smaller bike when viewed from the front.
The main thing that I worry about is that in bad light, car drivers probably see this little light in their mirror and think that there is a scooter behind them. I doubt that they expect to have a bike thundering past gong 50 mph faster than then a split second later. I am a bit more cautious (than usual) at night if only because I know that I probably look like a much smaller bike when viewed from the front.
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Re: Modded Rap.
You really give car drivers that much credit? Look in a mirror - oh really? If they even noticed you were there in the first place I highly doubt the scooter/bike thought process ever even gets run. A fellow motorcyclist in their cage might think this stuff, but otherwiseRed Mist wrote:The main thing that I worry about is that in bad light, car drivers probably see this little light in their mirror and think that there is a scooter behind them. I doubt that they expect to have a bike thundering past gong 50 mph faster than then a split second later. I am a bit more cautious (than usual) at night if only because I know that I probably look like a much smaller bike when viewed from the front.
Anyway I might be feeling a tad cynical after having been struck by a taxi on my push bike this morning. Yes there is a bicycle lane and yes you are obliged to give way!
Re: Modded Rap.
wizard wrote:Bet this will upset the purists !!!!!
I'm upset....
call me a purist.
But hey, if you like it who am I to disapprove.
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