Adding X-factor to my XX....??

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Yeah,cut your loses and trade it on a Ducati,Multistrada's stick out

Glad i could assist

CDIHL

 

Hi all,

During the week, I observed an R1100S with the BMW yellow/white checkers
parked at Pie in the Sky. The owner had made a few subtle cosmetic
additions (along with a number of mods including carbon pipes etc.) that
really made the bike stand out from the crowd, and this is not just IMHO.
Incidentally, he wasn't of the "Doof-doof" genre - prob. 45 and was no
wally - prob. an exec of some description.

Specifically, the rims were polished with gold spokes (on standard rims) and
had a few other gold anodised parts on it - including the number plate
bracket. This bike really looked great and at the same time, understated
and I wish I had the camera with me so I could pinch a few of his ideas.

Anyway, I'm usually very synical about cosmetic work to machinery, but I
have to say, the thought of making a few little aesthetic changes to the XX
in order to add some unquantifiable "X-factor" to it is appealing to me
right now. Coming from the Duck, I'm used to being able to just marvel at
the workings of the bike visible by design. The new XX (black) has almost
everything fully covered and perhaps a little something would add some sex
appeal.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'd considered polished rims with gold
spokes (mine are the standard 3 spoke rims) as a starter, with the thinking
that silver and gold would look good against the black. Suggestions of a
mural of some large-breasted chick on the fairing have already been made by
a less savoury mate, but this is *not* my thing... (the mural that is...).


Looking forward to some suggestions - and perhaps links to the odd pic or
two.

Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX

 

snip

you want to add some X to the XX , looking for a XXX blackbird ?

you are the deviat dave



anodising is available, it is cheap a bucket worth of bits runs about $50

other options are zinc plating in different colours

 

Nickel plated wheels look good on the black XXs, but at about $450 or so per
wheel they'd bloody well want to. Carbon huggers are available but because of
the design of the bike they're not as obvious as they are on some other sports
bikes. Several companies make single rear seat covers, the best I've seen on
the net was from a German crowd who will deliver for about $AU500. It's a
whole replacement single seat and painted rear cowl, but I guess since you do
lots of two up stuff that's not practical.

Nev..
'02 CBR1100XX #2

 

Cool, a "Sandman" Blackbird! You'd have to get a "Don't laugh, that
could be your daughter on the back" sticker for it too! ;-)

big

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:38:09 +1000

OK, so maybe an eagle or a phoenix instead, if hens aren't your thing.

Consider some pinstriping, shaping the tank and covers.

Zebee

 

And those little bubble windows on the luggage ...

-----sharks

 

So, do you reckon he should be playing Uriah Heep or Tangerine Dream?
(in crummy am radio quality, of course)

big

 

Kraftwerk!

 

Fade the paint from Black at the front to Yellow under the seat... Oh hang
on that's my paint scheme.

How about a pair of fluffy dice from Supacheap Auto on each mirror?

 

you should get those aftermarket iridium windscreens.
They are the supercoolest mod ever!!!

I know I have one and all the bitches dig me...

well its either the windscreen or my "I **** on the first date" t-shirt.

in conclusion: why ruin a perfectly good bike? Theres a difference
between "sex appeal" and "wog appeal"

The only people who will find it more attractive is someone like IK who
dreams of chromed rims and chassis, custom paint jobs and custom license
plates. CBR-4U!!! 2HT-4U!

 

Am I the only one who can see the obvious here?!!?

REPSOL PAINT JOB!!!

Clem

Dave Ello wrote in message ...

 

Re-do the seat cover in purple velour or red shag

Brett
R80

 

See, now you indicate how poor your comprehension skills are, and thus erode
your own credibility here...
....the whole point of that other post was to show that the
challenge-the-opening tactic is ineffective and to be avoided, kinda like
castling in chess.

OK, I tell you what; I'll shoot you a PDF copy of a paper entitled "Theory
of Neoclassical ion temperature gradient-driven turbulence". If you read it
and jot down the gist of it for me, that'll give me the time to compose a
suitably devastating reply to your taunting me about my love of bling-bling
sportsbikes...

Seriously doubt it. If a pair of soccer shorts (Adidas, of course) can
practically turn into a g-string due to all the side-to-side sliding action,
they'd probably have to send an endoscope after a jock strap to find where
it got to.

Oi! The bloke who organises those runs is actually a schoolteacher, and not
a bad one, apparently...

 

Personally I prefer the paper on, Transport processes and entropy
production in toroidally rotating plasmas with electrostatic turbulence, a
much more interesting after dinner read, with a riveting plot and a terrific
climax.

(Standard debating tactic no 7, quote high brow scientific texts to make one
appear intelligent)

Boxer

 

(eyebrow raise) Wow, I'm impressed. Apart from the "entropy production" bit
(entropy isn't something you strictly produce or consume; it ain't that kind
of party), that sounds very plausible.

Come on, now. If that's really where I was headed, I would've gone all the
way and resorted to ancronyms; I'd've asked Dane to read up on ITGDT for me.

 

Sounds like "BA-VO-RO" to me

CDIHL

 

(It's better if you use ones you wrote.)

-----sharks

 

Tyreflies

Al

"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon. "

Remove *ME* before replying

 

Here you go Dave. Hope you find something of interest

http://www.cbr1100xx.org/

Peter