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Ok, so here's me being a big nerd. The bike now has a name... "Gauntlet". I'm a warhammer 40k nerd and after reading heaps of Dan Abnett's work found the Gaunts Ghosts series. Need less to say I fucking LOVED it! Brilliant read and anyone who's even remotely interested in Sci-fi or Warhammer should read it. So the idea is to build the bike as the main character's (Colonel-Commisar Ibram Gaunt) personal bike. I wrote to Dan Abnett telling him what I was doing and he rekons it's cool, so keep and eye here for more nerdy updates.
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Naming your bike after a droopy glove cuff?
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Na, not droopies. More like a couple of stiffies like these.
http://brianbero.com/gg_gauntlet1.jpg
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Good stuff Brendan and good to see you got in here mate
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Thanks Rod, yeah for some reason I just wasn't receiving the emails. I just put it down to teething problems, Si was on the case pretty quick and got me sorted. Big thumbs up to all involved in this MAMMOTH task, would be good to see more thanks for these guys instead of whinging though.
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awesome work Brendanfish!
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'sit busas swinger Brendan?
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Im interested to know whats involed with the Busa arm.
I have a Gen1 arm spare but have also been looking at
a Busa wheel in a Bandit arm on Ebay.
Busa arm looks beefy but its heavy!
Will watch this with interest Mate.
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Yeah I've been slack. I'll get onto it in the next few weeks. Thanks for the motivation fellas.
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could u wegh the bloody swinger fish?
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Ok, been playing with the tail. Here it is at full length. Took about 100mm out of it.
https://i.imgur.com/1FlokaZ.jpg
Get the cut off bit in position and add expander foam to hold it. Add more to sides to fill the gap and sculpt.
https://i.imgur.com/n3QIVqq.jpg
More sculpting
https://i.imgur.com/9TZQQ3O.jpg
You need a good eye to get the lines to match up.
https://i.imgur.com/Z3wySIT.jpg
I don't have a very good eye, so Mrs Fish the artist of the house came to my rescue.
https://i.imgur.com/p7ptkBo.jpg
Once foam is sculpted, add body filler.
https://i.imgur.com/f9fH31J.jpg
Be aware that this shit goes off pretty fucking quick... as in by the time you have it mixed to a "uniform colour".
https://i.imgur.com/pGMai2d.jpg
More filler on.
https://i.imgur.com/x20xsCZ.jpg
From the back.
https://i.imgur.com/j8nmW7B.jpg
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So here's how she stands at the moment. The bandit swinger et al. is out. Need to take a little off the busa swingarm to fit it in as well as machine up a few new spacers. The carbs and airbox are out to fit the busa shock and are also awaiting the mikuni RS40s and associated pod filters. The tail section is requiring more filling and sanding etc then a mold will be made for to be making the new tail section.
https://i.imgur.com/3ujjfzy.jpg
Peace out
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wat r u going to do where the seat foam finishs???
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i reckon you should make a ducati monster-esqu seat cover for the back of it.
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Totally new seat unit. I'll be getting in touch with Kev when the time comes.
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On ya fisho, coming along nice.
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