They just did a thing on my bike in the last issue. Stoked! Has been in 5 different mags now in some capacity.
http://www.pbase.com/rotaute/media_exposure
http://www.pbase.com/rotaute/image/57322929.jpg
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They just did a thing on my bike in the last issue. Stoked! Has been in 5 different mags now in some capacity.
http://www.pbase.com/rotaute/media_exposure
http://www.pbase.com/rotaute/image/57322929.jpg
nice work, definatly a mark of respect to be fetured in a mag, yet alone 5 well done.
nice work, definatly a mark of respect to be fetured in a mag, yet alone 5 well done.
thats great, i love how the sep's are all about bling
than the meanest anti-bling blade of them all gets a feature :D
anychance of getting the text in a post?
i cant read it :(
thats great, i love how the sep's are all about bling
than the meanest anti-bling blade of them all gets a feature :D
anychance of getting the text in a post?
i cant read it :(
We couldn’t fit Mark Boxer’s 1998 CBR900RR Fireblade streetfighter intoQuote:
quote:Originally posted by fimpBIKES
thats great, i love how the sep's are all about bling
than the meanest anti-bling blade of them all gets a feature :D
anychance of getting the text in a post?
i cant read it :(
the main feature in this issue, but it goes along very well with the “World’s
Wildest Streetfighters” theme, coming to us from Carlingford, New South
Wales, Australia, with its high bars, sawed-off tail, dual spots and other signature
streetfighter cues. This ‘Blade actually began life as a stuntbike (Boxer is a
member of Team Cunningstunts [www.cunningstunts.com] in OZ) and when
Boxer was sidelined last season with a broken leg, he decided to take apart
his stunter for a “simple cleanup.”
This badass, blacked-out CBR bob-job is the end result of what can only be
described as a very deep cleaning. Boxer tells us that he originally started to
rebuild the bike as a pro-streeter, complete with full bodywork and a stretched
swingarm. He lowered the bike 3 inches in preparation. But sitting on the lowered
chassis with the stuntbike’s high motocross bars still in place made him
change his mind and committed him to the hybrid low-rider/streetfighter style
that now makes the Bladerod such a unique ride. The Pazzaz MX bars stayed
in place, then, as did the twin-beam headlamps (sourced from Germany),
while the rest of the bodywork was cut to the bare minimum. The stock Honda
subframe was hacked off just behind the seat, and the lower bracing was cut
away entirely for the desired stub-tail effect (gussets were added underneath
to maintain support) before a reshaped and recovered stock saddle was
remounted on top.
The front fender is likewise a much-modified factory piece, cut down with
an angle grinder and a $2 hardware store file, while the rear hugger is from
Piteck Color here in the states, purchased off of eBay. The bodywork was sent
off to Mohammed and Bakr at Queen Street Smash for a coating of “twopack”
black paint, while pretty much every other metal piece (including the
cleaned up frame with all fairing mounts filed off) got a coat of satin or gloss
black powdercoating. “I wanted something that looked different,” Boxer tells
us, “yet cool. Blackening off all the parts gave it the gangster look I wanted.”
The 919cc inline four motor is essentially stock except for the usual K&N filter
and Factory jet kit plus the one-off exhaust built from an Akrapovic header
cut off in the middle and mated to a custom, mandrel-bent 3-inch midpipe/
”hot dog” muffler. Boxer says that it would be really fun to turbo the bike, but
then again, “It’s plenty fast now and does wheelies, so what more do I
want?” he asks. It dynos a healthy 137 rear-wheel hp and can clean the quarter-
mile in 10.92 seconds at 128 mph—or 12.65 seconds at 119mph in third
gear on the rear wheel, Boxer reports.
We only had space for a few pages here, but if you want the full story on
the Bladerod build (including step-by-step pics) Boxer has created a web site
dedicated to the bike’s construction at www.bladerod.com. It’s worth checking
out as inspiration: Built on a practically nonexistent budget in just 35 days,
using mostly salvage factory parts and lots of elbow grease, Boxer shows us
the real ‘fighting spirit. The Bladerod is proof positive that all it takes is a little
creative vision and some hard work to take any clapped-out sportbike and
make a serious street custom with more straight-nasty attitude than any production
naked bike could ever muster.
We really love the Bladerod because it shows just how much can be
done with so little… It’s basically a stock CBR900RR under all that inky
black paint, with a handful of carefully chosen aftermarket components
and lots of homemade and hand-modified pieces that completely
alter the spirit of the machine. This is a bike that virtually anyone
could construct using basic hand tools—and damn if it doesn’t look
nastier than even the sickest choppers coming from West Coast
Choppers or Choppers Inc., only with twice the performance at one
tenth of the cost!
We couldn’t fit Mark Boxer’s 1998 CBR900RR Fireblade streetfighter intoQuote:
quote:Originally posted by fimpBIKES
thats great, i love how the sep's are all about bling
than the meanest anti-bling blade of them all gets a feature :D
anychance of getting the text in a post?
i cant read it :(
the main feature in this issue, but it goes along very well with the “World’s
Wildest Streetfighters” theme, coming to us from Carlingford, New South
Wales, Australia, with its high bars, sawed-off tail, dual spots and other signature
streetfighter cues. This ‘Blade actually began life as a stuntbike (Boxer is a
member of Team Cunningstunts [www.cunningstunts.com] in OZ) and when
Boxer was sidelined last season with a broken leg, he decided to take apart
his stunter for a “simple cleanup.”
This badass, blacked-out CBR bob-job is the end result of what can only be
described as a very deep cleaning. Boxer tells us that he originally started to
rebuild the bike as a pro-streeter, complete with full bodywork and a stretched
swingarm. He lowered the bike 3 inches in preparation. But sitting on the lowered
chassis with the stuntbike’s high motocross bars still in place made him
change his mind and committed him to the hybrid low-rider/streetfighter style
that now makes the Bladerod such a unique ride. The Pazzaz MX bars stayed
in place, then, as did the twin-beam headlamps (sourced from Germany),
while the rest of the bodywork was cut to the bare minimum. The stock Honda
subframe was hacked off just behind the seat, and the lower bracing was cut
away entirely for the desired stub-tail effect (gussets were added underneath
to maintain support) before a reshaped and recovered stock saddle was
remounted on top.
The front fender is likewise a much-modified factory piece, cut down with
an angle grinder and a $2 hardware store file, while the rear hugger is from
Piteck Color here in the states, purchased off of eBay. The bodywork was sent
off to Mohammed and Bakr at Queen Street Smash for a coating of “twopack”
black paint, while pretty much every other metal piece (including the
cleaned up frame with all fairing mounts filed off) got a coat of satin or gloss
black powdercoating. “I wanted something that looked different,” Boxer tells
us, “yet cool. Blackening off all the parts gave it the gangster look I wanted.”
The 919cc inline four motor is essentially stock except for the usual K&N filter
and Factory jet kit plus the one-off exhaust built from an Akrapovic header
cut off in the middle and mated to a custom, mandrel-bent 3-inch midpipe/
”hot dog” muffler. Boxer says that it would be really fun to turbo the bike, but
then again, “It’s plenty fast now and does wheelies, so what more do I
want?” he asks. It dynos a healthy 137 rear-wheel hp and can clean the quarter-
mile in 10.92 seconds at 128 mph—or 12.65 seconds at 119mph in third
gear on the rear wheel, Boxer reports.
We only had space for a few pages here, but if you want the full story on
the Bladerod build (including step-by-step pics) Boxer has created a web site
dedicated to the bike’s construction at www.bladerod.com. It’s worth checking
out as inspiration: Built on a practically nonexistent budget in just 35 days,
using mostly salvage factory parts and lots of elbow grease, Boxer shows us
the real ‘fighting spirit. The Bladerod is proof positive that all it takes is a little
creative vision and some hard work to take any clapped-out sportbike and
make a serious street custom with more straight-nasty attitude than any production
naked bike could ever muster.
We really love the Bladerod because it shows just how much can be
done with so little… It’s basically a stock CBR900RR under all that inky
black paint, with a handful of carefully chosen aftermarket components
and lots of homemade and hand-modified pieces that completely
alter the spirit of the machine. This is a bike that virtually anyone
could construct using basic hand tools—and damn if it doesn’t look
nastier than even the sickest choppers coming from West Coast
Choppers or Choppers Inc., only with twice the performance at one
tenth of the cost!
nice write-up!!
i really cant agree with that last paragraph enough :D
congrats again boxer, coming on the fools run?
nice write-up!!
i really cant agree with that last paragraph enough :D
congrats again boxer, coming on the fools run?
When is it man? I'm still in Adelaide?
When is it man? I'm still in Adelaide?
It's April 1st mate. Hence "The (april) Fools Run". Same every year. First weekend of April. Come along mate, it's in NSW near Nambucca Heads and they are coming from all over the country.
It's April 1st mate. Hence "The (april) Fools Run". Same every year. First weekend of April. Come along mate, it's in NSW near Nambucca Heads and they are coming from all over the country.
:(
I'll be in Adelaide still
Will make an effort to catch up when I get back to Sydney though
:(
I'll be in Adelaide still
Will make an effort to catch up when I get back to Sydney though
Mate, very nice stuff..... I like the all black.... 5 mags, enough said!!! Im glad people are still into less bling more balls.... looks like a girl I once new.... Dark, tough, short in the ass, and a total fuck machine!!
Mate, very nice stuff..... I like the all black.... 5 mags, enough said!!! Im glad people are still into less bling more balls.... looks like a girl I once new.... Dark, tough, short in the ass, and a total fuck machine!!