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Kimjon's next money pit - BMW Airhead cafe racer build


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I cut 8 more tabs, brackets off the frame. Then extended some parts of the wiring loom so I could tuck the wires discretely away. Its far from done, but I'm liking the way its starting to look.

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Then welded up this fender. It had a huge hole hacked into it (not by me). I thought it was destined for the bin...but had a go at welding in a patch. The planishing hammer was awesome for this job. It put a double compound curve into it...no filler will be needed, just some high build primer.

this will replace the front fender. I'll weld up some brackets to hold it there. Should look way better than the giant plastic one.

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4 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

How does it sound...?

Its just sitting there for now, I need to weld some 38-51mm cone adapters to my headers to properly fit the exhausts. They come with decibel killers that can be bolted in to make them quieter if needed? Time will tell how good the sound reduction is?

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Smaller headlight. Its not quite where I want it, but it gives me a starting point.

Mini fairing on order too, so this is plan B. The fairing could offer nicer way of hiding an ugly instrument display, so might be a winner.

Keeping an open mind until I can play with both ideas.

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