Sometimes ideas just work.

Ever since I built a sissy bar and mounted my light I wasn't overly happy with the wiring. But it did the job and worked for the Doomsday Run 2012. After the run I was looking for cloth covered wiring and in OZ it either didn't exist or was too expensive. So what do you do?

Enter buck fifty shoe laces. Picked up these ones from Woolies, they come in all kinds of colours.
You can get a few different styles too, including batman print, you want the ones that are like hollow tubes.

I picked brown and black ones. I didn't end up using these ones on the sissy bar but they will find there way on my bike somewhere.

 










So next what you do is cut off the plastic end bits (called Aglets apparently) In the centre of the shoe lace there will be a length of string running from end to end.Gently pull a small amount out each end. (See picture if that makes no sense)


 








Now strip the insulation off the end of the wire you want to run through the centre. Tie a knot in the cotton, put the copper wire through the knot and twist it on itself. (Again refer to the pic)












So I forgot the take a picture of this bit, its pretty straight forward tho. Pull the cotton from the opposite end and the wire will travel up through the centre of the lace and out. I melted the end of the lace to stop it fraying and put some heat shrink over it for good measure.

Easy as that. Now you have that cool "period correct" look for a whole buck fifty













Experiment a little, I ended up using a plain jane black lace running 2 wires through it for my tail light. Turned out pretty stella.

Check out the sweet BMW's

http://vimeo.com/49445992

Only two weeks to go till the offical first ride of summer.

love the 80s

Think it would bolt up to the sporty? hahahah

Found this little collection of cool movie thought id share.

http://hoppertv.com/

I'm on a boat

Ok here are the formalities gentlemen.

Help your mum pack your bag:
Pack a jumper boats are cold because water is cold.
Don't pack to much because you will look like a homo (limit is 2x 32kg bags)
Bring your license.
Click on the link below, print and fill out the tag and stick it to you bag otherwise some gypo might put it in the wrong cabin.
http://users.tpg.com.au/lebens//luggage.pdf

Get to Boat:
Aiming to train it to Wynyard Station late Thursday morning and leg it down to the Wharf, roughly a 600m walk. Let me know if your want to tag along so we can meet somewhere and or wait for you.

Departure Date: 2 Aug 2012
Check In: 2:00pm
Departure Time: 4:30pm
Departing From: SYDNEY, WHARF 5 HICKSON RD BARANGAROO

Plan at the wharf:
1. Drop luggage at the dedicated drop off area.
2. Please ensure each bag is clearly labelled.
3. Proceed into the terminal and complete a Health Form Questionnaire
4. When check-in opens, present your drivers license or passport, eTicket, credit card (a 1.5% service fee applies to all onboard credit card transactions, debit card (no service fee) and completed health form (provided at the wharf).
5. After you receive your cruise card and embarkation number, please wait at bar until embarkation commences.

Paying for beer and other stuff:
Register your Credit Card or Debit card when you check-in and you will be issued a cruise card, allowing you to sign for all your onboard purchases, which are charged to your onboard account/room Your cruise card also acts as your cabin key.

If you prefer to pay with cash then bring some as the ATMs on the ship will sting your ringer with fees.

But how will my girlfriend contact me when she wants to complain about something?
Pacific Pearl
Telephone: 0011 870 323 489 014
Facsimile: 0011 870 601 027 260
Note: mobile reception may vary. (good excuse)

T-shirts R Us Continued

Or maybe something like this

T-shirts R Us

Hahaha, I like this for a t-shirt design

Fab dreams

Firstly,

RAPSCALLION!

On a lighter note I've been looking at my bike for a week without a clutch lever on the bars. Really starting to like the look. Specially with the brembo front master cylinder an option. That would be a nice clean bar setup.

So I was thinking about fabbing up a jockey shift - foot clutch setup. No more death grip from pulling the clutch lever in. I also could change the clutch spring to the heavy duty one without cutting my fingers off pulling in the clutch.

So the fab list increases by one.

• Jockey shift - foot clutch
• Longer MDC style exhaust
• Crazy Orange style exhaust.
• Sissybar and light mount

Opinions?

Vrod hanging with some hipsters

So it was a productive day in the MDC workshop, my bike started off bare.



After using a bit off brute strength and eye balling, the frame looks close to straight, maybe staighter then it came out of the factory. The bike took many forms after its beating

Hopefully the bitser will be running in a few weeks.
Lumpy turned out to be pretty handy in the fabrication department as well.

MDC time for a split?

With the possibilities of Mad Dog Cycle shop opening up it may be time to split the club.
A new name is required to separate business and pleasure.
Spit balling ideas at the moment, Suggestions?

 

Better?

Another donkey to the MDC stable

So yeah, im pretty happy with this latest purchase. (my god! the muffler looks heaps bigger here) Hopefully it will look like something below when finished..................I hope.

Crazy Orange mc new 883 called High Peg

                               I think this is the direction my broke ass harley is going to go in.