[grandpaul]

Big time memories.

A friend had an 80 enduro, my older brother had a 175, and the neighbor guys had a 360. Those were great bikes, on AND off-road.

 

[grandpaul]

And now for the big question of the day ?:I Why would anyone in their right mind want to put a pillion seat and passenger pegs on a sub 100cc motorcycle?

 

[grandpaul]

So what's the picture that didn't work, a family of 5 commuting somewhere in India ?:I

How 'bout one right here in the 'States

 

[grandpaul]

example:

… passenger is sitting totally behind the rear axle, common sense tells you what that will do for stability and increasing the chance of that pretty young thing getting all scared up. Need I say more ?:I

How else do you expect to get her to "hang on tight"?

 

[grandpaul]

I can't stand 3 things on cafe bikes 1) bar end mirrors 2) flush mount turn signals and 3) that stupid brake light/license plate holder always mounted on the lower left side of bikes. To me its cheap and ugly but I bet over half of everyone on this forum has all 3 on their machines. I say to each their own and if you desire all 3 on your machine do it proudly and tastefully.

Not me. I have two bikes out of 29 with bar-end mirrors (one set is a very fashionable, period typical on a Trident), and the flush mount turn signals are built in to a Concourse's fairing, so that's that.

 

[grandpaul]

score!

 

[grandpaul]

I've been crucified for suggesting it, but I arose again to proclaim that if you simply take the plain steel plates to a smooth concrete surface and swirl them with good steady, even pressure till they are uniformly roughed up, they'll work great.

I've been doing it successfully for almost a thousand years (well, more like 25, but seems like a thousand)

 

[grandpaul]

Cool photo in the back of the El Camino.

 

[grandpaul]

Make sure all your grounds are good including engine to chassis. Looks like all new paint you could easily just not be grounding well enough if your paint is good and tough.

You beat me to it.

 

[grandpaul]

That sure is a great looking bike...