Also, as the "price" for being on the list, we demand a sacrifice of photographs of what you're working with. An appeasement to the Honda Gods, offered up in kinship with other Nighthawkers.
Or, in other words, Pics Please! :p -Kurt On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > I thought that myself, thus my decision to go "courier." Basically, café > with luggage of a harder sort. Plan to color match cases and such, and go > with the more angular style to match the angles on the very 80s 650. It > won't be /quite/ true to cafe standards, but it will definitely show cafe > influences and be what I want it to be, while leaving a solid underpinning > for the next guy if he wants something different. > > -Kurt > > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 8:27 AM, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gotta go with the conventional wisdom here. The old school Harleys >> and Indians looked good as bobbers, because they were big, beefy and >> overdone. So minimalizing the underlying design actually enhanced >> their lines, for the most part. >> >> Metric bikes are already pretty minimal to start with, so bobbing them >> is kinda like shearing a sheep dog -- y' generally wind up with a >> really ugly lookin' mutt. >> >> The few metric bobbers I've seen that I'd consider pleasing to the eye >> began life as Harley clones. Middleweight metric standards lend >> themselves better to the cafe racer style, in my opinion. >> >> >> >> On Apr 12, 2:12 pm, JJ <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I recently purchased a '83 650 Nighthawk. It is in bad shape but the >> > motor runs ok so I'm thinking about converting it into a bobber. This >> > is my first bike so if anyone can point me in the right direction as >> > far as parts go please let me know. I want to get new spark plugs, air >> > filter and many other things - what are the specifications, brand >> > names of parts I should get. What non-OEM parts are compatible with >> > the Nighthawk? >> > Thanks! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
