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On Apr 13, 5:48 am, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
