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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #60 on: December 08, 2011, 06:33:05 PM »
Quote from: Excavator on December 08, 2011, 06:28:48 PM
Looks great. Bet it sounds good also.  8)

No coolant lines are hooked up but I can imagine it will sound nice.  I will probably have the radiator put back in tomorrow and will start it to hear what it sounds like.
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Offline rcannon409

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #61 on: December 08, 2011, 10:04:44 PM »
The bike looks great.   I know what coating my bags will every get if they get scratched/damaged.  It woudl be grea tto remove a bad without having to be worried about setting it on the ground.

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #62 on: December 09, 2011, 05:05:52 AM »
That header looks very nice!
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #63 on: December 09, 2011, 05:44:37 AM »
Awesome JD that the exhaust went on so easy!
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Offline Jeremy Mitchell

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #64 on: December 09, 2011, 07:29:36 AM »
Quote from: Conrad on December 09, 2011, 05:05:52 AM
That header looks very nice!

Fresh stainless is purty.

@Tyler:
I used the jack underneath the collector to massage the mid pipe but most of the change to the angle is from offset bracket I made to hook up the can to the rear peg mount.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #65 on: December 09, 2011, 09:52:46 AM »
Here it is, my freshly hacked up front fender.  I like how it turned out, a little ZX-10 flair with almost all of the protection of the stock fender.   I also started my bike for about 30 seconds and it sounded like angels (or possibly demons) singing.  The Muzzy sounded awesome, it was music to my ears.   ;D

From this

 
To this
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Offline ljcorby

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #66 on: December 09, 2011, 09:53:52 AM »
I like it, nice work.   ;)
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #67 on: December 09, 2011, 10:17:20 AM »
Lets of your work is quite nice, the front fender I don't understand.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #68 on: December 09, 2011, 10:20:03 AM »
Quote from: MrPepsi on December 09, 2011, 10:17:20 AM
Lets of your work is quite nice, the front fender I don't understand.

You don't understand why I did it, or you don't see what I did?
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Offline wally_games

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #69 on: December 09, 2011, 10:33:00 AM »
Quote from: Jeremy Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 10:20:03 AM
You don't understand why I did it, or you don't see what I did?

Looks nice, but it's pretty subtle. I'm guessing 99.9% of people wouldn't notice if you didn't tell them.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #70 on: December 09, 2011, 10:39:28 AM »
 :popcorn:
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #71 on: December 09, 2011, 10:51:24 AM »
Quote from: Jeremy Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 10:20:03 AM
You don't understand why I did it, or you don't see what I did?

Its such a slight change, I don't understand why.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #72 on: December 09, 2011, 10:58:49 AM »
Quote from: MrPepsi on December 09, 2011, 10:51:24 AM
Its such a slight change, I don't understand why.

I took about 2.5 inches off, but I did it because l like how the ZX-10 fender looks and had always wanted to change the look of the stock fender.

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #73 on: December 09, 2011, 11:00:52 AM »
Maybe I need the final product to compare to stock.
Like a shot of the bike complete. Later of course.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #74 on: December 09, 2011, 12:01:21 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Mitchell on December 09, 2011, 10:58:49 AM
I took about 2.5 inches off, but I did it because l like how the ZX-10 fender looks and had always wanted to change the look of the stock fender.

And that is all that matters- how YOU like it :)   That said, it is pretty subtle and I doubt I would ever notice it if it weren't pointed out.  But that is like some stuff around my house that drives me crazy, yet nobody else would ever notice.... but *I* know about it, damnit!
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #75 on: December 09, 2011, 04:52:13 PM »
The fender mod is a good one.  I love things like that when they are real changes, but it matches so well as to go un-noticed.
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #76 on: December 09, 2011, 05:01:43 PM »
Quote from: rcannon409 on December 09, 2011, 04:52:13 PM
The fender mod is a good one.  I love things like that when they are real changes, but it matches so well as to go un-noticed.

Thanks, I really didn't think I could pull it off.  I figured that I was gonna be ordering a ZX-10 fender off ebay, but they are only about $40 for one that needs paint, so I wasn't to scared.  I always thought of a big bird beak when I looked at the stock front fender of the C14 so I wanted to change it up. 
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #77 on: December 09, 2011, 05:03:29 PM »
Jeremy, keep up the good work.  Make it yours....
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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #78 on: December 11, 2011, 04:47:19 PM »
Decided to put everything back together today since the weather is looking pretty good for this next week.  I was going to send in my forks to Ohlins but I will probably end up doing that next month when the weather has a better chance of ice.  Here are a couple pics of everything put back together.











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Offline speed545

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Re: Rebuild of my C14
« Reply #79 on: December 11, 2011, 04:51:45 PM »
i like it. it give the bike an agressive look
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