...strip a bike that is!
Breaking my posting cherrie, been a guest for a while and am now looking at buying a Buell so a first hello to all.
I'm really keen on joining the Buells owner club, I've been through the "rice rocket" phase already to now know that i couldn't really give a damn about 1/4mile times(not saying Buells are slow just saying I don't want a straight line rocket). I live in the UK and even though I've had insurance for a bike for the last 4 years, the cost to insure a 12 are astronomical, equivilent to $1000 for 3rd party/fire/theft, ok ok, i've had a few claims recently. So finaly, here's my question to all you Buellers, if a bloke wants a 9 instead of a 12 due to insurance cost, but really likes the darker frame of the 12, how long will it take to strip a 9 to it's utter nakedness so that he could powder coat frame/swingarm? I'm no mechanic but i am quite able with a spanner and have the confidence that i can do the strip down, just not sure on the amount of time needed to strip one of these babies down and then assemble them again? Would you advise against someone who has only ever worked on bikes but never taken a motor out to try this project out? And yes i know what you're probably thinking at this moment, just by a 12, but the other factor here is if i buy a 12 then there's less for me to fiddle with and hence no reason to strip....i want to put my stamp on the bike. I'm going to go for a look similar to this, and damn does this look fine.
Hope the pic shows up, I've never used photobucket until right now.
cheers
Breaking my posting cherrie, been a guest for a while and am now looking at buying a Buell so a first hello to all.
I'm really keen on joining the Buells owner club, I've been through the "rice rocket" phase already to now know that i couldn't really give a damn about 1/4mile times(not saying Buells are slow just saying I don't want a straight line rocket). I live in the UK and even though I've had insurance for a bike for the last 4 years, the cost to insure a 12 are astronomical, equivilent to $1000 for 3rd party/fire/theft, ok ok, i've had a few claims recently. So finaly, here's my question to all you Buellers, if a bloke wants a 9 instead of a 12 due to insurance cost, but really likes the darker frame of the 12, how long will it take to strip a 9 to it's utter nakedness so that he could powder coat frame/swingarm? I'm no mechanic but i am quite able with a spanner and have the confidence that i can do the strip down, just not sure on the amount of time needed to strip one of these babies down and then assemble them again? Would you advise against someone who has only ever worked on bikes but never taken a motor out to try this project out? And yes i know what you're probably thinking at this moment, just by a 12, but the other factor here is if i buy a 12 then there's less for me to fiddle with and hence no reason to strip....i want to put my stamp on the bike. I'm going to go for a look similar to this, and damn does this look fine.
Hope the pic shows up, I've never used photobucket until right now.
cheers
