Everyone who saw my bike said that the flat plate aluminum fairings ruined the flow of the bike... (and i had to agree) so i finally got off my butt and made some new ones so it would be ready to sell.

here is the bike before:



Made molds:


Carbon fibery goodness


and got them on the bike



and now with the pin-stripe (and my dog)


what do you think?
~Chris

 

Wait...what?...sell??? :0 ;-)

Looks great Chris.

 

yep.. made a deal with the Mrs. when we start having kids the bikes go bye bye... so i have to sell my baby to get another one.

 

I'm not saying your wife is the Devil (yes I am), but you made a deal with the Devil!!

So, how much?

 

Sold it for $6,000 got a Buell for $2500. paid off the car and put money in savings

 

Just out of curiosity, do you have any sort of estimate of your total cost invested, for parts and materials, and also an estimate of the total time you put into the project?

 

total cost including the cost of the bike $3500~
estimate of time... possibly close to 800-1000 hours

so.... 6000-3500=2500/1000=$2.5 per hour

i think we should form a union so we can get better pay.

 

Without a doubt...I'm in, but I want to negotiate for getting paid for working on my bikes without selling them!!

So, what Buell did you acquire? Blast? Firebolt? Lightning? XB 12R? 1125R?

 

i got a 03 XB9SL with all carbon fiber body-work. and some really trick bits. i am really happy with it. i would love to try one of the water cooled bikes but i have a hard time getting over the goofy scoops harley made Erik put on there...




i also got some professional shots of the CBR finished...

 

The Buell looks great, especially for the price!
True about those monstrous scoops, they have grown on me, somewhat, but they definitely are in the "love/hate" category!