Honda CB900 Cafè Racer in chili sauce

[DominiqueBeerts]

to permit myself a very last off-topic deviation: I think you lot are looking for a motorized version of this:

http://s145.photobucket.com/user/db1...?sort=3&page=1

It's just a matter of finding a completely crazed engine to fit under it.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by DominiqueBeerts

to permit myself a very last off-topic deviation: I think you lot are looking for a motorized version of this:

It's just a matter of finding a completely crazed engine to fit under it.

Fantastic!!

The concept and that name (the IceCycle ) are both so…cool

[MPWR]

Bet it would look good with wired wheels.

Just sayin'.

[gionc]

Since you breaks the ball all the day with off topic stuff my revenge is that, to show you next bike job ...



it's 1/43 so if the two partners want to join the group build they have to choose something in the 1/43 size....

and following where the bike (a gilera 500, abandoned by italians and used and customized by the RAF pilot) would be glued...



, happy saturday night friends

[cinqster]

I'm guessing the Spit is 1/48th? Looks fab - I can't even see 1/43rd models!

[gionc]

Sorry...... wrong typing..... the gilera is 1/35 and the spit 1/32

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by gionc

Sorry...... wrong typing..... the gilera is 1/35 and the spit 1/32

both look great in either scale

Looks like you have already started on the gilera? or were those springs part of the kit?

I do have some 1/43s.. I've always wanted to try that scale

[joelwideqvist]

Spoked wheels in 1/35... Cool bike but I'm with cinqster as I some time have trouble gluing stuff onto my 1/12 builds :-)

[gionc]

Well those are just some PE spokes.... and the result isn't as good as I thought, I need more practice
Yes Steve, or better not: springs are custom made, it's a good resin model from Model Victoria that an awesome military modeler, Stefano Badalucco, gifted me to fill the space in the spit's base

[gionc]

TOPIC TOPIC TOPIC!

Rear weel is latched, a new fork is machined... time for the verrrry first fitting test.... it would be useful to set the lenght for the new back shocks.... I guess a couple millimeter taller wouldn't be bad?

[MPWR]

Well I guess someone has to bring it back to topic. Can't be me, I'm not building it!

The wheels and shocks look fantastic. Ride height looks good. Now, I am looking forward to seeing the engine!


(It is difficult to tell how big it is. Could you maybe put a familiar household item behind it for scale- like possibly a bottle of good Scotch, or a half kg of Grana?)

[gionc]

I have not a "brand new" 1/2Kg slice of cheese now but a couple shapes you'll find familiar (BTW ever "those" bottle... still have some looks like I didn't drunk much scoth this winter, at least not this one LOL!). Doing set up jobs on shocks-ride height... looks better now to me.... may be I take in consideration the option of a monocross back sunspension....

[MPWR]

Ha! Excellent, now I can well relate!

(That IS big.)

It must be a lot of fun to work in this scale. (I have always been afraid to try- maybe I wouldn't be able to stop myself from doing working pistons, or other stupid stuff.) But with some good Islay single, maybe it is not so frightening?

Also, I see now that you use a tripod when photographing good whisky. This seems very wise.

[klutz_100]

Hic! very nicsh.. hic!

[joelwideqvist]

Height in second picture looks much better!