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[porthole]

Worse still  - - - wire wheels without whitewalls.

That's a sin of omission which is beyond the pale.

No way - those wheels/frame are smoking just the way they are.

[Twolanerider]

Worse still  - - - wire wheels without whitewalls.

That's a sin of omission which is beyond the pale.


B B

That was a choice I considered for quite awhile Brian.  You know the Road King I last had and that in some ways this is homage to that bike.  Lots of cues taken from that bike for this one.  That one had (at least part of the time) wires and wide whites.

More I thought about it the more I couldn't do it on this bike though.  It's all red and chrome.  If it were a solid color bike I'd do the wide whites in a heartbeat.  But the multi-color scheme with all the other powdercoating all over, at least to my mind's eye, really needed a solid black tire between the shiny spoked wheel and the beautiful red fender.  I couldn't make myself see the wide white as a complement in that space.  Would've detracted from the wheels in this combination. 

Might wake up someday and decide I was wrong.  If so that'll just give me an excuse to ride it more and wear out a set of tires .

[Fired00d]

That was a choice I considered for quite awhile Brian.  You know the Road King I last had and that in some ways this is homage to that bike.  Lots of cues taken from that bike for this one.  That one had (at least part of the time) wires and wide whites.

More I thought about it the more I couldn't do it on this bike though.  It's all red and chrome.  If it were a solid color bike I'd do the wide whites in a heartbeat.  But the multi-color scheme with all the other powdercoating all over, at least to my mind's eye, really needed a solid black tire between the shiny spoked wheel and the beautiful red fender.  I couldn't make myself see the wide white as a complement in that space.  Would've detracted from the wheels in this combination. 

Might wake up someday and decide I was wrong.  If so that'll just give me an excuse to ride it more and wear out a set of tires .

What about a subtle red line tire...

If this is possible for your bike (tire/wheel size).

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Twolanerider]

What about a subtle red line tire...

Have to wear these out first before I worry about more tires.  However.......   Just found the first compromise on the entire project that I'm not going to be happy about.  There have been choices made that were concession made to some necessity or another.  But they were all between one good option and another.  Now have one that I'm going to choose to be stuck with for awhile.

Just unboxed the speedometer.  Looks just like the advertisement.  And all the bells and whistles will end up being very cool.  Looks good; doesn't it?

[Twolanerider]

Until you see it in profile.  I'd entirely missed any product description that said the unit was a pod unto itself.  It raises the instrument up and angles it back where the unit will be looking the rider squarely in the face.  That's a good thing.  For a variety of reasons there is benefit there.  But this profile I'm not wild about at all.

Takes the clean line sweeping over the top of the tank and makes it bulbous.  Perhaps will get used to it after seeing it regularly.  But the first impression made me spit up a little in my mouth....

[Midnight Rider]

Until you see it in profile.  I'd entirely missed any product description that said the unit was a pod unto itself.  It raises the instrument up and angles it back where the unit will be looking the rider squarely in the face.  That's a good thing.  For a variety of reasons there is benefit there.  But this profile I'm not wild about at all.

Takes the clean line sweeping over the top of the tank and makes it bulbous.  Perhaps will get used to it after seeing it regularly.  But the first impression made me spit up a little in my mouth....

Rotate the picture...I'm getting a crick in my neck...

Honestly, I kind of like it, but I'm weird.

[Twolanerider]

Rotate the picture...I'm getting a crick in my neck...

Honestly, I kind of like it, but I'm weird.

Already rotated the pic TC.  Sorry about that. 

It doesn't look bad.  Ok, not terrible.  But it's not what I was expecting.  Hopefully familarity will ease contempt.

[Midnight Rider]

Perhaps when the tank gets on the bike it will sort of follow the handlebar line?  It's hard to get a real perspective without the other stuff around it...

[naitram]

my initail reaction is not a good one, but as Tc said until the bike is complete will wait to make up my mind

[Twolanerider]

Perhaps when the tank gets on the bike it will sort of follow the handlebar line?  It's hard to get a real perspective without the other stuff around it...

my initail reaction is not a good one, but as Tc said until the bike is complete will wait to make up my mind

Am attempting to convince myself of that same thing right now.  Hopefully......   

May have to set it all together just to know.

[Twolanerider]

Well.......

[Twolanerider]

It may be better when the chrome handlebar cover is up in front to help carry the bright line forward.  But it still looks like a tumor.  A shiny chrome expensive tumor with an oddly cylindrical shape.  But a tumor nonetheless. 

I do have a solution though.  Until such a time as something else happens here this shall forevermore be "the part we shall not mention."

[hdbrad03]

Sorry Don 


 

     Brad

[110tHunDer]

my initail reaction is not a good one, but as Tc said until the bike is complete will wait to make up my mind

Not me.  That's NASTY! LOL

I thought it would be flush like the gas cap.

[Twolanerider]

I thought it would be flush like the gas cap.

Me too.....