Second Generation Ascots > The V-Twin Years: Modified To Full Customs
Project VTAscot500
lennyway:
Pics from today
You Meet the Nicest People on a Honda
paint it black
My friend Zoran gave me this nice vintage tractor light and helped me to mount it on the bike.
I removed the horn to make it fit. It's a little of center. I'm not sure if I like it or not.
Tried to lower the meter but I need new cables to do that. maybe I'll just try to find an other option
It works :)
Luke:
--- Quote from: lennyway on August 30, 2014, 04:56:27 pm --- And then all of a sudden I saw a key hole..
I thought what the heck is that? Since everything on the engine is painted black I did not see the hidden toolbag, super cool. Looks like all the original tools are still inside!
Will post a picture of it tomorrow!
--- End quote ---
Ha! I just recently had the same experience. :)
lennyway:
Yesterday the Numbnuts organized a ride out from Amsterdam to Utrecht.
Just before we arrived in Utrecht my cooling system started boiling and all the cooling fluid flushed out on the street...! :(
During the ride I had noticed the engine started to get rather hot but the temp meter was not in the red, just a little over half way...?
I had a similar experience a few days ago but then it was only little fluid coming from the overflow reservoir. When that happened I called the previous owner and he said he recently refilled the cooling system so he thought that he put maybe to my in the system and that the overflow reservoir was emptied.
This time it was steaming hot!
So I'll have to find out what's wrong with the cooling system.
Here are some picture's of the ride yesterday
Pics from Shed Built Bikes. http://www.shedbuiltbikes.com/
lennyway:
Saturday I chopped my front fender. To remove the front fender I had to remove the front wheel. I used an empty beer crate and a piece of wood to lift the Ascot.
First I made a guide line with a marker. With a grinder I made the rough shape, with a file I made the final shape and in the end I used sandpaper to clean it up and to make it smooth.
Then I painted it black with a rattle can.
On Sunday I drilled some speed holes in the stock foot peg bracket and repainted the footpegs
I'm not super stocked to be honest. I think I should have used a bigger drill.
As you can see my Hagon rear shocks need some attention.
lennyway:
A week ago I bought a second hand mirror and rear fender at motorsloop Wegman Motoren in Aalsmeer.
I had to cut of some pieces and drilled some holes to make the fender fit.
The mirror was rusty so it needed some attention. Sandpaper did the trick.
The handle bar that I mounted some weeks ago was crooked so I needed an other one.
My good friend Zoran sponsored me a nice gold anodized Rental thinwall handle bar.
I did not like the gold so again I did the sandpaper workout. I think it almost took me 3 hours to get rid of the gold but now it's looking fresh!
A few weeks ago I lost my Ascot keys at Goodwood so I needed a new ignition lock. The stock ignition lock is a pain in the ass.
You can't reach it when you're wearing gloves so I decided to relocate the new ignition switch to the left side.
I made a small bracket from a piece of metal. Drilled 5 holes in it with my biggest drill and with a iron file I made the big hole that I needed to fit the ignition switch.
Took me almost an hour to make that hole but I managed, ha!
The new rear light is a vintage Hella (bicycle?) light that I bought some years ago.
Dimitri from Super Motor co. helped me to convert it to 3 LED lights.
If I would have used the normal fitting I would have to drill a hole in the fender to make room for the fitting and it did not have a stop light function.
Chris Dekker welded the little anus under the headlight, thanks Chris :)
Now I just need a license plate bracket to get it on the road again
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