'The Bastard'
Eric Buchholz is the kickoff lucky I was selected, responding to the novel format Submit Your Bike ... the novel arrangement nosotros possess got created to acquire inwards possible for readers to present their function on RocketGarage.
Let's run into our lucky musician as well as his wheel ...
Where are you lot coming from?
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Who else worked alongside you?
I am a ane human being shop, working out of my garage.
How tin you lot depict yourself (or your team)?
I can't possess got anything alongside wheels as well as an engine without trying to acquire inwards to a greater extent than interesting. I simply expect at things a piffling differently, as well as then I acquire a lot of confused looks when I throw out ideas.
I've ever built bikes for myself, but I'm treating it a flake to a greater extent than seriously at in ane lawsuit inwards an endeavour to chase the dream of doing it for a living.
It was simply a ready clean Craigslist find. No cool story
What's the donor bike, make, model, year?
1983 Yamaha XV920 (Virago)
What was your vision/plan?
I wanted to job elements of the bikes I liked growing up, spell non subscribing to ane exceptional category or genre. Sticking to ane simply seems similar it limits the build. I chose this platform because of how exposed the engine is, non existence hidden yesteryear frame, fossil oil cooler or radiator. I didn't desire whatever parts on it that didn't absolutely ask to hold upwardly there.
What did you lot practise to the bike?
I ditched the seat/subframe inwards favor of a sprung solo seat, as well as fabbed a mountain from 304 stainless. Same textile for the stupor resivoir/battey mountain as well as the exhaust. I finished the pipes off alongside cans from a Ducati 1098, that I cored as well as shortened. I simply genuinely liked the shape of the stainless endcaps. I built novel rearset mounts, linkage as well as levers, but did borrow a span pieces from an R6. I changed the mounting of the tank, but liked the shape, as well as later smoothing out the seams as well as transitions, skinned it alongside carbon fiber. Same alongside the V-rod headlight bucket.
If you've upgraded parts, what brand did you lot conduct as well as where from?
The forepart brake upgrades were courtesy of an R1 as well as a Ducati Monster later making the necessary brackets. I switched to an 18" nurture wheel, kept the 19" front, as well as shod both inwards Shinko 705s. They expect meaty, but they're genuinely pretty sticky. The Ballistic Lith-ion battery has as well as then far been bulletproof. Instrument cluster replaced alongside a Danmoto unit. I used a Dynojet jet kit to accommodate the improve flowing exhaust. The master copy nurture stupor was tossed inwards favor of a Triumph unit.
Any interesting challenges, unconfident, or mistakes?
This was my kickoff corporation into composites, which has a flake of a learning curve, but all the sanding was worth it. I re-did the nurture brake linkage three times, simply because I knew I could practise better. The most challenging job from a blueprint perspective, was the seat. I consider a lot of XV builds, as well as a lot of unlike approaches, because that job of the frame is tricky to acquire something to expect similar it belongs. Some expect improve than others. I built ii other mounts earlier I came upwardly alongside ane I was happy with.
Tell us near the finish/logos/design?
I similar to ride bikes without worrying equally good much near scratches, chips as well as all the other materials that happens, as well as then I'm a bigger fan of textures as well as metallic element tones than frail pigment work. Nothing against it, simply doesn't suit me. I wanted to acquire alongside the bronze frame, because alongside black, it's slow to lose a lot of details.
Any unique features?
When I changed the stance, I had to modify the kickstand. While I was at it, I slightly enlarged the footprint as well as then I don't possess got to worry near it sinking into asphalt inwards the summer. I also left a minor gap betwixt the topographic point as well as the upper mountain to sideslip saddlebags inwards if as well as then inspired.
How would you lot depict your bike?
It has elements of a lot of these, but I'm non certain whatever ane fits the bill. I lovingly named it because it's truthful to its roots inwards parts as well as genres.
How does the wheel ride?
I practise roughly highway runs on it, but alongside the riding position, as well as the taller skinnier rear, if feels much to a greater extent than corner oriented. The upgraded brakes brand me experience much improve near carrying speed. The stock unmarried piston/single disk carried a high pucker factor. I'm non riding to essay anything, but I never experience similar I'm out-riding the bike.
I'm currently edifice a 2001 Ducati Monster. It's simply a 600 Dark, as well as then I don't experience bad cutting it up.
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