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nativenyerintexas · 08-30-2009, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cchriste

Oh man. So many good Ideas. I sure wish I had photo shop to try different things out. Oh well....I'll try to see it in my mind

I was thinking that when I finally pay off my M50 I'd get a custom paint job... something with an American Flag scheme. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it.

These would make nice badges for the sides of the tank if they were metal:

vagabond35 · 08-30-2009, 11:14 AM

Is there a motorcycle in that top picture??

sangria7 · 08-30-2009, 02:43 PM

Adding Playboy logo's and bunny. Still waiting on tank graphics with playboy logo. Still in progress....

OZChris · 08-30-2009, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangria7

Adding Playboy logo's and bunny. Still waiting on tank graphics with playboy logo. Still in progress....

I see your theme is coming together

burnchassis · 08-30-2009, 08:11 PM

I did this.....
http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...e-battery.html
CS

The Dark Knight · 08-30-2009, 10:45 PM

let it sit in the shop waiting for a tune.....

vtbme · 08-30-2009, 10:48 PM

Over past couple weeks:
Got Linbar powder coated flat black - still need to install
Powder coated headlight rim flat black and reinstalled.
Updated to headlight bulb to Silverstar
Got Speedo cover painted flat black and reinstalled
Got PIAA lights painted black - still need to install down on front fenders.

Pix coming after the bar and light are installed.

In the meantime: I'm crazy missing my time in Keystone CO from last week at the AMA Women in Motorcycling Conference - flew into Denver, rented a Sportster 883 for the week...hated it, but grateful that it didn't break down or leak anything.

Saw one other M at the conference of over 1000 women motorcyclists... desperately made me miss my bike.

Had some AWESOME rides through the mountains including Loveland Pass and Mt Evans (highest auto road in north america). Pix and write up coming as soon as I stop traveling and get a break from work.

xspazmonkeyx · 08-31-2009, 03:18 AM

Finally got around to installing riser spacers, and JK forward controls... I'm digging it

buster · 08-31-2009, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangria7

Adding Playboy logo's and bunny. Still waiting on tank graphics with playboy logo. Still in progress....

I am lovin' that screen.

Griffter · 08-31-2009, 09:30 AM

I cleaned her after a hard few days travelling to work in this lovely welsh weather

GeorgiaRoller · 08-31-2009, 01:22 PM

Posted this video about a recent ride http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...n-georgia.html

Toology · 08-31-2009, 07:25 PM

I finally got saddlebags for the bike. I had been putting it off because I didn't know how I felt about black leather on a blue bike... but I think they look great. Couldn't pass them up, brand new willie & max for $40 plus shipping on ebay, and got my brackets for $40 shipped from a user here.

Also reoiled my K&N filter as it was completely done for. Now its back to being pink (hard to see on the cell phone camera) and kinda looks goofy, but oh well!

Just waiting on my new mirrors to come in from ebay as well, putting a pair of stockers from a Yamaha Warrior on the M, $20 shipped from ebay as well... getting sick of the cheap black plastic ones I have now.

nativenyerintexas · 09-02-2009, 05:16 AM

I made a small slit in the bottom of the pocket on my new tank bib so I can run the audio wire up through there for the MP3 player. It works great! I'll take pictures if anyone wants to see what it looks like.

GeorgiaRoller · 09-02-2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtbme

Had some AWESOME rides through the mountains including Loveland Pass and Mt Evans (highest auto road in north america). Pix and write up coming as soon as I stop traveling and get a break from work.

I'd like to see those pics for sure.

I ordered a handlebar camera mount.

atweibel · 09-02-2009, 09:30 AM

Got my baby out yesterday for a short ride after experiencing living hell bringing home my girlfriends new 81 suzuki GS650GL. It's her first bike and I have to think it will be a fantastic learner. It's so light and spunky, but whoever devised the rider position should be murdered in a thousand horrible ways. The pegs are way too far under your ass, like it's pretending to be a crotch rocket, but they are not angle like a rocket's pegs, so you have to sacrifice your ankle and knee. And they are positions so damn high that even a short guy like me (5'7") feels like a friggin giant because my knees can almost squeeze together OVER to the tank.

Getting back on my M50 was like heaven. with the exception of the brakes. Her little Suzi stops on a dime compared to the M. But that is to be expected. I'll be taking my M out tonight as well to lead the GF around town and get her accustomed to riding in places other than parking lots.

vtbme · 09-02-2009, 10:08 PM

Finally installed PIAA lights down on front fender but ran out of time, light and mosquito spray to get them wired up.

nativenyerintexas · 09-03-2009, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atweibel

Got my baby out yesterday for a short ride after experiencing living hell bringing home my girlfriends new 81 suzuki GS650GL. It's her first bike and I have to think it will be a fantastic learner. It's so light and spunky, but whoever devised the rider position should be murdered in a thousand horrible ways. The pegs are way too far under your ass, like it's pretending to be a crotch rocket, but they are not angle like a rocket's pegs, so you have to sacrifice your ankle and knee. And they are positions so damn high that even a short guy like me (5'7") feels like a friggin giant because my knees can almost squeeze together OVER to the tank.

That's the way I felt siting on a used Harley Lowrider at the Suzuki dealership while they were working on my bike one time. I couldn't even get my feet on the pegs they were so damn high. I'm 5'11''.

vtbme · 09-03-2009, 09:58 PM

Got Linbar on...Neighbor walked up while I was working on it and started helping. I'd removed the bolts and was getting ready to install, so she was trying to help me position it. That's when we discovered bottom brackets were about 1/8" too narrow. Super timing...her hubby arrived home from work, took the bar over to his garage, threw it the vice and viola!

At least until it became a gritch to try and get the last spacer (top left, kick stand side) in and all lined help for the bolt. Man! it took three of us yanking, pushing and prying. Neighbors had to take off and by that time my spouse came out. We probably worked for another hour trying to get the bolt in. There is a wire manager on the left side (radiator hose if I remember) that we tried to leave in but it was misaligned by a milimeter or two and we could NOT get it to move...that's the narrow tolerance on Linbar up top.

Finally were able to yank out the wire manager and there ya go. Gonna zip tie the hose to the frame tomorrow.

Hope to post pix of all tomorrow if I can get the PIAA lights wired up.

burnchassis · 09-03-2009, 10:23 PM

Just making sure mine still cleans up nicely!
CS

atweibel · 09-04-2009, 12:37 PM

Turned the key too far past the handlebar lock position and left the blasted lights on all day after work yesterday..... thankfully my co-worker was kind enough to give me a jump. It was the first time I'd had to find the battery! I felt like an ass, but got the bike to Dulono's rally. Only saw one other M there, all blacked out.

08-30-2009, 11:14 AM	#2002 (permalink)
vagabond35 In Training Join Date: Sep 2008 Bike: 2007 M50 Location: Montana Posts: 110	Is there a motorcycle in that top picture?? __________________ Not all who wander are lost. Fantasy Upgrades.

08-30-2009, 02:43 PM	#2003 (permalink)
sangria7 Clunked into first gear Join Date: May 2009 Bike: 2009 Boulevard M50 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 230	Adding Playboy logo's and bunny. Still waiting on tank graphics with playboy logo. Still in progress.... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Dobeck TFI, Debaffled Pipes + Fibrosleeve, Kuryakyn ISO Grips + End Grips, Kuryakyn Brake Pedal Cover + Shifter Cover, Hellcat Windshield, Saddlemen Profiler Seat, Cortech Sportsbags, Xenon Blue Bulb, Painted Airbox, Debadged

08-30-2009, 08:11 PM	#2005 (permalink)
burnchassis U.B's LoveChild Join Date: Jun 2008 Bike: 2005 M50 PCIII K&N Thunder intake kit,custom pipes wrapped,DE-paired,side plate LED METZ 200 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 1,218	I did this..... http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...e-battery.html CS __________________ Rippin twisties! BIG GRIND! M50 Wheelie Grinding pegs Final drive repair HOW-TO Final drive+shaft rebuild HOW-TO Getting to the front u-joint HOW-TO Remove your drive ,and CHECK IT! HOW-TO Lumpectomy HOW TO Clutch adjust HOW TO Clutch install HOW TO Metzeler 200 tire mount/ install HOW TO Lower your front end FREE! HOW TO Lower your rear end! HOW TO Still looking for the new throttle on/off switch. QUIET PIPES RISK LIVES!

08-30-2009, 10:48 PM	#2007 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	Over past couple weeks: Got Linbar powder coated flat black - still need to install Powder coated headlight rim flat black and reinstalled. Updated to headlight bulb to Silverstar Got Speedo cover painted flat black and reinstalled Got PIAA lights painted black - still need to install down on front fenders. Pix coming after the bar and light are installed. In the meantime: I'm crazy missing my time in Keystone CO from last week at the AMA Women in Motorcycling Conference - flew into Denver, rented a Sportster 883 for the week...hated it, but grateful that it didn't break down or leak anything. Saw one other M at the conference of over 1000 women motorcyclists... desperately made me miss my bike. Had some AWESOME rides through the mountains including Loveland Pass and Mt Evans (highest auto road in north america). Pix and write up coming as soon as I stop traveling and get a break from work. __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

08-31-2009, 07:25 PM	#2012 (permalink)
Toology Seat Tester Join Date: May 2009 Bike: 2006 Blue M50 Location: Colorado Posts: 99	I finally got saddlebags for the bike. I had been putting it off because I didn't know how I felt about black leather on a blue bike... but I think they look great. Couldn't pass them up, brand new willie & max for $40 plus shipping on ebay, and got my brackets for $40 shipped from a user here. Also reoiled my K&N filter as it was completely done for. Now its back to being pink (hard to see on the cell phone camera) and kinda looks goofy, but oh well! Just waiting on my new mirrors to come in from ebay as well, putting a pair of stockers from a Yamaha Warrior on the M, $20 shipped from ebay as well... getting sick of the cheap black plastic ones I have now. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Toology; 08-31-2009 at 07:29 PM.

08-30-2009, 10:45 PM	#2006 (permalink)
The Dark Knight TurtleWax Taster Join Date: Jul 2008 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Central Oklahoma Posts: 572	let it sit in the shop waiting for a tune.....

08-31-2009, 03:18 AM	#2008 (permalink)
xspazmonkeyx Where Am I ? Join Date: Jul 2009 Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50 Posts: 34	Finally got around to installing riser spacers, and JK forward controls... I'm digging it

08-31-2009, 09:30 AM	#2010 (permalink)
Griffter Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Bike: Suzuki Intruder M800 Location: UK Posts: 3	I cleaned her after a hard few days travelling to work in this lovely welsh weather

08-31-2009, 01:22 PM	#2011 (permalink)
GeorgiaRoller Leaned over, knee down Join Date: May 2008 Bike: Twisted 05 M-Fitty Location: Lurking in the shadows Posts: 4,648	Posted this video about a recent ride http://www.motorcycle-journal.com/fo...n-georgia.html

09-02-2009, 05:16 AM	#2013 (permalink)
nativenyerintexas Third gear and cruising Join Date: Jul 2008 Bike: 2008 Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 488	I made a small slit in the bottom of the pocket on my new tank bib so I can run the audio wire up through there for the MP3 player. It works great! I'll take pictures if anyone wants to see what it looks like. __________________ “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” -- Joseph Goebbels

09-02-2009, 09:30 AM	#2015 (permalink)
atweibel Seat Tester Join Date: Apr 2009 Bike: Red 05 M50 Location: Richfield, MN Posts: 59	Got my baby out yesterday for a short ride after experiencing living hell bringing home my girlfriends new 81 suzuki GS650GL. It's her first bike and I have to think it will be a fantastic learner. It's so light and spunky, but whoever devised the rider position should be murdered in a thousand horrible ways. The pegs are way too far under your ass, like it's pretending to be a crotch rocket, but they are not angle like a rocket's pegs, so you have to sacrifice your ankle and knee. And they are positions so damn high that even a short guy like me (5'7") feels like a friggin giant because my knees can almost squeeze together OVER to the tank. Getting back on my M50 was like heaven. with the exception of the brakes. Her little Suzi stops on a dime compared to the M. But that is to be expected. I'll be taking my M out tonight as well to lead the GF around town and get her accustomed to riding in places other than parking lots. __________________ Man knows nothing changes unless he speaks and nothing begins unless he moves. Tilt at Windmills

09-02-2009, 10:08 PM	#2016 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	Finally installed PIAA lights down on front fender but ran out of time, light and mosquito spray to get them wired up. __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

09-03-2009, 09:58 PM	#2018 (permalink)
vtbme Found second gear by accident Join Date: Jan 2009 Bike: '08 M50 Limited: Black/Silver Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 328	Got Linbar on...Neighbor walked up while I was working on it and started helping. I'd removed the bolts and was getting ready to install, so she was trying to help me position it. That's when we discovered bottom brackets were about 1/8" too narrow. Super timing...her hubby arrived home from work, took the bar over to his garage, threw it the vice and viola! At least until it became a gritch to try and get the last spacer (top left, kick stand side) in and all lined help for the bolt. Man! it took three of us yanking, pushing and prying. Neighbors had to take off and by that time my spouse came out. We probably worked for another hour trying to get the bolt in. There is a wire manager on the left side (radiator hose if I remember) that we tried to leave in but it was misaligned by a milimeter or two and we could NOT get it to move...that's the narrow tolerance on Linbar up top. Finally were able to yank out the wire manager and there ya go. Gonna zip tie the hose to the frame tomorrow. Hope to post pix of all tomorrow if I can get the PIAA lights wired up. __________________ 2008 M50 Limited: Jeff/Ken's Spacer Risers, Flanders Super Glide handlebars #650-08231, Shaved down stock seat, Mustang fender bib (on/off), OEM Luggage Rack minus sissy bar; Blacked out: Linbar, PIAA mulit fit lights on fender, speedo, headlight rim. 1999 Virago 250, 2007-09 (first of my own, sold): Symtec grip heaters. First riding experience: Honda mini bike (50cc?) on my cousin's farm...I was maybe 8 or 10 years old.

09-03-2009, 10:23 PM	#2019 (permalink)
burnchassis U.B's LoveChild Join Date: Jun 2008 Bike: 2005 M50 PCIII K&N Thunder intake kit,custom pipes wrapped,DE-paired,side plate LED METZ 200 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 1,218	Just making sure mine still cleans up nicely! CS Attached Thumbnails __________________ Rippin twisties! BIG GRIND! M50 Wheelie Grinding pegs Final drive repair HOW-TO Final drive+shaft rebuild HOW-TO Getting to the front u-joint HOW-TO Remove your drive ,and CHECK IT! HOW-TO Lumpectomy HOW TO Clutch adjust HOW TO Clutch install HOW TO Metzeler 200 tire mount/ install HOW TO Lower your front end FREE! HOW TO Lower your rear end! HOW TO Still looking for the new throttle on/off switch. QUIET PIPES RISK LIVES!

09-04-2009, 12:37 PM	#2020 (permalink)
atweibel Seat Tester Join Date: Apr 2009 Bike: Red 05 M50 Location: Richfield, MN Posts: 59	Turned the key too far past the handlebar lock position and left the blasted lights on all day after work yesterday..... thankfully my co-worker was kind enough to give me a jump. It was the first time I'd had to find the battery! I felt like an ass, but got the bike to Dulono's rally. Only saw one other M there, all blacked out. __________________ Man knows nothing changes unless he speaks and nothing begins unless he moves. Tilt at Windmills

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