Ballacraine Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Hi there, folks! Finally got this finished today... Here she is... TADAAAAA! Had a quick spin and as I expected it works superbly for my intentions! Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grossohc Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looks really nice Nige, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean rose Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hi there, folks! Finally got this finished today... Here she is... TADAAAAA! Had a quick spin and as I expected it works superbly for my intentions! Nige. 87070[/snapback] How about a write up and instructions for someone/dumb/me/old fart who might try a V11 a little later. I believe I'd put some black Napoleon mirrors on it. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 How about a write up and instructions for someone/dumb/me/old fart who might try a V11 a little later.I believe I'd put some black Napoleon mirrors on it. Thanks, 87130[/snapback] Aye I could do that if a few folk are interested. Wouldn't want to bore folk with it. I took plenty of WIP photos. Believe me though, it is not as simple as it may look! Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looks really nice Nige, congrats. 87100[/snapback] Pleased you like it. I was aiming for something that looked like it might be a factory model. Colour scheme and graphics are taken from my old 1975 750-S3. Fairing is a modified Le Mans II ie early eighties. IMO a more effective fairing with a more svelte look than the large dolphin half fairing as fitted to the V11 Le Mans. Besides that would have been too easy! Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looking good. That paint job is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 Looking good. That paint job is outstanding. 87141[/snapback] Aye, it came out very nicely. I always think those graphics make it look like 70mph at a standstill! The painting was done by a professional spray painter friend of mine. Fortunately, I had some pics I took of my S3 as references when I was masking up. I just scaled from the photographs and improvised for the chevrons on the lowers. This is not my S3 but a fairly original one advertised on ebay I thought about following the trend of the black and gold limited edition LMII, and echoing it on the cockpit fairing. I decided against that as I thought it would be too fussy and cluttered. I prefer the cleaner simpler S3 graphics anyway. These pics are of a fairing that came up on ebay. Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hmmm.. Looks like this is too much of a niche interest for folk to be bothered about it! Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Field Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I have to admit: I was prepared to say, "yuck," but it really turned out nicely. Congratulations on going where no one else dared and carrying it out brilliantly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastguzzi Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I had to fire up IE to see the pics. It looks good. What about the exhaust hangers? You might have said before, I can't remember. Did you make them or what are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Thanks, Greg. I always had an idea of how it was going to look in mind...and kept on cutting and filling till it worked. A bit like the sculptor who when asked whether he used a model for his elephant sculpture said, 'No, I just kept chipping away the bits that didn't look like an elephant!' BFG Thanks. The exhaust brackets came with the Scorpion works titanium cans and x over. The cans needed to sit too high to use the standard hanger with pillion footrests. Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francesco Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 very beautiful, thanks for posting pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballacraine Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Thanks, Francesco. I am really pleased with the way it turned out TBH. Just as I imagined it. Well chuffed! Nige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 So, are these body parts the same as on the SP? I imagine your legs are well-protected. J Edit: hey- 3K posts. It's official. I have too much time on my hands! Everybody now- Gooooooooooo, Belfast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeokie Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 me likey! I love these V11's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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