Thursday, August 27, 2009
Update on Kermitt
Well, Kermitt now has his PA inspection and is road legal. I added the light bar, engine guard, sissy bar rack, lower LED turn signal lights and license plate LED frame. I also put on the Cobra exhaust pipes that came with Kermitt. I took off the saddle bags so that the shop could change the tires easier. They will go back on someday. I also drilled two new holes and cut two slots in the wind screen brackets to move it up about an inch to get it to stop rubbing on the head light beezle. Kermitt also got a Guardian Bell from Scooter. Here's a couple of pics of him now.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Road Trip for Kermitt
On June 4th I took a road trip to Geencastle, PA to pick up a 2001 Yamaha V Star 650 Classic bike, with 15k on the odometer. I have been looking for one within my limited price range and finally got lucky on eBay with this one. It also came with a set of Cobra pipes which I am going to try out, if they are not too loud they will stay otherwise back to factory. The saddle bags, sissy bar and windshield are all factory.
I rented a trailer from Uhaul to go pick the bike up with. For the $35, it was going to be a lot easier then taking the cap off my truck and loading and unloading the bike from the bed of the truck. I put a wood rail in the trailer to stop the bike from sliding sideways. Smooth wet metal and rubber tires, don't really mix. It rained most of the way to Greencastle and back and for the $8 in 2x3's and left over OSB was cheap insurance for the trip.
Kermitt is two tone green hence the name. Bling to add; Custom Dynamics LED license plate frame, Back Off brake light controller, MC Enterprises engine guard, Show Case Chrome light bar, Kuryakan amber bullet lights (to mimic the front turn singals) mounted on the engine guard, and National Cycle sissy bar rack for my laptop.
Not bling but in the plans is a GPS taking device aswell. I need to trim the windshield some, it is rubbing on the head light bezel. The saddle bags in time will be replaced with ones the have a complete cover over the top of the bag.
Helmet is a Nolan N-103, jacket is a Tourmaster Air Intake II with matching gloves. Kermitt needs to get inspected yet, and will most likey need new sneakers, as the current ones have some cracking in between the tread voids. I also got the Ride Like A Pro book and DVD, which is well worth getting. I am planning on taking the MSF course in late September or begining of October.
And YES it has SPOKES!!!
I rented a trailer from Uhaul to go pick the bike up with. For the $35, it was going to be a lot easier then taking the cap off my truck and loading and unloading the bike from the bed of the truck. I put a wood rail in the trailer to stop the bike from sliding sideways. Smooth wet metal and rubber tires, don't really mix. It rained most of the way to Greencastle and back and for the $8 in 2x3's and left over OSB was cheap insurance for the trip.
Kermitt is two tone green hence the name. Bling to add; Custom Dynamics LED license plate frame, Back Off brake light controller, MC Enterprises engine guard, Show Case Chrome light bar, Kuryakan amber bullet lights (to mimic the front turn singals) mounted on the engine guard, and National Cycle sissy bar rack for my laptop.
Not bling but in the plans is a GPS taking device aswell. I need to trim the windshield some, it is rubbing on the head light bezel. The saddle bags in time will be replaced with ones the have a complete cover over the top of the bag.
Helmet is a Nolan N-103, jacket is a Tourmaster Air Intake II with matching gloves. Kermitt needs to get inspected yet, and will most likey need new sneakers, as the current ones have some cracking in between the tread voids. I also got the Ride Like A Pro book and DVD, which is well worth getting. I am planning on taking the MSF course in late September or begining of October.
And YES it has SPOKES!!!
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