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So I picked up a 1986 Radian 600... Basically, saw it on Craigslist for $200 with no carbs and no clutch cable, read that it was air-cooled and could do a 3.4 second 0-60 and was pretty low to the ground and was pretty easy to maintain, and went and picked it up.
Strapped it in the back of my Jeep.... Getting good at putting bikes in there. It fit better than the SV650 did.
So now I have an ugly old Radian 600, and I'm brainstorming, so I figured I'd make a build thread to get some input. Might be a while before I start building/buying parts, as I'm focused on the SV650 right now, but that's okay.
I don't have pictures as my phone was dead last time I was over there (it's at my uncle's/cousin's house... Probably a bad idea but what can you do when an SV is taking up your half of the garage?), so it looks something like this, only more faded and ugly. Same paint scheme though.
So... I'm thinking first the headlight's gotta' go... Maybe a 7" round headlight?
And then the giant-hunk-of-chrome fender extender needs to go, too... But maybe just do a tail swap. A Monster seat/tail would look nice on it... Especially nestled behind a BMW K75 tank.
Something like this seat/tail: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUCATI-OEM-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cebc5db3d&vxp=mtr
Nestled behind this tank: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181572519706?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I'd probably go to dirt bars with bar-end mirrors, too... Stock bars are too ugly, and the monster seat would put you lower than the stock tail and seat would anyway, so going from stock bars to dirt bars wouldn't feel odd or strained.
Headers are ugly and covered with surface rust... Some titanium wrap would do a good job of hiding it.
I'd probably go with shorty reverse cone mufflers on it (trumpets) because they're an easy fit... I saw z1000 mufflers fitted to it on youtube, but there's no explanation as to how, plus they're really fucking expensive.
Gotta' be black... I'm gonna' try to reduce the amount of chrome on this thing, so two of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-Hooligan...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2335518a51&vxp=mtr
But for now, it needs mechanical things... Carbs, clutch cable, new front brake assembly (whole thing is full of foam, apparently brake fluid turns to foam after 13 years; piston in the MC's shot, too), and a new ignition... I guess I should address those, too.
So little time, so little money, so many ideas.
Thoughts...?
Ohh... And "Crusty" because of the shit in the front brake lines and the leaves that were UNDER the upholstery.
Strapped it in the back of my Jeep.... Getting good at putting bikes in there. It fit better than the SV650 did.
So now I have an ugly old Radian 600, and I'm brainstorming, so I figured I'd make a build thread to get some input. Might be a while before I start building/buying parts, as I'm focused on the SV650 right now, but that's okay.
I don't have pictures as my phone was dead last time I was over there (it's at my uncle's/cousin's house... Probably a bad idea but what can you do when an SV is taking up your half of the garage?), so it looks something like this, only more faded and ugly. Same paint scheme though.

So... I'm thinking first the headlight's gotta' go... Maybe a 7" round headlight?
And then the giant-hunk-of-chrome fender extender needs to go, too... But maybe just do a tail swap. A Monster seat/tail would look nice on it... Especially nestled behind a BMW K75 tank.
Something like this seat/tail: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUCATI-OEM-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cebc5db3d&vxp=mtr
Nestled behind this tank: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181572519706?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I'd probably go to dirt bars with bar-end mirrors, too... Stock bars are too ugly, and the monster seat would put you lower than the stock tail and seat would anyway, so going from stock bars to dirt bars wouldn't feel odd or strained.
Headers are ugly and covered with surface rust... Some titanium wrap would do a good job of hiding it.
I'd probably go with shorty reverse cone mufflers on it (trumpets) because they're an easy fit... I saw z1000 mufflers fitted to it on youtube, but there's no explanation as to how, plus they're really fucking expensive.
Gotta' be black... I'm gonna' try to reduce the amount of chrome on this thing, so two of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-Hooligan...Parts_Accessories&hash=item2335518a51&vxp=mtr
But for now, it needs mechanical things... Carbs, clutch cable, new front brake assembly (whole thing is full of foam, apparently brake fluid turns to foam after 13 years; piston in the MC's shot, too), and a new ignition... I guess I should address those, too.
So little time, so little money, so many ideas.
Thoughts...?
Ohh... And "Crusty" because of the shit in the front brake lines and the leaves that were UNDER the upholstery.