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Welcome - Getting started & FAQs - Read Here First... => Introduce Yourself & Your Bike => Topic started by: Norm.Mareeba on November 29, 2016, 09:00:12 PM
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Hi All;
I've been building motorcycles for quite a long time. You're welcome to see my pictures at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005416785849 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005416785849)
Recently, I stumbled across a Honda ST1100 and became quite fasinated with the engine. A search on the internet shows quite a few examples of a naked ST. I quite like a naked bike. Easy to get at the components, light weight, and shows off the "engineering" within the machine. The ST1100 is an obvious canadate for this sort of make-over.
I'd like to do one up as my next project. Which is obviously why I've joined this group. I'm sure I'll need all sorts of help.
I hope that changing an ST into something different won't upset anyone..
Norm
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Welcome Norm to OzSTOC from Toowoomba Queensland :hatwave
Sound like a great project but not for me I like my ST1300 the way it is but I'm sure others will enjoy
what you are intending to do ++
Enjoy the Forum :like
:beer
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I prefer my bike with the clothes on, but I am sure you will get all the help you need here.
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Welcome
I am sure as Poo you'll get someone cranky about the blasphemous acts you are about to commit. :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
I look forward to watching with glee
From a fellow NQer.
I'm Townsville
Where are you.?
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G'day Norm, welcome to the forum :hatwave
I look forward to following the project (it should be quite interesting)
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Norm Greetings from Toowoomba Rgds GB
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Gday Norm, welcome to the forum. I like many others prefer STranger my bike with his clothes on, but I'm also intereSTed in what you can build. I've seen a few including the 2 in your poST .. I'll watch your progress with intereST though. :thumbs
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Welcome Norm. Those 1100 do look interesting but I do love the ease of cleaning my 1300.
I also love your area of QLD.
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Hi Norm.
I think it's great that you're customising your ST. As others say, they like their bikes faired, as I do mine, but there's no harm in making them into something unique. I'd be interested to hear what they're like with those exhausts. You'd drop a lot of weight by losing all the fairing and boxes, which would make the bike very nippy around the twisties.
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Hi Norm and a Warm Welcome from the Wild West :hatwave :runyay
:grin :slvr13 :grin
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Welcome, Norm. Sounds like an interesting project. :thumb
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....which would make the bike very nippy around the twisties.
That's my riding style! Love those twisties! ..and speed!
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....customising your ST.
Don't have one yet. I'll be looking for a doner ST1100 - all in good time..
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Welcome Norm. I was born just down the road in Atherton and went to Malanda State School.
My grandfather was the manager of Jack and Newell in Mareeba.
Good luck with your project.
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Hey, A local to me :-)
I'm just down the road from you in Atherton, but also work at Mareeba Airport, so hopefully I'll get to catch up with you one weekend! You may have seen my Red ST1300 getting around at some point...
Welcome to the forum, there is a wealth of knowledge here, a few crazys, and some downright strange people but we are a friendly bunch :thumb
A naked ST1100, why not.. I did it to an old CBR600 and it came up ok... and finding an ST with buggered fairings shouldn't be hard... go for it! I look forward to seeing some progress!
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Welcome Norm, enjoy your time here on the forum :beer
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Been off the eSTella project for a while - wife in hospital but now that things are right again, I'm back on it...
Here is a couple of pictures of the eSTella project so far..
Norm
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I'm Townsville
Where are you.?
My guess would be Mareeba.
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I'm Townsville
Where are you.?
My guess would be Mareeba.
:rofl
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Welcome On In Norm :clap
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I'm Townsville
Where are you.?
My guess would be Mareeba.
:grin I was thinking the same thing, and wondering why that wasn't put to bed a year ago, when I realised it was an old thread.
Good to see progress on the project. I must say I liked the shiny bottom end in one of the sample photos. The black just doesn't do it for me.
Keep at it. As panels are destroyed down through the years, we might all be looking at doing this. IF we can still get rear transmissions! :o
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Hey Norm... Welcome to OzSTOC from another couple of Tropical Nth Qlders... if you can find the time next year, you'd be very welcome aboard anything sleek, naked or gnarly, to join your fellow OzSTOCers at NR2018, here in Mackay... Cheers, John and Kate.