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Author Topic: My R100 is done!  (Read 2044 times)

tom_hudson

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My R100 is done!
« on: March 29, 2012, 06:52:21 PM »
new shield, Bar mirrors, Seat - ready to go dancen




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Offline suecanada

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2012, 10:02:46 AM »
That looks really nice! The seat even looks low enough and really compliments the bike!
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SCJJR65

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2012, 10:56:30 AM »
Sweet!!       [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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tom_hudson

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2012, 12:36:20 PM »
This new screen is also very thin! made from plexiglas - almost twice as thin as the screen on my harley - it's also very brittle - My old screen (also very thin)had a small crack at one of the screw holes - These screens don't come pre-drilled so I had to drill the 9 holes - I even bought a $8.00 special bit made for plastic from Leif  - anyway I manage to generate a crack on the last hole I drilled - I drilled a small hole at the end of the crack I don't think think it will grow - I covered up the crack with a bullet hole decal so it's really a non-issue but I was very careful when drilling so this stuff is pretty brittle but It looks great - When your working with vintage stuff sometimes you just don't have many options - tom
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tom_hudson

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2012, 01:35:01 PM »
almost done - custom risers were installed - good stuff - hell for stout - but a bit of the ugly - I added a little bling to the cover plate today






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clonmore1

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2012, 03:02:56 PM »
Tom,

That is nice!

What is the fairing? I've not seen one of those before!

Chris
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tom_hudson

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2012, 03:24:02 PM »
It was made by Don Vesco called Rabid Transit - Not sure what year but vintage and a piece of American Motorcycle history - you can check him out on Google - Don held 25 worlds land speed records - At least one of his cars is in the Barber collection
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tom_hudson

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2012, 07:47:31 PM »
and the bar clamps to tidy things up a little
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Offline Julio A.

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2012, 08:50:07 AM »
Beautiful!!!

May I ask, what does the "T" Designation stand for?
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tvrla

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2012, 02:53:45 PM »
As in R100T?

Maybe it means something in German, but I've never heard an explanation. As far as I know, the T was only made in 1970 and 80. It was essentially the S model with drum rear brake (a plus in my opinion), no fairing, dual discs, and the cowl-less seat. Supposedly it had a little less power due to lower compression, but the one I have feels plenty powerful - maybe you'd only notice the difference above 100mph.
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tom_hudson

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Re: My R100 is done!
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2012, 03:56:45 PM »
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Beautiful!!!

May I ask, what does the "T" Designation stand for?
I don't really know but i assumed that it started life as a standard r100 then the guy added bags & figured it was a tourer - then the Vesco was added that made it kinda of a sport tourer then I added the gunfighter seat & mirrors  that made it a Cafe tourer r100T solo sort tourer :D :D :D but i did stay in a Holiday Inn last night & rode the bike home today  :)
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