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Burgman (big scooter) refit
Well Kids away - need to keep myself entertained.
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Grabbed this little beasty as a runabout. Not exactly little - it's an 05 burgman 650; 600lbs but a lot easier to ride in heavy traffic than a goldwing (that was original plan to buy, until I rode one in heavy traffic - that seller had a tmax - out of my budget, but put me onto the maxi-scoots).
Got it cheap, because - theft recovery - not insured for theft so not written off thankfully... It's got some issues as a result. And 3 coats of tremclad to disguise it :facepalm:
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After peeling off the duct tape. Yeah This will be fun. Put a new battery in it to get it off the trailer and do some hood-rat rides around the parking lot before bringing it in for teardown.
So last week or so has been ripping it apart, Learned it's been dropped a few dozen times by the looks of the plastics, some crummy fiberglass repairs - none of them didn't peel when screwdriver was slid behind. The duct tape was hiding a lot more than expected.
Melted lots of abs pipe connector chunks in ABS cement; and have been patching/fixing. SEM Black trim on the plastics that are supposed to be black, prepping all those tupperware pieces.
Was intending to just eliminate the key altogether - take away the crackheads favorite screwdriver hole. But after realizing - the only way to get a new gascap/glovebox key - is going to involve ordering the full keyset. (Yeah no kidding - the gascap isn't a screw on; it's a weird burgman specific monstrosity nobody makes). Was in the process of CNC'ing the blockoff plate:
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Yes that's Nedry from Jurrasic park - initially I wanted to have the teensy play the "Ah Ah Ah! You didn't say the magic word" in gif/wav if someone sat on the bike without NFC unlock. But decided the gif/wav would just taunt the damn crackheads and I'd be having more broken parts to fix. But it stuck in my head so - Let's put it on the plate anyway :rofl:
Anyway waiting on suzuki to let me know about that 400$us hunk of rekey kit pain's availability. So not making a 3rd attempt at the block-off plate. 2nd wasn't too bad, still not gretz quality though.
Bike paints don't show up in most shops lookups; the place across the street does automotive spraybombs cheap. But no bike colors. Went with Suzuki YBA "Pearl Deep Blue" - close enough for me; all the plastics getting painted anyway. Ended up deciding on a Matte clear.
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Here's tonight's first "lets see if I like the look" assembly before I clear more parts to have to redo if I hate it. (Yes the front fenders fighting me and I forgot about the mirrors)
I'm digging the color.
