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axiom-r
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:42 pm 
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Gotta be proud of that Jeff!!! I remember many guys on here puking and whining when you put that Honda tank on there...... now look at it!! Very clean lines and I love the color. If you need work I would think you can get into video production pretty quick!! Nice soundtrack too.

Congrats on finishing up! Enjoy the bike!

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triplets
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:06 pm 

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Really nice work. Cool vid
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oxford
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:38 pm 
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axiom-r wrote:
Gotta be proud of that Jeff!!! I remember many guys on here puking and whining when you put that Honda tank on there...... now look at it!!



I remember that as well. The bike did come out great, I was following it from the begining on the old board.
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Beetseutler
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:20 pm 
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Nice vid. Great job! :clap:
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Bugman Jeff
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:53 pm 
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What was the camera you used and how did you have it mounted to get it so smooth and cut out the wind noise?


It was all filmed with a #11 HD keychain camera. It shoots in 720HD, and the actual quality is MUCH better than youtube shows(couldn't figure out how to upload it in HD). The mount I made myself out of a clamp, a bolt, and some nuts. The clamp is coated in liquid electrical tape so it doesn't mar the paint, and it's got platforms for side mounting, and top/bottom mounting. Since it shoots in widescreen, the camera must always be horizontal. The camera velcros to the platform, the keychain ring is used as a safety in case the velcro fails. It's actually pretty isolated on the velcro, but you can see just a tiny bit of vibration in some of the shots. The wind noise isn't usually to bad, but in this case it's mostly drowned out by the engine noise :lol:

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Thanks again for all the kind words :) I knew from the beginning that the Honda tank would be just right, but then I had the whole picture in my head from the get go ;)
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Bugman Jeff
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:08 pm 
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Another part of my project was the "see if I can do it on a bugdet" aspect. My original goal was $1200. I missed that. The ONLY thing I had to farm out was the tank decals(which were incredibly hard to source for some stupid reason :banghead). I kept track of everything I bought, and I finally added up every single penny. Including the price of the bike, the total cost of the project came to a grand total of...hope you're sitting down...$1586 :D
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Mike
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:08 am 
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Thanks for sharing. All you have in it is 1600 bones, holy Kaw! Nice work on the cafe-resto-mod budget build. Beautiful bike, you should be proud young man.

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brendon11
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:22 pm 
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Bugman Jeff wrote:
...the total cost of the project came to a grand total of...hope you're sitting down...$1586 :D


Parts, but the labor is thrown in!

Kudos on the finished project, it came out really nice; as did the video.

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strokerface
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:03 am 
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Wow great stuff! The bike, the budget, and the video :clap:
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Bugman Jeff
 Post subject: Re: That's it! I'm done!
PostPosted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:48 pm 
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I was looking for some pics to send to a friend, and I just realized I forgot to post them :lol: :roll:

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