Posted Wed, 06/06/2007 - 17:35 by garan
I picked up the beetle bags from Dream Machine last week. With some help from Steve I fitted them on Monday evening. The bike's a bit wider now so I'm going to have to be caredful when filtering. They look awesome and were well worth the trouble that it took to get them done.
Posted Mon, 04/23/2007 - 15:14 by garan
Just did a search on Google for Beetle Bags. This site comes up on the first page! W00t!
Posted Fri, 04/20/2007 - 13:56 by garan
I've just spoken to Daz at Dream Machines. Dream Machines warranty all of their work and therefore they will only use someone else's primer as a base, flatting and applying their own primer before they start applying topcoats. The primer that they've been putting on has been 'pinholing' which is very unusual with a Corbin product. Daz was telling me that Dream Machines have sprayed a lot of Corbin products in the past and are usually very impressed with the finish.
The areas that are pinholing have to be flatted back and a skim of filler put on before reapplying the primer. So at the moment the bags are still in primer and it's going to be another couple of weeks before they are finished.
Posted Thu, 03/01/2007 - 16:21 by garan
Got a picture of the Beetle Bags in primer:
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I took them to the body shop today for painting and they are pretty busy so it's going to be at least two weeks before I get them back. Fingers crossed they'll be a bit quicker though..
Posted Tue, 02/27/2007 - 10:33 by garan
FedEx man came before I left for work this morning. They look luverly!! I'll write more later..
Posted Tue, 02/13/2007 - 16:01 by garan
Update on the Beetle Bags for the Rocket. Corbin aren't able to match the Triumph Racing Yellow using their gelcoat so they are sending them finished with a primer that will take normal automotive spray paint.
Went to see Nik Waldren at Auto Panel Craft in Crookham Village earlier today. He was really helpful and keen to help me out. Doing the yellow shouldn't be a problem but he's checking. He's also willing to do the gold fleck flames too. Nice!!
Posted Mon, 01/15/2007 - 18:24 by garan
Just ordered some Corbin Beetle Bags for The Rocket. They didn't seem to mind making some in yellow with gold flames! I should have them in four to five weeks..
Posted Wed, 06/21/2006 - 11:53 by garan
Been fiddling with my motorbikes. The R6 is in for a service and an MOT. Looking forward to getting it back from Nick Robinson's tomorrow.
Been getting the Rocket ready for our road trip to Wales on the weekend. Fitted some Philips MotoVision headlight bulbs last night. They are brighter and also have an orange glow which should make me more visible. Sorted out waterproof trousers (can now guarantee that there will be no rain!) and how I'm going to carry my luggage. Looking forward to it.
Managed to ride the Rocket 30 miles on the red light with the fuel needle off the bottom of the scale. Got to almost 150 miles out of a tank and put 18.5 litres into it. 120 miles takes 16 litres so ther results aren't linear. But as
the tank is 23.5 litres in capacity I think I should be okay to push it out to over 180 miles on a tank if I can't find a petrol station.
Posted Sat, 06/10/2006 - 19:07 by garan
Me and Steve have been planning our road trip to Wales for the end of this month. Looking forward to it. Going to go across the South Coast all the way to St Davids, up the Coast to Aber before heading south east to the Brecon Beacons. Going to be a good trip and I'm really looking forward to it.
Not looking forward to the numb bum though ;) There's no using your knees to absorb some of the bumps on the Rocket...
