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(03-05-2014, 12:37 PM)davidsargee_imp Wrote: (03-04-2014, 11:52 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Also notice in 69 they had the color matched headlight bucket, by 74 they had gone to a black bucket
The 69 had color matched fork ears, the 74's were chrome
Our tail light more closely resembles the 74's
Also notice both models have the little rubber ball end covers. Lol
I can't decide which I like better #3 or #4 with the difference being the chrome instrument covers. Both models above have chrome instrument cups.
Maybe you should envision #2 with chrome instrument cups? With the red bucket and fork ears, #2 is actually closer to the '69 than the others. If the '69 model floats your boat, that might be what you are seeking. Just a thought.
David, after seeing howlindaug's excellent mock up, I decided I didn't care for the red fork ears. Maybe if they had been like the original which covered the upper fork tube, it would have been different. I am actually not trying to mock up a bike into an older one, if i had I would have gone ACk's route, instead just trying to bring back some of the tasty bits Honda didn't this time around. I could certainly ride it bone stock and be happy as a clam ( an expression I have never understood btw..why would a clam be happy?).
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I like #4 the best but #3 would work also.
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I'm with you, I didn't care for the red fork ears either. I'm sticking with #4, and a grab rail. : )
I think the term came about in fish markets. When a clam is fresh, (alive), it keeps it's shell very tightly closed, (smiling). When it has been out of the water too long, it gets weak and dies, the shell "gapes" open, unhappy. This the fish monger calls his/her fresh clams, "Happy clams".
(P.S. I've been running fresh meat and seafood markets for about thirty years)
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(03-05-2014, 10:27 PM)davidsargee_imp Wrote: I'm with you, I didn't care for the red fork ears either. I'm sticking with #4, and a grab rail. : )
I think the term came about in fish markets. When a clam is fresh, (alive), it keeps it's shell very tightly closed, (smiling). When it has been out of the water too long, it gets weak and dies, the shell "gapes" open, unhappy. This the fish monger calls his/her fresh clams, "Happy clams".
(P.S. I've been running fresh meat and seafood markets for about thirty years)
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Ahh thanks David. Good explanation. Very cool!
