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Offline Dr Goggles

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New Waterbottle body
« on: February 11, 2008, 07:38:20 PM »
Steve Barnett who has been running a GT 750 in the DLRA for a couple of years has made new bodywork for his bike. The last two years he has run what we all called "Mr Squiggle"  a streamline body that he made from the remnants of an ultra-light 'plane body that he found( literally) on the side of the road....it was a strange but beautiful thing , this is something else altogether.Steve has as he says " a couple of tons" of waterbottles , he just got a 250 motor that he thinks he may even build up to use in the body despite protests from his girlfriend that " that's for my bike".....  He's a clever cat and a hard worker to boot.

Steve did a bit of a Burt ( he is after all a Kiwi) and worked dawn to dusk and beyond for over five weeks losing thirteen pounds in the process to beat and wheel this body from 2mm Al plate. Feeling a bit flat after the cancellation of Speedweek and having heard about the new build from Ben James I got in the ute and went up to Lancefield where Steve is living in a Nissan hut and took these shots , hope y'all like 'em. :-o






In this shot the headstock bracing is cut away as he has relocated the radiator and wanted something simpler and lower here instead of the usual filler arrangement.





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The old one
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2008, 10:09:57 PM »
Here is the previous body, this is also a different frame with a stretched swing-arm , he does nice paint too.........This outfit is known amongst us as "Mr Squiggle" after a childrens' TV puppet who has a pencil for a nose and makes pictures out of random" squiggles"......kind of fitting for a couple  of reasons, Steve was going down to get some milk when he saw this body on the side of the road with a "free to good home " note on it....the rear section is flipped upside-down from its intended use , very cool , he definitely "gets it".


hey, what's that next to it? :wink:
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Re: New Waterbottle body
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2008, 10:54:33 PM »
Couple more shots of the old body.

« Last Edit: February 11, 2008, 10:58:14 PM by PJQ »
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Offline hawkwind

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Re: New Waterbottle body
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2008, 04:38:46 AM »
Steve you sly dog ,hiding away , I applaud you and your skills well done , a real shame we wont be seeing the finished bike this year (most likely )
cheers
gary
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