General Lee

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:15 pm

If you're a Duke's of Hazard fan and remember General Lee (the car) ... but you're also a sportbike fan ... here's how you can have it all ... paint you bike with the General Lee paint scheme.

Don

RUFtech · Post by **RUFtech** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:25 pm

Please tell me you did not paint your tires!!!!!!!!

The bike looks good though.

NoItsNotAnR1 · Post by **NoItsNotAnR1** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:29 pm

I'm sure it's not Don's. What's with the remote control?

dereku · Post by **dereku** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 8:32 pm

You can get coloured rubber tires, I hear they aren't that great though. Be cool to have on there once though. It's a pretty neat bike though.

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:12 am

Apparently the painter wasnt that bright. Theres supposed to be white stripes between the red field and blue stripes of a confederate flag.

RUFtech · Post by **RUFtech** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:38 pm

The tires just look odd. The front tire is all orange and the rear is orange with a black sidewall.
I was wondering about the remote also.

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:47 pm

that thing was just on eBay a week or so ago...i think the remote thingy is the control for the musical horn, if i remember right...wouldn't be the general lee if it didn't play the dixie tune...

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:39 am

yamaweezle, do you ever come out to Blackhawk Farms near Rockford, IL?

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:16 am

YZFRob wrote:yamaweezle, do you ever come out to Blackhawk Farms near Rockford, IL?

i've been there quite a few times...i was there just a couple of weekends ago to visit with a buddy of mine...it was a nesba weekend that i was suppose to participate in, but didn't...

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:01 pm

this weekend is CCS racing there (aug 19-20). I'll be in teh blue truck with the pretty yellow lights hauling wrecked bikes around.

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:40 pm

YZFRob wrote:this weekend is CCS racing there (aug 19-20). I'll be in teh blue truck with the pretty yellow lights hauling wrecked bikes around.

saweet!!! how'd you land a cool gig like that? maybe i'll head up that way this weekend...i've never watched a CCS race before...what time does it all start, how much is it to get in, and are you going to buy the sodas? lol

sorry about being off-topic...

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:37 pm

Been a cornerworker since 2001 when I couldnt race. I know most the racers, know where every gate to get on track and usually am on scene before they call for th truck.

Come on sunday. Its $15 for gate fee. Sat is $25 but is also good for sun. Practice starts at 8am. Racing around 11 or 12.

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:27 pm

No worries ... it's not my bike. Just another one of those unique internet items I couldn't resist posting.

The tires are not painted. You can buy sportbike tires with different colors/patterns from Tomohawk Tires. They are mostly for show rather than performance. Apparently the color process doesn't allow enough silica to stay in the compound (or maybe it's too much silica ... I don't remember) to give them the grip of regular sportbike performance tires.

Here's a link to their gallery

http://www.cycletires.com/gallery.htm

Don

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:15 pm

Well Matt I see you are on CLSB also.

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:34 pm

YZFRob wrote:Well Matt I see you are on CLSB also.

LOL, are you stalking me?

i'm going to try my damnedest to get up there sunday...i'll stop by to introduce myself if i see you're not busy...

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:39 pm

Bet I've been on CLSB longer.

Usually lunch is the least busy.

Post by **FZRDude** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:41 pm

RUFtech wrote:...and the rear is orange with a black sidewall.

Chain lube will be the culprit of the blackwall on the rear...