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Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:39 am
by Syscrush
I don't know if
dB Customs is on anyone else's radar, but I have been watching Darren's work since he started sharing on FB and have been consistently impressed.
His latest is
this high-spec '79.
This isn't the build I'd want for myself - nor the budget I get to work with - but there are a lot of nice touches on this machine, and I really appreciate the attention to detail. They got the weight down to a claimed 465 lbs wet - remarkable IMO for a bike that still retains so much of the stock bike's styling character.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:11 pm
by hondaman160mph
I would like to know the cost of the carbon fiber wheels
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:40 pm
by Syscrush
hondaman160mph wrote: ↑Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:11 pm
I would like to know the cost of the carbon fiber wheels
They're readily available: just modern 17" carbon wheels from Dymag - about the same as BST carbon or good forged wheels - about $3k USD.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:17 pm
by EMS
Darren Begg is a hacker, as far as I am concerned. He should stick with his photography job. He is to classic Japanese bikes what Arlen Ness is to Harleys..cookie cutter customs with a lot of bolt-on show components. If you have seen one of his bikes, you have seen them all. He has a following. Just like Arlen Ness. And he laughs all the way to the bank...
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 8:33 pm
by steve murdoch icoa #5322
I think it looks great and would love to ride it and own it.
Going to take a lottery win for that to happen.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:59 pm
by bikeymikey748
Love his work. Gets the details done up proper.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:29 am
by daves79x
My opinion falls somewhere between Mike's and Mike's!!
Dave
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:06 pm
by wyly
it's all subjective, it's all good, keeping cbx's on the road is all that matters.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 7:15 pm
by bikeymikey748
wyly wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 2:06 pm
it's all subjective, it's all good, keeping cbx's on the road is all that matters.
Absolutely. Well said, Wyly.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:31 am
by AshishNJ
I would imagine the bike has at least 15-20k in it
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:26 am
by Syscrush
AshishNJ wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:31 am
I would imagine the bike has at least 15-20k in it
I would imagine it's at least double that.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:44 am
by Warwick Biggs
What interests me Phil is the marriage of the Dyna S coils with the Ignitech ignition. I'm assuming its a TCIP4 unit and I wonder if his mods included upgraded diodes to deal with the feedback from the higher voltage coils.
Looks like he retained the alternator too.
Re: Serious custom from Canada
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:25 pm
by Syscrush
In my experience, he's responsive on FB - if you have specific questions like that I expect he'd answer them.