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M/T PERFORMANCE
190 Sutton Lane
Ashland City, TN 37015
ph: 931-802-8251
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Over the last few years, the sport bike motorcycle industry has seen a huge explosion within the customizing market, however just in the last three years alone, "so-called" custom builders seem to be popping up on every street corner. PLEASE....BUYER-BEWARE!!
A cool paint job or the addition of a wide tire kit DOES NOT make a custom bike. Sure, it may make the grade of "Trailer Queen" but is it reliable AND safe on the street?
You may be interested in taking a look at some of our jobs we have had in our shop recently to fix problems assoicated with another builder's custom bikes.
ABOVE: Lowering the forks through the top triple tree is a super quick fix for most inexerienced builders. This is something we are seeing too much of! If you are looking to show your bike or have people take notice, this will do it...just not the way you hoped for. This method only takes points away from the bike. Hence, your attention is brought right to the ugly nitrate coating showing above the top clamp with chrome forks caps added and a polished top clamp. EWW!
BELOW:
Internally remachining the forks to lower them gives a much neater appearance as well as improved handling.
We feel that the builder should have also either chromed or powder coated the forks and top clamp as well.
This was a shocking case of the builder either seriously overlooking safety issues or just lacking experience.
Either way, this bike was sold to one of our customers and needless to say he is very lucky to not have suffered a bad crash or even worse!! Aside from more serious issues at hand, everything on this bike was very poorly done. The bike looks great but was a disaster in the making. The front brakes are so bad, that I would say that the bike has less than 10% of it's normal front braking capabilities.
BELOW: These are the improperly installed components which lead to a serious malfunction of this bikes rear wheel.
BELOW:
Axle tubes on front and rear wheels were too short, the inside diameter of spacers were larger than axle. A spacer was missing from rear hub! WOW...what an oversight!
We machined new axle tubes and spacers for a correct fit.
BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE OLD AND THE NEW!
BELOW: What do you see wrong with this picture?
For starters, there is a 1/2 inch difference between height of the forks. The spacer tube was too short for this application.
But alas.....it gets even better!
BELOW: A shot from top side showing the forks lowered through the top clamp..(UGG). There is a 1/2 inch difference between the forks height.
The forks were not even properly installed, allowing them to slide up/down in the top clamp! WTF????
BELOW: Damage to front forks from not having the triple trees tightened properly.
IT GETS BETTER!!!!!!
BELOW: Radiator damage caused by front fender hitting due to improper installment of front fender..I know...how could you incorrectly install a front fender? Well, using an aftermarket front fender, removing the fork fender mount, wrong hardware and not properly adjusting the forks should be a clue!
A close up....
FRONT FENDER DAMAGE....
The entire rear end was just a mess. Aside from the rear wheel issues, they installed the rear caliper in a cocked position, therefore it was marring the entire surface of the brake rotor. By the way, why not add black braided line to this application instead of plain ones?
BELOW: Rear tail & brake lights as well as LED light were not working. It was not any wonder after seeing a wiring job from hell!
This is what happens when your rear tire hits your undertail. We've seen worse!
BELOW: Overfill on coolant or possible blown head gasket?
BELOW:
A Custom bike needs custom fittings. Cheap hose clamps will work but the sure do look tacky!
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M/T PERFORMANCE
190 Sutton Lane
Ashland City, TN 37015
ph: 931-802-8251
mtperfor