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Old 03-06-2010, 04:53 AM
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This is what I have done in order to match the CF look of my dashboard

The leather interiors are rewrapped with charcoal with silver stitching and now the steering wheel is the same as you can see

Only the Gearstick knob, but I don't know how to remove it........any suggestions?

I used an R logo in plotted aluminum, that a ebay seller gently plotted for me
And this is the final result, I like it but I already know that classical Jag lovers do not like my interpretation

in any case I show you the final result

 
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Old 03-06-2010, 09:56 AM
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Nice! Are you going to get the newer style "R" badges to replace the stockers?
 
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Old 03-06-2010, 10:09 AM
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Bad ***! Who did that for you?!
 
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:23 AM
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As you can see I already replaced the R badges around the car

Regarding who made for me the rewrapping it is the same little company who produces Lamborghini, Alfa 8C, Agusta/Bell interiors and some prototypes like new Bentleys
They used for my interiors a special leather used in Lambo and Bentleys interiors, the same for the steering wheel but a different thickness
They rewraped the foam of the aribag to fill the old logo hole
I used their services on all of my actual cars, I like the feeling and the smell of the new leather interiors

Regarding the R logo on the centre wheel, I used the same ebayer who already plotted other logos for me

I sent him the file I made with illustrator and he plotted the R for me
14 bucks for 5 pieces

If you like you can download here attached the file with the R logo I made for the plotting


 
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Old 03-06-2010, 11:27 AM
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Risky I think you like this other toy I have and I love

Full black Honda Fireblade my 2006 with Jolly Roger badges

 

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Old 03-06-2010, 12:10 PM
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How much did the wheel cost you? It is very sweet...
Love the bike, I love to ride!!! Fixes my need for speed
Here is mine:
02 GSXR 750 w/ a 04 GSXR 1000 motor swap w/ all the bolt ons and goodies to include a 25 shot of nitrous
All the work I did myself
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Where do you stay? States or across the water?
 
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Old 03-06-2010, 05:17 PM
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Beautiful bikes I had the same model you have of the 750
Difficult bike to ride fast
It's strange as you in the States use nitrous on bikes
Which kind of tires are you using?
With Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa and Holins I have problem to keep my rear tyre "glued" to the street
I'm not Valentino and the power on the rear wheel it's too much with the tar and status of the road we have
But compliments for your beautiful toys
 
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Old 03-06-2010, 06:00 PM
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Awesome looking bikes and R. Great work!

P.S. When the hell is Hooters going to stop making their girls wear those dumb tube socks and terrible KMart BLAZING white sneakers. So much more potential.
 
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Old 03-06-2010, 06:02 PM
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I run the Pilot Power Race tire, used to use the Dunlop Qualifier and Shinko Stealth's.....Pilot power race is a better tire of the 3....

She is more for straight line riding, and drag racing.....
 
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Old 03-07-2010, 12:56 AM
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As we already spoke about, States and Europe are different
You have a lot of spaces so straight races are common
Here in Europe we are living shoulder to shoulder and straight roads are usually short or crowded with crossing cars or people
This is why our car and bikes are more focused on "turning" and "breaking"
Rough power and acceleration are not the main thing
Handling is preferred to power
This is why my bike is "all the weight on the front"
And to keep the rear tyre down it's all a "leg job"
It's a very heavy riding, every 60 miles on highway I have to stop to rest the arms and shoulder
But on mountain roads it's perfect to quick direction changes
 
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