Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Series ep 7

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Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike – How to build an adventure scrambler Ep 7 We’re nearing the home stretch of the Nemesis 400 Scrambler build, there’s some important work to finish before this bad boy rolls out of the garage, then the real adventure begins.  In this episode, I’ll be running through some final
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Series Ep 6

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Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike – How to build an adventure scrambler Ep6  Here we are back in the workshop for 2020 – new year, same bike. We’ve been hammering our way through fabrication over the last few episodes and we still have a ways to go before this adventure bike is ready
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Series Ep 5

Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike – How to build an adventure scrambler Ep5 Here we are, episode 5 with no signs of slowing down. I’ve been putting a lot of blood, sweat and tears into this Nemesis 400 Scrambler for our upcoming film project, so if you’ve been enjoying this series head to Instagram
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Nemesis 400 Scrambler Build Series Ep 4

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Sol Invictus Nemesis 400 Adventure Bike– How to build an adventure scrambler Ep4  I’ve been working on this adventure machine for weeks now, so in this episode, I was happy to take a back seat to let Jamo from Timeless Auto Trim, the Purpose Built Moto upholsterer, take the reigns.  Since I started building bikes
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XSR700 LED headlight conversion + LED turn signal upgrade

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DIY LED Headlight + LED turn signal upgrade for Yamaha XSR700 and XSR900 The extremely popular Yamaha XSR700 and XSR900 have become a favourite with garage builders to customise, and one of my most asked questions is will the Purpose Built Moto LED headlight work with the XSR700 headlight brackets? The answer is yes, however
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9 ways to install LED turn signals on your motorcycle

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How to Wire + Install LED indicators on your Motorcycle 9 different ways LED indicators are one of the most common modifications on any motorcycle. It’s usually simple, and cheap to do, and will have a great effect on how your custom motorbike looks. That’s why we’re all here isn’t it? To make our motorcycles
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Cafe Racer swingarm mount license plate bracket

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License plate bracket swingarm mounted – An 8 Step how to I’ve made a lot of these swing arm mounted license plate bracket lately. Like all of these articles I write, I’ll wait until I’m happy enough with my own method to share it with all of you. It takes a few goes to get
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Motorcycle Leather Hand Grips- and how to make them

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Motorcycle Leather grips – and how to make them. I was building my first bike, and struggling to find a set of decent matching grips. I had a copper orange leather seat, and black everything else. Do I use black rubber? Some horrible orange rubber? Glittery grips? Fuck all that. I wanted something to properly
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Installing a Fender mounted LED brake light

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Fender mounted LED Brake Tail light + indicator install It’s a simple job, and there’s a million ways to do it. But how do you install a fender mounted tail light?  Well this is one way that I’ve used that incorporates a tail tidy/plate mount and a tail light all in one. A quick install
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Rearset install on a Honda CX500

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Installing rearsets on a CX500 Café Racer Rearsets are a staple modification for anyone serious about making their café racer or brat build function properly. When moving the bars down to clip ons, the standard foot peg position will generally have you folded over like a half opened pocket knife. Shifting the foot position back
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