Tokyo Ghost vs. Akira

Illustration by Cian Tormey


#CianTormey #TokyoGhost #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Apocalypse Bus

Image  Unknown


#VWType2 #RangeAnxiety #VanLife #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Ready Player One

Artist Unknown


#ReadyPlayerOne #BTTF #DeLorean #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Hoverbike

Illustration by Tan Di


#TanDi #HoverBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Wookie Squad

Laugh it up, Fuzzball.

Image by Mako Miyamoto


#MakoMiyamoto #Wookie #Chewbacca #StarWars #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Kaneda Power Bike

Images by Julian E Cabada


#AsgardKnight #JulianECabada #Akira #KanedaBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Apocalypse Ninja

Image by J Moto Gallery


#JMoto #JMotoGallery #KawasakiNinja #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Can-Am

Photo by Siege Vintage Motocross Models


#SiegeVintageMotocrossModels #Siege #CanAm #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Harley Quinn

Alexandra Kravchenko photographed by Alexandr Chuprina


#AlexandrChuprina #AlexandraKravchenko #SuicideSquad #HarleyQuinn #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Have MiG, Will Travel

MiG-29 Girl by Back-22-Fire

#Back22Fire #Mig29 #Fulcrum #HaveMiGWillTravel #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Marine

Image by Bigballgao


#Bigballgao #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Barbara

Image Barbara Custom Motorcycles


#Barbara #BarbaraCustomMotorcycles #Husqvarna #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Astro Nova

Image by Sean P Lenahan


#AstroNova #SeanPLenahan #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Speeder

Images by Cédric Delsaux


#CedricDelsaux #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

MiNu

Image Gameloft


#MiNu #ModernCombat #Gameloft #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Cyberpunk

Illustration by Michal Suchanek


#MichalSuchanek #Cyberpunk #Mercenary #Garage

Fantic

Concept Illustration by Oberdan Bezzi Design


#OberdanBezziDesign #Fantic #FanticCaballero #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Akira

Illustration by SBK187


#SBK187 #NeoTokyo #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Good for Health, Bad for Education

Image via Pink City


#PinkCity #NeoTokyo #Akira #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Iron Pirate

Image by Iron Pirate


#IronPirate #Bosozoku #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Kids Playing

Image Unknown


#SlowDown #Supermoto #StuntLife #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Snow

Kill Bill (2003)


#KillBill #UmaThurman #Mercenary #MercenaryMotorcycles #MercenaryGarage

Snow Corporation

Image by Dorgmal Snow


#SnowCorporation #13Project #DorgmalSnow #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Armourfiend

Photographer Unknown


#Cyberpunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Silverback

Illustration by Tony South


#TonySouth #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Lawmaster

Judge Dredd (1995)


#JudgeDredd #2000AD #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

NZR

Illustration by Nelson Tai


#NelsonTai #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Steampunk

Image by Ryan Hackett


#ImogenLehtonen #ShinyaKimura #RyanHackett #DavidUhl #Steampunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Can-Am

Image Unknown


#CanAm #VintageMotoX #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Husqvarna CR125

Image by Siege Vintage Models 


#SiegeVintageModels #Husqvarna #HusqvarnaCR125 #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Range Anxiety

Illustration by Dlestudio


#Dlestudio #RangeAnxiety #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunny Day

Today was a sunny, warm January day in Dublin...

Photo by Noel Feeney


#StealthKLR #KLR250 #Fireblade #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

ER6 Tracker

Image Unknown


#KawasakiER6 #ER6 #FlatTracker #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Annete

Illustration by Aedel Fakhrie


#AedelFakhrie #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Flynn's

Tron (2010)


#Tron #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Five

Image by Jose Gallina


#JoseGallina #HarleyDavidson #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Rowdy 3

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency


#DGHDA #DirkGently #Rowdy3 #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sharktooth

Image by Nikkasit


#SharkTooth #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

War Boys

Fury Road (2015)


#MadMax #FuryRoad #WarBoys #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Drillium

This is what -25 grams looks like...

Generally when I'm building motorcycles I try to make them as light as possible. On a regular bike there is usually low hanging fruit like steel mudguards, heavy clocks and headlights, indicators, passenger pegs and suchlike that can be easily removed or replaced with lighter parts to reduce weight.

The Fantic is already pretty spartan and there isn't really anything that can be removed without affecting the functionality of the machine. So in order to reduce weight I'm planning on replacing some of the steel parts with fabricated aluminium parts and then drilling holes in everything.

So I picked up a pair of cheap Ebay shorty brake and clutch levers to replace the mangled stock ones and I was curious to see how much weight could be removed by drilling them.

The stock levers weighed about 300 grams per pair. The new Ebay levers were shorter and generally less robust and weighed about 250 grams per pair. Drilling the levers and replacing the plated steel cable adjusters with alloy ones reduced the weight to about 200 grams.

So 25 grams per lever isn't very much. But by replacing the stock levers with lighter ones and then taking a little care to lighten those parts further, I was able to achieve an overall weight reduction of about 100 grams.

I'm very happy with this. Am I going to notice 100 grams off an 87 kilogram bike? Probably not. But it's a subtle thing. That 100 grams is high up and far from the centre of gravity so maybe, just maybe it will have an affect on the moment of inertia.

And if I can remove 100 grams here and a 100 grams there, well those 100 grams might just add up to a noticeable difference. And if not, well it's still all good.

Dunno. I started off this drilling thing just out of curiosity but I'm quite pleased with the result.

The 'Before' shot.

Cheap shorty clutch and brake levers purchased on Ebay.

#Drillium #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Agent Provocateur

Agent Provocateur


#AgentProvocateur #EliseCrombez #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Neon

Illustration by Robert Rejmak


#RobertRejmak #Cyberpunk #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Black Slab

Paul Funk Design


#PaulFunkDesign #GSXR #SuzukiSlabSide #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage