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Posted by mittico68
 - December 26, 2016, 12:34:44 PM

Ratman, Sir, you're absolutely right: the final choice it's up to me and to me only.
But I do like to ear as much opinions as I can, especially if they come from a great Forum of Drifter's owners & nice people...
Greenbarn, you gave me a good advice... I think I'm gonna take the chance.
Thanx a lot!

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - December 26, 2016, 09:56:48 AM

   At the present time I am only missing the bracket. Of course the link OR_Seedman post the person does not ship to Canada. I tried a different supplier and they have till the 30th for it to arrive. Failing this I might need to impose on a kindly person on the US side of the line to be the receiver of the product and then forward it to me here.........but I have a few days for it to show up..... 

Posted by greenbarn
 - December 26, 2016, 09:51:25 AM

Mittico:  if you're still thinking of black, but not quite sure - you can spray it with plasti-dip to try it.   It will come off if you don't like it.

Now, Ratman, you can see exactly what this mod would look like on your bike...   If you can't get anyone to ship the parts directly to you, I know a guy that will prob'ly help you out... ;)

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - December 24, 2016, 11:31:11 AM

  Well I am sure that you will decide on which way you like it the best and not really worry about what anyone else likes. It is all in your own mind what you like.
I have a couple of people I ask my questions to, and I do listen and I mull over the ideas presented, but then again it is my bike, I am riding it, we all have a vision of what we want our bikes to look like, and we will tend to go with those ideas.
mittico68 you could do a red, black, chrome, heck even a tri colour rail in Red, White, and Green like the flag, it is up to you....

Posted by OR Seedman
 - December 24, 2016, 09:32:24 AM

here is a link to the cap part #

http://www.partzilla.com/parts/detail/kawasaki/KP-11065-1195.html

let me know if you need any other info on the brackets to help you get them made over there.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all!

Posted by mittico68
 - December 24, 2016, 08:54:19 AM

Thanx guys, for your kind suggestions.
I must agree with Kw-retrorider.
And maybe the chromed rail would break away with the seat and all the rest of the blacked parts.
Regarding the holes on the frame, I was thinkin' about puttin' back the old bolts but I'd like to get them black. So, I think I'm gonna buy those rubber caps that Seedman was talkin' about. BTW, do you have the part number?
And finally, just to answer to Seedman: the brackets are still on the way, because I've had a hard time tryin' to take their exact measurements for the local bender...
I will update soon.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

Posted by pcarrell
 - December 24, 2016, 08:17:20 AM

I like the rail chrome, but that's just me.

Posted by kw-retrorider
 - December 23, 2016, 15:53:13 PM

Actually my first thought is the rail should be black, but there is enough chrome right next to in the exhaust, that I think it looks better bright....just another opinion.

Posted by OR Seedman
 - December 23, 2016, 11:44:09 AM

I agree, as most of the bike is not chrome....but it looks good either way...

regarding the old seat bracket holes...I just put in the old bolts when I don't have my saddlebags on and put factory rubber caps (I ordered 4 from Partzilla) on to cover them...cleans up the look...

by the way ...have you got your saddlebag brackets made yet?

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - December 23, 2016, 09:36:08 AM

  I would powder coat it gloss black for the looks and colour of said bike, I would also get some plugs for the old bracket mounting holes.

Posted by mittico68
 - December 23, 2016, 08:24:28 AM

As someone asked before, here I go updating ya with the following pics of the spring seat together with the handrail.
Now, I wonder what to do: leave that rail chromed or just paint it black?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Posted by pcarrell
 - December 21, 2016, 08:20:40 AM

That looks sweet!

Posted by OR Seedman
 - December 14, 2016, 12:52:32 PM

now with seat rail...also posted in another topic

Posted by OR Seedman
 - November 15, 2016, 15:56:53 PM

added leather fringe to the seat  and went back to the 3" springs....every time I accelerated hard with the 2" springs on the seat, I felt like I was going to slide right off onto the rear fender....almost happened the first time...so I went back to the 3" springs and moved the seat back a little with a spacer mount and now it's just about perfect for me....

Posted by OR Seedman
 - October 28, 2016, 17:28:03 PM

I discovered that without the factory seat mounts, my saddlebag mounts were too close to the upper swingarm bumper bolts.  so...spacers it is...around 1/2 inch thick worked just fine....

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