Part 14 - Fork Gaiters & Bar End Mirrors - Royal Enfield Meteor 350 / Classic 350 Bobber Project
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Fitting Fork Gaiters and Bar End Mirrors to a Meteor 350. Also seeing if the original mudguard / fender will fit with the aggressive Battlax AX41 tyres just in case. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you'd like to see it through to the end!
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This is a project to build a Royal Enfield Classic 350 / Meteor 350 Custom Bobber / Scrambler bike from a 2022 model Stolen & Recovered machine, part of a full series of episodes.
I went back to the first video of the project and I can’t believe it’s the same bike, you’ve done an amazing job.
Thank you! I never thought it would end up like this 👍 cheers, Glyn
Fork gattors definitely add to the blacked olut look along with the levers and mirrors, great job. I've had short and long mudguards and now go for practicality over look as I ride all year and theres nothing worse than a short mudguard in the wet for getting your engine dirty and a face full of road water 😄 looking forward to seeing it running
Thanks very much, the gaiters look even better than I hoped, the levers were great too. I'll try and get it running as soon as possible as I'm getting a bit desperate haha 🤪 Thanks for watching
I thought you were going upways with the mirrors, I"m sending secret messages, noooo. Glad now, looks great. Thanks
ooh I didn't try sticking straight up did I.....
Having just found your video chanel I have now subscribed. Very enjoyable watch.
Thanks Terry, great to hear from you 👍
I commend you for your enthusiasm and hard work. I'm watching in Korea. this is a cool channel👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you very much!
The reason the mirror threads are the way they are is pedestrians. When you hit one with a mirror it will loosen instead of impaling them and moving your handlebar. Of course that applies to filtering between cars as well.
Yes of course, that makes much more sense. Thanks very much!
You are the best mechanic!!!😁
Wow, thanks!
Glyn i cant help thinking it looked awesome without the front mud guard for all the good its going to do, keep up the good work.
Thanks Brendon, I didn't think to notice how it looked without anything at all, I'll have to rewind and have a look. Thanks for watching
Gators look good Glyn! 😁👍 think your the first person to video removing the forks on a Meteor 😁👍👍 think I was with the Classic, your build is coming together sweet! 😁👍👍👍
Thanks Bruce 😁 I'll have to start riding it soon and show some of my countryside to go with yours, it looks like you've got much bigger skies, it's all bloody hills around here!
@@GlynOC I have still not visited Wales but one day a 350 tour has to happen! 😁👍👍😎
Of course, I think you'd love all the old historic stuff to explore 😁
Excellent, thank you.
Great watching the bike going back together with all the tastefully new parts looking forward to the next video and thanks glyn for all the work involved.
Thanks Alan, not too much to go now I hope
The origional front guard is probably less likely to throw mud and grit in your direction, so too all over that engine. I would stick with that myself, because as you mentioned it has the fork brace for the added stability factor. Whilst it maintains a road cruiser styling without detracting from the other modifications, actually it enhances that look instead. Nice work, though I must say you're progressing along quite well on your way to building a unique looking custom Meteor. :)
Thanks very much, I should have done some more work today but I got distracted by the Bullet 😊 You make lots of good points about the fron mudguard too, thank you 🫶
Excellent session Glyn.
Gaiters look good.
Actually saw an American vloger fit gaiters to an Interceptor, stretching them over the bottom fork legs. Seemed to work.
Thanks Tim, I can see that sort of working with a bit of washing up liquid and maybe no reflectors 👍
Gators look great. It really compliments the bike build so far. Little things sometimes make a world of a difference.
Keep up the great work. 😊
Thanks Mark, have you got them on yours?
@@GlynOCno, am not hands on person these days, would require dealer to do it for me. Back rest still up for grabs?
Mark.
Hi Mark, yes, did you send me an email yet, it's in the About page of my channel? Have a good week, Glyn
@@GlynOC i did on my I pad. But dont use my i cloud account. I did leave my proper E mail address there.
Cheers Mark
With all that glorious rubberness going on, you are going to have to name her “Dominatrix”!
They are oddly squeezable, it's hard to keep your hands off them 🥹
@@GlynOC 😂😂😂😂😂😝
She's looking good 👍....but ..... the front mudguard is a little too high , but it's your bike glyn so it's your choice .
Take care mate , see you in the next spine chilling instalment of " how to make a royal enfield 350 into a well smart bike !"😁
Peace out ✌
Thanks Andrew! Did you watch to the part where I made it lower or is that still not low enough? 😃. Next weeks is certainly a horror story!
@@GlynOC ,sorry i must have missed that episode .
Don't worry, sometimes I forget which order it's in anyway!
I think the original front guard looks nicest. Also, the bracing is fairly important to stability…..
Whhhhhaaaaaa but I like it!!!! 😤 Ok, I'll look into it 🙂
@@GlynOC I’m really liking the visual effects of your build, but the front fender bracing is the only point of concern I’ve seen so far. I’ve had similar issues with builds in the past, so this is why I mentioned it. I still think it looks best with the original fender though 😝
I'm glad you mentioned it, perhaps I could do a video of it wobbling about to see how bad it is. Another excuse to drill some holes too so win-win! Thanks for your advice, Glyn
I'm not sure but with the mirrors folding in, if the bike is knocked over or dropped they will fold in aswell rather than breaking the stems.
That makes a lot more sense!! Thanks, Glyn
Good stuff Glyn, only thing is, when you push a fork leg up through the "mount" at the top hole, is there a click or something for it to say it has reached the desired height? or do you guess the amount it sticks above the hole say? or even to get the hole top level with the stay? (not sure how to put it?) simply how far up does the fork go? does it need to stop at an exact position? (are you going to replace the grease that was on the shiny bit of the fork?)
Hello again! No, there's no positive location for it, you just make sure they're flush with the top of the yoke. On the Interceptor they poke through about an inch so would probably need a measuring tape for that to make sure they're correct. The Classic can only go in until it hits the yoke so no ambiguity there. I sprayed some oil up inside before they were covered, but I ought to check in case there's anything nasty going on👍
Looking great.😊
How about the original front mudgaurd a few centimetres higher than its original position.
Those tyres will pick up a lot of mud if you do any country tracks or down to the beach.
Thanks, I'll get it back out for a play around. I'm certainly going to at least trim it and make some holes in it to have a look at that👍
Love the way it's looking now Glyn. I keep rolling back the video to compare the front guards but my brain keeps getting distracted by the reflectors on the fork legs 🙂 - They have to go and was the first job I did on my recently acquired Hunter. I think there is definitely something in using the original front guard or maybe mounting the short one onto the brace to eliminate the wire supports - can't really tell whether that's possible or not. can't wait to see this all painted up and out on the road, great job
Did your reflectors come off without leaving any marks behind, I’d like to remove mine
Thanks Paul 😁 How is your Hunter doing, they're a very attractive design. I was looking at the reflectors and thought I should ask someone how they got them off before I tried, do they pull off with a bit of heat or do you have to work something down behind them (or a bit of everything)?
The reflectors come off really easily - I just used a length of string with a flossing action between the fork leg and the reflector, no heat needed. They were both off in seconds and they are stuck on with clear silicone type stuff that just rolls off by rubbing it. The Hunter is a lovely ride, really enjoying that lazy long stroke single 🙂
Brilliant, thanks, that'll be next then, cheers!
Fork gaiters Looking great, can you please send the link to purchase the same as there are so many in the market. Many thanks
Hello, they're from Hitchcocks Motorcycles in the UK, they've got an online shop and deliver world wide👍
Coming along nicely Glyn, fork gaiters look good as does the other stuff you’ve done in this vid. Have you checked whether the metal front guard would fit over the original RE fork brace, just a thought. Definitely looks better now you’ve lowered it too and it does match up nicely with the rear. Doin a great job mate, looking forward to the next one 👍
Thanks Andy, I did mean to try that and show it but I must have got distracted once I got playing with it all so I'll have to try and remember next time. I've got a few more ideas but am going to get it 'working' first and then once I'm riding it around I can try some little fiddles 🙂 Thanks for watching
@@GlynOC I’ve seen the reflectors basically sliced off by using dental floss , pretty sure there’s a vid on CZcams 👍
Where do you buy all these accessories, like mirrors, handlebar? I have a meteor 350 too.. Great bike!
Good job man, very inspirating!
Hello, I just got them on ebay or Amazon, there's a link to the bars in the description of the handlebar episode and there's lots of Amazon sellers with that particular mirror (and all the other types), they had some good folding ones. Cheers, Glyn
Which handlebar you used please tell me i want to fit exact the same one😢
I'll put the link in the description👍
I tried under bar end mirrors and I couldn't see anything but my arm on the right and whenever I turned the steering fully either way the mirror contacted the tank. Swift change to on top for me.
Cool isn't always best is it!
Hallo glyn. I want buy this fork guiters . Can you please send me link where i can buy gork guiters for meteor 350. Thank you very much
Hi Martin, I've put a link in the description for you. They're from Hitchcocks in the UK and they ship worldwide. They have lots of nice Royal Enfield Accessories. Thanks for watching, Glyn
Sorry, but that front mudguard is Horrendous lol 🤣
At least you got a laugh out of it 😊