Big Red - Still Going Strong at 14,500 Miles By dhull (Read 1,074 times)

[dhull]

Here is my trusty steed Big Red, a 2008 Cyprus 250, along with a few of his custom additions. I bought him in the Fall of 2010 when he was just getting broken in at 5,500 miles and it's been a great ride ever since!



Red has Xenon headlights that make street signs absolutely glow in the dark and LED turn signals all around. The 7jurock aftermarket windshield (24 inches tall and 17 inches wide) and the red handguards work together to block even the coldest winter winds so I can ride year-round in SW Missouri.











When I bought him, he had some very faded vinyl decals of a flaming eagle on each side. Although I liked the design, the fading made them look bad, so I decided to peel them off and when I did, I was very excited to see that the paint of the bike had faded all around the decals, leaving an awesome ghost image of the design!



To give me quick access to my phone's GPS and road tunes, I installed a Ram Mount X-Grip with a short arm so I can angle it as needed. I've used both a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and my current LG G2 (shown displaying the excellent Car Home Ultra app) in the mount. It takes a second to mount and unmount the phone and neither phone ever even slipped a little. A great buy that I wouldn't live without!



My Bluetooth helmet is the companion piece to my smartphone, giving me music while I ride and the ability to take/make phone calls hands-free.

[cyborg]

Very very nice,,, I'll bet it's a blast to ride!! I really dig the way the paint has aged to a copper color,,, I ordered a HD sportster with a very similar color,, love the coppers

[tdi]

That's a impressive mileage!
Congratulations, any major problem so far?

[dhull]

Other than a small electrical hiccup here and there (mostly due to some experimentation with Xenon headlights and LEDs), not much. I replaced the R/R a year ago.

My biggest repair came this summer when I had to replace the rear wheel, brake rotor and swing arm. The axle nut had worked its way loose came off during a ride in to work and the swing arm flexed outward enough to crack on a right-hand turn, allowing the axle to slip out of the bearing. Fortunately it caught the inside of the swing arm before things got catastrophic. I had to wait almost two months to get all the parts but Red's rear end is in better shape than ever now.

[richardv]

Lookin good. I really like those ghost images.

[kalee]

dhull,Nice looking bike you have, I'm not familiar with Xenon head lamps, what are they ?
kalee

[dhull]

These are the bulbs that I bought from ebay. In the interests of full disclosure the listing does say "Xenon style", so they are probably not true Xenon bulbs. Even so, they are unbelieveably bright and worked right out of the box:

HEADLIGHT BULB 12V 50/50 WATT BA20d SUPER BRIGHT XENON STYLE GY6 CHINESE SCOOTER

[kalee]

Oct 8, 2014 6:31:53 GMT -6 dhull said:

These are the bulbs that I bought from ebay. In the interests of full disclosure the listing does say "Xenon style", so they are probably not true Xenon bulbs. Even so, they are unbelieveably bright and worked right out of the box:

HEADLIGHT BULB 12V 50/50 WATT BA20d SUPER BRIGHT XENON STYLE GY6 CHINESE SCOOTER

Thanks dhull, Are you having any problems with your charging system after adding these bulbs?
kalee

[dhull]

No charging problems at all. I changed the turn signals to LEDs, which may have reduced the draw elsewhere to offset any extra by the headlights.