Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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bit of a lash-up.

That battery is tatty as hell, and the blue seat is horrendous with the rest of the bike's colour scheme.
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Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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As an overall concept yes, but the execution is garish and lacking.
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Battery location and seat colour aside I really like that.
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I like it and the 70s drag car paint scheme. Not keen on the mismatched wheels, common on these shaft drive virago type customs.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Dunno really, it's not often that these bikes look better than the original and this ones no picture...
But the original was no fucking oil painting either and this looks ever so slightly better? Ish?
The custom thing was worse than the TR1 but even the TR1was a bit of a longdog wasn't it?
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It needs furry dice...
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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I like the 80's look of the thing but the seat is horrible. I also rode the original bike back in the day which was hateful and gutless so the engine is purely for form rather than function
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I rather like that. Needs a bit more fettling, but the basics are good. And the colour scheme is good.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Fit a black battery and seat and it would be 'acceptable'.
Considering what it started out as...........good effort.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Demannu wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 11:13 am Fit a black battery and seat and it would be 'acceptable'.
Considering what it started out as...........good effort.
Yes, the blue seat is 1 colour too many.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Too much of a sheep in wolfs clothing for me, something looking like that needs to be proper mean and churn out 175bhp plus. Odly enough I quite like the colour scheme.
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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change the seat to a garish green, swap the grips out to bright purple, misalign the front light another 20mm, resite the battery 4 inches further back and i'm in baby!!!
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Re: Red Dragonfly – Tondo Garage XV1000

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Not a fan, it's a terrible mess.
I sort of like the paint job - but on this it just makes it worse.
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