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    Alta Plastic Kit

    that's what I'm worried about. I've never done die work but I know people who have. I'm not crazy enough to think I could come up with a solution all on my own, but it would be nice to at least figure something out to keep my bike not looking like crap. I've already got the one panel missing and...
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    Alta Plastic Kit

    That's what I'm trying to figure out though. Obviously we need the volume to get the price down, but once you've got dies set up then the production runs wouldn't be that expensive, would they? I mean, if they only produced 1000 bikes total, it couldn't have been $500,000 to make just the...
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    Alta Plastic Kit

    I take it there's no chance of getting the CAD models for the plastics to be able to reproduce them? I get it that they are probably blocked to protect IP, but with Alta becoming defunct would there be a way to get them? That's not to hinder a future manufacturer either. If anything, it could...
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    Alta Plastic Kit

    I would think G10 would be more brittle/fragile than plastics. Maybe the sub frame could use being made out of it, but the side plastics would likely be better off as plastic. I'm not a materials scientist, but I've worked with a few different materials and I would think 3D printed concepts...
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    Alta Plastic Kit

    I just broke my left side number plate on my EXR. I tried writing to Acerbis and they basically said no and they won't do custom orders (I received the reply last week, I believe). My hope is we can get enough of a push to make some more plastics, that way the bike will last at least as long as...
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    Cheap replacement mask for my EXR

    Thanks! Not the best once you get up close and personal, but not bad for a 30 minute fab job. I plan on making it more permanent when I can figure out how to mount a KTM fender to it. The SE apparently uses a white front fender but may need to drill and trap a couple holes in the front of the...
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    Cheap replacement mask for my EXR

    Yes, they had locktite on all of the ones I've removed so far. Kind of a pain, but I'd rather put up with tight screws over missing screws any say of the week
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    Cheap replacement mask for my EXR

    I wasn't a huge fan of the "stock" EXR mask. I hit a tree and damaged the bezel so I found a cheap replacement on Amazon and fabricated up some mounts out of a 2x4 galvanized bracket. It's not the prettiest job, but so far its withstood some small jumps and general banging around the trails so...
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    EXR (Better) Headlight thread.

    For the sake of simplicity, what is the stock replacement bulb? I tried a 50/65 and it won't even come on. The stock one states 35/35 so I'm guessing it's a really weak circuit to begin with. I'm actually kind of surprised they didn't make it for the 50W setup since that's kind of the standard...
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    POLL - Would you keep your Redshift...

    I'm still going to ride my EXR like the day I bought it. If it breaks then oh well. I'll figure out what to do then, but I'm really really hoping we can make lemonade from the lemons that got dropped on our heads. This is still the greatest bike I've ever ridden or owned and I can't imagine life...
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    Haul it AND Charge it??

    I was thinking this post might be about mounting a generator on your trailer or in the bed of a truck and running it while driving down the road in order to charge. I've considered this many times because #1 it sucks to have to charge the night before or need a top-off and can't do it...
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