erle
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Some of you have expressed an interest in the glass fuel filter that we use on our bike.
I am planing on assembling a dozen or so
I have this one on ebay to see what kind of interest there may or may not be. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...:EF:MOTORS:1123
I hope to post pic's when I get about a dozen different types, including the Jim Beam one like I have, this one, and others with various themes.
The Jim Beam glass's are the hardest to find a filter for, cause there so small. But I keep looking. 
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stevieB
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Yes!Yes! Yes! I am interested. 
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chuckyj
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Yep I want a guiness one!!
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Edited by chuckyj (06/26/11 04:29 PM)
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tinman162
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I want one too.
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jarnold
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omg. thats so cool!
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BCarnage
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Since I don't know exactly how they work, what are the options? Any type of tiny liquor bottle?
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FriarJohn
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What are all the different styles available? I'd be interested in something for Bollox.
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Keith
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Whatever you come up with Brother Erle... I'm IN! 
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teeg
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A Heineken one would be sweet
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erle
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Well, it's all pain staking trial and error. 
Since I'm NOT out to "corner the market", read on.
First, since their all old, used, vintage pieces, you just have to buy fuel filters off ebay, or what ever source you have. Then you buy misc. shot glasses that you like the looks of. Then you mix & match shot glasses with filter tops until you find glasses that fit the filter tops correctly. 
You will most likely have to modify the wire bracket that holds the shot glass (bowl) tight to the filter top. 
(sometimes, like the two I've already done, it's a perfect match, no mod's required) 
(sometimes, you will need to fab a "bushing" to match the glass to the filter top, or sand the diameter of the glass "lip" smaller, and/or ream the diameter of the filter top larger) 
I've found it's about one in twenty-five that just fit as is. Also, it's about one in ten that fit at all! 
So, it's kinda like summer bikini's (at least with the one's I wear). You buy tops, you buy bottoms, and you HOPE that one combo stuns the crowd. 
Keep in mind, the smaller filters, combined with the smaller shot glasses, usually "fit" motorcycles better then the larger (normal) sized ones, that work best on cars/trucks. And YES, the smaller ones are the harder to find ones.
If ALL this sounds like too much bullshizit to mess with, you buy one from some idiot that spends the time to make them work!
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J. Prine
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