New Chopper build started today...

[IronSpadeCycles]

You mean down on one side? I had thought about that but this light has an F-U lens that were going to put in right after its finished. I really wanted it to be up and in your face when the lights are on. I had thought about a Billy Lane style sissy bar, and it almost got one if we had gone with a smaller tail light that could be mounted low and on the side. I generally don't repeat my bike designs too much unless the bike gets crunched or stolen. In fact I've only duplicated 2 bikes out of 31 and both were because the first one got stolen. I have an idea for a similar bike but won't be recognizably similar. You won't look at it and think about this bike. It will just share ideas.

Later T

[bikeriderx]

Dude, those rear triangles are sick!! Very motorcycle-ish!!

[blackcruzer]

It look like you got pretty good turning radius out of those joint. I like how you made the bars adjustable up and down, it look like you could rise the bars if you wanted to.

[karfer67]

he is sending it to college i am wondering how many boxes will show up

[IronSpadeCycles]

he is sending it to college i am wondering how many boxes will show up

Dude are you stoned? Who are you talking about? I'm flying with it to San Francisco in two boxes, wheels in one everything else in the other. Karfer see you in a week.

Later Travis

[karfer67]

see thats what happens when u drink too much and read internet forums and no i was not stoned i promise

[bikeriderx]

Been there....Done that....

[AussieJester]

Doing that now LoL

Billy Lanes hubless rear wheels THATS what i wanna see on a bicycle build Travis...make it happen buddy im sure you have a lazy 20k around
to get one made, there just a GIANT bearing with a tire on it c'mon Travis get onto it hehehe

KiM

[blackcruzer]

There a guy in Florida that did a hubless wheel for the rear. I believe the article is on BR&K, he did that back in the CBN days.

[blackcruzer]

Here you go KIM, I found the article on the Hubless Horseman.

http://bikerodnkustom4.homestead.com/hu ... seman.html

[AussieJester]

Hes game using wheelchair handrails i have snapped a few of those over the years, granted they were stainless steel though
looks like hes using aluminium judging by the welds in this pic dunno if i would be trusting it at speed...interesting idea though, I prefer 'the real' deal, we just need to convince Travis to fork out the coin to get one made hehehe..
IIRC Billy stated they were 20-25k a pop on Biker Build Off ep of his 'Miss Treated' chopper... (went up in flames too)




KiM

[IronSpadeCycles]

I saw a design that was done by someone other than BL built around a small Honda that was super cool. I'm sure I copied the picture somewhere in the 40K+ pictures I've got on my HD. The crazy thing was this was a dual hubless design, both front and rear wheels were done and the drive line was hidden inside the swing arms. It used large teflon ball bearings in key positions and some kind of gear drive drive-train. I'll see if I can find it. I think it would be a really cool bicycle project!

Kim I joined the MotoredBikes forum today. My neighbor gave me a Honda GX160 engine with about 30 hours on it. I've got a set of 18" alloy mag wheels from a Kawasaki AR50 I'm going to build a vintage looking cafe minibike around.

If my gear ratio calc is right, with a racing kart clutch, it should do 93mph at 5000rpms. Stock these little motors rev to 3600 which is still a respectable 51mph. I want to build it Zero Engineering style! Lots of alloy and crazy small and tight!

Later Tex

[AussieJester]

t Zero Engineering style! Lots of alloy and crazy small and tight!

Later Tex

Long as you dont put a 1980s looking head lamp on the front we can remain friends blank.. Them Zeros are dang fugly lookin things front on IMHO..
I much prefer the Quantya electric dirt bike over the Zero...

I thought something like this in lecky would be up your alley Trav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8LlWr6E ... re=related

KiM

[IronSpadeCycles]

No, no no Kim I meant Chabott Engineering, formally Zero Engineering, what Shinya Kimura builds.





I think these things are incredible works of art!

Later T

[blackcruzer]

Dang, I like the look of that big front wheel on the second one. It look like it might have a bicycle hub on there, it so small.

Any update on PeeWee's bike, are you gonna take it back to SF? I reckon you'll be glad when it done.