SideHacked! Epilogue

[Gold Street Customs]

Wow look at the progress, Your an animal !!!

[JoKeR63]

Wow look at the progress, Your an animal !!!

I've been playin' "Legal Hookie", (vacation) this week just for this event.

[Gdcast]

Intrigued and excited, I want more!!!

[JoKeR63]

Ok, now today I have a dilemma. It's time to tackle the seatpost.



Dimension mock up.

The problems;
I'm a big guy.
Seatpost is heavily cantilevered.
Seat MUST be adjustable.
I'm still trying to be a weight weenie.

Remember that thing about a square peg in a round hole? Well a round post may fit into that square area I have in the seat,





but It's not going to keep my wide seat on this wide seat from shifting from side to side. The solution? Braze 2 90 deg angle iron pieces to the post. With the 2 pieces "nested" on the tube, I get a perfect fitting 1 1/2" by 1 5/8" rectangle.
The bad news, it gained over 2 lbs. I should now be able to drill holes thru it and have a nice solid base.

[JoKeR63]

Today, I decided to take it down a notch, and just do the fender mount. It's still a critical part as it has to be aligned carefully. Also got some better seat pics.
The seat and fender have a nice "low but not rubbing" clearance. I may also add a short sissy bar to the seat.

[JoKeR63]

On a separate note managed to shave 4 whopping oz. by using this new crank and ring.

[yoothgeye]

On a separate note managed to shave 4 oz. by using this new crank and ring.

Get your hands on an alloy unit and save a couple pounds, seriously. Shouldn't be too hard to find a share taper aluminum crank, you can find them on a lot of Walmart bikes. On my Sand Rover (which uses the OCC bottom bracket) I used a Specialized crank on the drive side, man is it light, too bad I didn't have the non drive side, so the left pedal always dives when my feet are off.

[JoKeR63]

On a separate note managed to shave 4 oz. by using this new crank and ring.

Get your hands on an alloy unit and save a couple pounds, seriously. Shouldn't be too hard to find a share taper aluminum crank, you can find them on a lot of Walmart bikes. On my Sand Rover (which uses the OCC bottom bracket) I used a Specialized crank on the drive side, man is it light, too bad I didn't have the non drive side, so the left pedal always dives when my feet are off.

Whoops!, needed more saterical metaphores! This was the best I had in my pile. If I find a lighter crank I'll seriously consider it, I just got to find a good deal.

[yoothgeye]

Whoops!, needed more saterical metaphores! This was the best I had in my pile. If I find a lighter crank I'll seriously consider it, I just got to find a good deal.

I'll see if I have anything light enough to send to you, how many teeth you looking for?

[JoKeR63]

Whoops!, needed more saterical metaphores! This was the best I had in my pile. If I find a lighter crank I'll seriously consider it, I just got to find a good deal.

I'll see if I have anything light enough to send to you, how many teeth you looking for?

48-52

[yoothgeye]

48-52

I think I might just have exactly what you need!

[motopsyco]

Another great looking chopper sidecar build.

[yoothgeye]

Another great looking chopper sidecar build.

Not often you'll have the opportunity to say that. haha

[JoKeR63]

Take a break one day and BAM!, second page! Today it's time to do the thought process and just look at a complete (well, almost) and see if it matchs the image a have in my head. Sure, for Gearheads it's neat to see awesome drivetrains but that leaves out some of the boards population. Some are here for the artwork, and that's awesome as well. I'd like to "Knock it up a notch!" in the art department but that's something that I didn't plan in advance. I've also stumbled on to an old light set recently and may incorporate them.

I keep seeing a murdered rear wheel, dark met. green, and woodgrain finishes on this thing. And a fatter front chrome rim.



I like a bike that has something interesting on the left side.

[Gdcast]

Looking great!! Wow can´t believe how much it changed