Luke.
Death or Glory; the FC-40
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Luke.
Before I get to the nitty gritty of the long wheelbase conversion of this bike into the FC-45, I have a few final details to wrap up on the short wheelbase version. I have been working with a colleague on a vintage logo to put on the tank sides. This is inspired by the look of early 1900's motor bikes. so here is the logo printed out on paper.
Foster Cycles-- I think it is now clear where the "FC" designation comes from. "40" is merely a reference to the FJ-40, short wheelbase Landcruisers. Here is a circular logo that will be used on the chain guard and head badge:
I also had some custom stencils laser cut so I can properly label the compartments inside the storage tank:
Finally I have one last stencil which will be used on the chain guard. I wanted a good slogan for the bike that would set the tone of the build.
Heheheheheh....
I hope to get the stencil painting done sometime this week.
Regards,
Foster Cycles-- I think it is now clear where the "FC" designation comes from. "40" is merely a reference to the FJ-40, short wheelbase Landcruisers. Here is a circular logo that will be used on the chain guard and head badge:
I also had some custom stencils laser cut so I can properly label the compartments inside the storage tank:
Finally I have one last stencil which will be used on the chain guard. I wanted a good slogan for the bike that would set the tone of the build.
Heheheheheh....
I hope to get the stencil painting done sometime this week.
Regards,
Very cool!
Luke.
Luke.
Love it!
As I mentioned before, I REALLY wanted to polish off the short wheel base build before I get too embroiled in the finer aspects of stretching this thing into the FC-45. So without further delay I give you the FINISHED short-wheelbase FC-40 with all logos and graphics now installed. Nickname: Death or Glory:
I'm feeling pretty pleased with this one. Thanks for looking!
Later,
I'm feeling pretty pleased with this one. Thanks for looking!
Later,
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Very, very cool!
Looking forward to the next instalment!
This build has inspired a couple of designs in my sketch book, based off the Australian army "Perentie" LandRovers, specially the 6x6 variant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Perentie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Patrol_Vehicle
The 6x6 is limited to 80km/h (50mph) but will do that speed carrying 2 ton and over any terrain, full load sharing suspension, extra wide wheel track, dana diffs, Isuzu turbo diesel...
I designed a 3 wheel inline trike with both back wheels driving, load sharing full suspension, super low gearing and quad bike wheels and tires. Pretty cool, but totally impractical...
Luke.
Looking forward to the next instalment!
This build has inspired a couple of designs in my sketch book, based off the Australian army "Perentie" LandRovers, specially the 6x6 variant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Perentie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Patrol_Vehicle
The 6x6 is limited to 80km/h (50mph) but will do that speed carrying 2 ton and over any terrain, full load sharing suspension, extra wide wheel track, dana diffs, Isuzu turbo diesel...
I designed a 3 wheel inline trike with both back wheels driving, load sharing full suspension, super low gearing and quad bike wheels and tires. Pretty cool, but totally impractical...
Luke.
