Well this will be my first "build" here. I quote build because it won't be as intense as a lot of builds but more of a restyle along the way. Anyway, we'll have to see what shakes out.
Some of you may remember I got this bike for $50, it will be interesting to see how many times that I will put back into it. I've probably already equaled that between hub parts, the triple clamps and steel.
Here is the bike the day I got it.
I didn't take any pics of the hub repair but suffice it to say there were some destroyed parts.
The first of order of business is to put on a triple clam fork. I could have just bought one and saved a lot of time and maybe a few bucks, but where's the fun in that. I got this one from Oggy in the classifieds. He was kind enough to pull out the suspension parts to save me some money on shipping.
So with these parts and some bars I picked up at the motorcycle salvage yard I have a start.
The steer tube was a little short so I cut and ground it.
Then I cut a piece of 1" DOM tubing to use as an extension.
I cleaned up all the metal then tacked it in place to make sure my measurements were correct. Sorry for the bad pic.
They were. Everything fit great and the stem didn't bottom out on the insert tube, which I was a little concerned about.
I think I might narrow these bars a few inches.
About this time my neighbor mentioned going across the street to the sports bar to get a few beers and some burgers. Needless to say I'll have to finish weld this later. During this week I hope to find time to finish weld this and get the dropouts situated on the fork tubes.
Speaking of dropouts, this is the design I decided to use. These are cut out of sheet to see if I liked them. I have a set ready to get cut out of a plate that is about .175" thick, that should be plenty beefy. I used a little artistic license and a snap-on open end wrench for reference to come up with a design that should have enough welded area and still look something like I welded on a couple wrenches.
That's all for now.
Some of you may remember I got this bike for $50, it will be interesting to see how many times that I will put back into it. I've probably already equaled that between hub parts, the triple clamps and steel.
Here is the bike the day I got it.
I didn't take any pics of the hub repair but suffice it to say there were some destroyed parts.
The first of order of business is to put on a triple clam fork. I could have just bought one and saved a lot of time and maybe a few bucks, but where's the fun in that. I got this one from Oggy in the classifieds. He was kind enough to pull out the suspension parts to save me some money on shipping.
So with these parts and some bars I picked up at the motorcycle salvage yard I have a start.
The steer tube was a little short so I cut and ground it.
Then I cut a piece of 1" DOM tubing to use as an extension.
I cleaned up all the metal then tacked it in place to make sure my measurements were correct. Sorry for the bad pic.
They were. Everything fit great and the stem didn't bottom out on the insert tube, which I was a little concerned about.
I think I might narrow these bars a few inches.
About this time my neighbor mentioned going across the street to the sports bar to get a few beers and some burgers. Needless to say I'll have to finish weld this later. During this week I hope to find time to finish weld this and get the dropouts situated on the fork tubes.
Speaking of dropouts, this is the design I decided to use. These are cut out of sheet to see if I liked them. I have a set ready to get cut out of a plate that is about .175" thick, that should be plenty beefy. I used a little artistic license and a snap-on open end wrench for reference to come up with a design that should have enough welded area and still look something like I welded on a couple wrenches.
That's all for now.