Like lots of folks around here, I started with a forgotten bike that was mostly there, but was stuck, rusty, and on the edge of junk status.
After a couple of weeks trying to free up the motor with limited success, I moved on to the deconstruction phase. Seems like everyone has a picture just like this. I will supply mine.
I decided to bend up my own tail from 1 1/4" x .120 wall DOM. This stuff most matches the split and welded down tubes on the front of the frame, and give the whole thing a more substantial look. And it was scrap price at work! The roll-around conduit bender at work set to 1" rigid works perfectly. I used the swing as a jig and fitted one tube at a time grinding away just enough of the original framing to tack each piece in place. That makes it a no-stretch with some drop. How do you determine drop? How old the coil-overs are coupled with how much you weigh? Maybe something tossed in about how little tread is left on the rear tire?
Just for grins I hammered out a seat pan and stuck on the long low stock exhaust. Then snipped out a cardboard cut out of a tank I've been looking for. Anyone out there know where I might find a tank with that arched look and sits deep over the frame? I have been striking out and am starting to think I'll have to make one from scratch. That's how it sits as of the week-end. I've been told I need to get back on a few other projects before the snow flies, so we will see how far I get in the future. Next is to strip it all down and weld everything up with something other than my little 110v wire machine.
After a couple of weeks trying to free up the motor with limited success, I moved on to the deconstruction phase. Seems like everyone has a picture just like this. I will supply mine.
I decided to bend up my own tail from 1 1/4" x .120 wall DOM. This stuff most matches the split and welded down tubes on the front of the frame, and give the whole thing a more substantial look. And it was scrap price at work! The roll-around conduit bender at work set to 1" rigid works perfectly. I used the swing as a jig and fitted one tube at a time grinding away just enough of the original framing to tack each piece in place. That makes it a no-stretch with some drop. How do you determine drop? How old the coil-overs are coupled with how much you weigh? Maybe something tossed in about how little tread is left on the rear tire?
Just for grins I hammered out a seat pan and stuck on the long low stock exhaust. Then snipped out a cardboard cut out of a tank I've been looking for. Anyone out there know where I might find a tank with that arched look and sits deep over the frame? I have been striking out and am starting to think I'll have to make one from scratch. That's how it sits as of the week-end. I've been told I need to get back on a few other projects before the snow flies, so we will see how far I get in the future. Next is to strip it all down and weld everything up with something other than my little 110v wire machine.
