cros36
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ill try and keep the words to a min. after this.
the story
got the bike as a christmas present two years ago. promptly tore it apart having not a fucking clue what i was doing. had a friend help out and was going to help me do the whole bike. we got the back end glued up and he got switched to 12/6's at work, so home came the bike with alot of work still to do. went up to a local bike shop and we traded, he was going to finish my bike, and my wife was gonna build him a website. took him way too long and everything that he did is being redone because he sucks. so i get the bike back after 8 month and work still needed to be done. had another friend do the finish welding. got the bike finished and got to ride it this past fall, great times. i thought that winter was coming so i got drunk and tore the bike apart in preparation for a redo. and thats basically where im at now. all the headaches were tottally worth it because it drove me to learn how to weld, and all the welding is being done by me, so i know its good (maybe?)
heres a quick timeline of progress.
shaved and cleaned her legs.
was gonna ride this tank, its sweet but fucked up and didnt want to fuck with relining it yet.
lowbrow and the horse had a competition and with the help of family, this forum, and several boards i won a new tank. fucking saved my ass and got me on the road. very grateful.
so this is where it sat before the tear down.
now the fun stuff. i dont have a welding setup at home, so its done in pieces between some fab stuff at home, to school, or a friends house. so its taking a bit longer than i would like. but still, its progress.
made these new bars out of some 7/8 .120 DOM. i like them, im not crazy about them but whatever, spent way too much on the metal to not run them for at least a little while. for sure need to get a smaller master cylinder tho.
traded my old west eagle (im way to fat for it) for a 9 inch wide rear fender with a member on CC. had to take 3.5" out of it.
im gonna wait to mount it to take the sides in. hopefully doing that tonight.
onto the "electrical box"
gonna make a horseshoe to hold all the shit it. heres a manilla folder mock up i did last night. looks about the right size. what do you think?
the seat is going to be like the one pictured, but out of some 11 ga. that i have cut out, but cant bend that here without heat so that should happen soon too. im gonna upholster it myself and it will most likely look like shit.
the sissy is out of some 3/4 conduit in the pictures, just had that laying around just for mock-up. i plan on getting some 5/8th SS for that. plan on making my own taillight. gonna stuff 2 25led clusters in there wired through flash relays so people dont kill me.
thats about it for now. had to shove a lot of info, thanks for reading, ill keep up as much as i can.
the story
got the bike as a christmas present two years ago. promptly tore it apart having not a fucking clue what i was doing. had a friend help out and was going to help me do the whole bike. we got the back end glued up and he got switched to 12/6's at work, so home came the bike with alot of work still to do. went up to a local bike shop and we traded, he was going to finish my bike, and my wife was gonna build him a website. took him way too long and everything that he did is being redone because he sucks. so i get the bike back after 8 month and work still needed to be done. had another friend do the finish welding. got the bike finished and got to ride it this past fall, great times. i thought that winter was coming so i got drunk and tore the bike apart in preparation for a redo. and thats basically where im at now. all the headaches were tottally worth it because it drove me to learn how to weld, and all the welding is being done by me, so i know its good (maybe?)
heres a quick timeline of progress.
shaved and cleaned her legs.
was gonna ride this tank, its sweet but fucked up and didnt want to fuck with relining it yet.
lowbrow and the horse had a competition and with the help of family, this forum, and several boards i won a new tank. fucking saved my ass and got me on the road. very grateful.
so this is where it sat before the tear down.
now the fun stuff. i dont have a welding setup at home, so its done in pieces between some fab stuff at home, to school, or a friends house. so its taking a bit longer than i would like. but still, its progress.
made these new bars out of some 7/8 .120 DOM. i like them, im not crazy about them but whatever, spent way too much on the metal to not run them for at least a little while. for sure need to get a smaller master cylinder tho.
traded my old west eagle (im way to fat for it) for a 9 inch wide rear fender with a member on CC. had to take 3.5" out of it.
im gonna wait to mount it to take the sides in. hopefully doing that tonight.
onto the "electrical box"
gonna make a horseshoe to hold all the shit it. heres a manilla folder mock up i did last night. looks about the right size. what do you think?
the seat is going to be like the one pictured, but out of some 11 ga. that i have cut out, but cant bend that here without heat so that should happen soon too. im gonna upholster it myself and it will most likely look like shit.
the sissy is out of some 3/4 conduit in the pictures, just had that laying around just for mock-up. i plan on getting some 5/8th SS for that. plan on making my own taillight. gonna stuff 2 25led clusters in there wired through flash relays so people dont kill me.
thats about it for now. had to shove a lot of info, thanks for reading, ill keep up as much as i can.
