I’m more of an Allman Bros fan myself, maybe a sissy bar with a brass peach.That seat and fender combo jus' screams Grateful Dead sissy bar.... or thereabouts.
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Mannulus Mechanica (build thread)
- Thread starter RustiePyles
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I'm thinking the flatbed with the giant peach. You could call it the whipping post.
Started working on my forward “oil tank” mount. I think I found every dull drill bit I own drilling the hole. I think it’s tool sharpening time.
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Made some progress on my peg mounts. Got my Monster Craftsman bracket and drilled them out to accept HD peg clevis’s and welded the clevis’s onto the brackets. Then made some bracket mounts. Still need to trim and tweak em a bit. Peg needs to go down and forward about .25-.5”. But you get the idea. Rear brake lever is from a sporty, it’s captured on the clevis’s with a bronze bushing I turned.
Rustie, I think you ought to clear coat the whole frame and tins and let it go like that. You have some of the finest patina I have ever seen. 
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It’s looking good! You having any trouble fitting that gas lens cup on with that standard size heat insulator? Almost all of my gas lens or specialty cups came with different ones
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Nope, it’s a no8 cup on a gas saver lens with an insulator for a wp17/gas saver. I have some big Pyrex cups as well for when I need a bunch of stick out. But I don’t use em to often.
I did the same thing 30 years ago and realized the mistake 5 years ago when i needed to sharpen bits.
Idle curiosity....
You gonna make heat shields for the pipes?
Plans for the front... fender or fork brace?
You gonna make heat shields for the pipes?
Plans for the front... fender or fork brace?
Yes I’m going to run heat shields, at least on the top pipe. I was not planning on running a front fender, but I’m not sure about a fork brace. My original plan was to turn down everything off the lower legs save the right caliper tabs and polish the lowers. But I’m not sure now, I might run a brace, I’m not really concerned about handling. I mean it is a rigid, it’s gonna handle like crap no matter what so I’m not real concerned with a tight front end. Im more concerned with looking good.
Ok, 3.5 months later I got that peg bracket welded up.
Those wheels are startin' to grow on me... suppose it's too late to ask for 'em back.... 
Iirc... there's no pitting or rough spots on 'em. Should shine up nice and spiffy.
Got the other foot peg fabbed and mounted up. Bike is getting real close to getting torn apart for finish welding, clean up, chrome, and paint.
You’ve done such nice work on this bike, everything has been so well thought out and executed. I’ve seen way too many hack jobs on bobbers and choppers, that give them a bad name. But you are setting the bar high!
. In the mean time I have a LOT of weld clean up from PO of the frame. I got a new Dynafile over the weekend which will make quick work of that, gotta love new toys.
I understand how you got that up on the table from page 1, but I am a bit curious how you are going to get her down.
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I move the bikes on and off the table with a pair of aluminum ramps. I've had the chopper down and my 80 up there several times since I assembled the chopper. It takes a bit of effort to push the 80 up the ramp but its not to bad.
Made some progress on my rear brake linkage, just need to make up a pedal stop so the pedal doesn’t rub the primary.
