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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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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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.
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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.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
I did the same thing 30 years ago and realized the mistake 5 years ago when i needed to sharpen bits.View attachment 202163My grinder has this. I have the fine wheel on the other side. Bone head move.
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.Idle curiosity....
You gonna make heat shields for the pipes?
Plans for the front... fender or fork brace?
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.My original plan was to cover them up… I don’t think I’m gonna do that now, they’ve grown on me as well.
Thank you @Mailman! Sometime in the very near future the tin work will be going to @Jim for some traditional 1950's flames . 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.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!
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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.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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