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Looking good. Still curious how you mounted the rear fender. Looks like you took a hiatus from the build before you got around to showing pics of that.
Also, is that a 16" front rim? What all did you have to do to make that conversion?
Looking good. Still curious how you mounted the rear fender. Looks like you took a hiatus from the build before you got around to showing pics of that.
Also, is that a 16" front rim? What all did you have to do to make that conversion?
Yeah i have just had a read through the thread from the beginning and i never got around to answering the fender question! If you have a close look through the pictures i have put on you can see on a couple of them that the fender is bolted from the rear through a bar i welded in, The bolts tighten in to some captive nuts which are fixed in the seat pan! I will get the bike out some time this week hopefully and get some better pictures to try and explain it a little better.
The front wheel is a 16" rim the same as the rear, I actually had a blank rim made in 16" then had all the spoke holes pressed out to the correct amount of spokes and laced it to a standard XS front hub! the tyres are 16x5.0 front and rear as i wanted it to look balanced. The 5" tyre does fit between the standard fork legs but its far to tight to be able to run it like that as any bump in the road would cause the tyre to bulge and would rub on the fork legs! that's why i had a new set of yokes made up to allow the extra clearance that it required.
Looking good. Still curious how you mounted the rear fender. Looks like you took a hiatus from the build before you got around to showing pics of that.
Also, is that a 16" front rim? What all did you have to do to make that conversion?
no worries Peter, the spindle in there at the moment is the standard one which is slightly to short to be honest so i have 2 choices... drill and tap the end and make a nice cap to screw in to it to cover the end and help hold it in place or turn out a new spindle all together, Ive not decided which option to go for as yet!
Thanks Pete, I wanted the bike to stand out among the crowd once its finished and I'm hoping its going to do that! I've still got a few plans which i hope will make it stand out further but time will tell as i move along with the build! I will definitely get some pictures of the rear fender some time this week as a few people are interested in this area of the bike.
Its been that long since i did the yokes that i cant remember off the top of my head Peter, sorry. Looking at the pictures i would say that the spacers i made re about 10mm each side so you are probably about right.