Teebs
King of the Ass-Hats
I'm finally getting back to work on my bike after a long hiatus, so I figured I would throw up the picturess from my build thread on 650rider as well as a few updated ones.
This is the bike as it sat when I picked it up. It also came with a front wheel and a box of dismantled carbs with both diaphragms torn:
I did a little testing with some scrap pipe I had kicking around, to get a sense of how it was going to look with the seat set up the way I wanted it:
Frame stripped down and ready to go:
New seat loop:
With the new seat loop welded on:
I just realized I never took any pictures as I welded the seat rails on, but here are the ones with it all welded together:
I got my seat pan cut yesterday. I plan on forming the pad tomorrow:
I'm also experimenting with different ideas for lights etc. Here is one of them that I screwed around with yesterday:
Those are cheap utility lights I picked up at my local discount tool/hardware store. $2.00 or less each. Drilled through the back on the drill-press. The lens is molded to the white plastic back, bonding them together, but a little work with a chisel:
...and they were good to go. Finished cleanup with one of my favorite tools:
I was wandering around Home Depot (I do that a lot) looking for useful or interesting objects for my scuplture and spotted the fencepost caps. It's the perfect shape for my tail light:
I also put one together for a turn signal but like them less:
They're bigger than I want and I would prefer a clear lens, so I'm still working on that one. I'd love to find a red bubble lens the same diameter as the fencepost cap...
This is the bike as it sat when I picked it up. It also came with a front wheel and a box of dismantled carbs with both diaphragms torn:
I did a little testing with some scrap pipe I had kicking around, to get a sense of how it was going to look with the seat set up the way I wanted it:
Frame stripped down and ready to go:
New seat loop:
With the new seat loop welded on:
I just realized I never took any pictures as I welded the seat rails on, but here are the ones with it all welded together:
I got my seat pan cut yesterday. I plan on forming the pad tomorrow:
I'm also experimenting with different ideas for lights etc. Here is one of them that I screwed around with yesterday:
Those are cheap utility lights I picked up at my local discount tool/hardware store. $2.00 or less each. Drilled through the back on the drill-press. The lens is molded to the white plastic back, bonding them together, but a little work with a chisel:
...and they were good to go. Finished cleanup with one of my favorite tools:
I was wandering around Home Depot (I do that a lot) looking for useful or interesting objects for my scuplture and spotted the fencepost caps. It's the perfect shape for my tail light:
I also put one together for a turn signal but like them less:
They're bigger than I want and I would prefer a clear lens, so I'm still working on that one. I'd love to find a red bubble lens the same diameter as the fencepost cap...
Why spend money on stuff that I can make myself for next to nothing? The brace is 1/2" round stock.
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plus, why do all the work when you can inlist lackies to do it for you! as king ass hat you must have some assy lackies at your disposal no??? 
but on a serious note its lookin good man! cant wait to see if finished and im stoked to see how you do the girder. you should definitly take pics as you go along so we can see the progression of how you did it. or you could pull an inxs and do a badass how-to on girder front ends 
keep up the good work, im gonna go eat some wheaties!!! 
