Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

I'm taking the bike down to a local show today at 1:00- It's a small local shop that is celebrating being open for a year now, They are the main outlet for Big Mike's Choppers, BMC. The show should be pretty good, they'll have a few other bikes on display, a BBQ, and a bikini bike wash with the girls from the local burlesque house :P

I'm going to try to get a few pictures and I'll post them up tonight for you guys....

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

Haven't done a ton lately, tore the bike completely down so I could weld it all up. Welds turned out pretty nice this time. Quite happy with them.

Finished the exhaust finally, put the bike back together and threw it on a trailer to take it down to a local show. It was really weird to see it outside my garage! Had a fun time, took a few pics:

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the wife

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Enough of my bike, here's a few that I liked:

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Check this truck out, I love this thing!

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Thanks for looking!
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

did you get alot of good feedback from all those people? can't wait to see yours painted.

i love the t handle in that gmc. reminds me of the 69 gto with a hurst shifter i drove for a while

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

I did it was really nice, a lot of people were blown away by it. As you can see, there weren't too many ground up customs there.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

Ok, so I got a bunch of stuff from Mike's XS so I could try to get the motor running. My parents came up this weekend and I was really hoping to get it running with my dad here.

We hooked up the coils and points and condensers, rigged up some gas lines. and 6 kicks into it she fired right up! Sounds amazing, no problems at all.

Now she fires on the first kick every time. Here's the video to prove it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXeLUeG2PD0

I'm really excited because I bought the bike as a non-runner so I never knew if it would run or not, and it does!

Hooray for me :)

Thanks
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

Not bad, so when are you going to paint it?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

I'd say probably 2 1/2-3 months from now. I need to get the bike fully together and take it for a ride to make sure everything is ok, then I'll break it down and paint it.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

Just a little bit of work today, fabbed up a mount for the rear of the exhaust, so it doesn't vibrate a ton and crack the welds. Not the prettiest thing I've made, but it tucks away pretty well and seems to function nicely.
Also, I think it's obvious but I'll say it anyway, the bolt that's there right now is just for mockup, the actual bolt will be stainless with a nylock nut.

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Also made the battery box, turned out really well! Fairly snug fit for the battery, but not so much that it can't breath or will get stuck. It always astounds me that making a rectangular box can take up so much time!

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I've got my brake lines in the mail right now. As soon as my brother mails me up the spacers he made for my rotors, and I purcahse a set of brake pads, I'll be able to bleed the lines and my front brakes will be done!

I came up about 3 links short on my chain, so I'm trying to track down some more chain here locally. (anyone who has about a foot of 530 o-ring chain they don't need, send it my way!) Once I get that worked out, I can take the bike for a ride! The air system won't be done, the bike won't really be wired, but I'll at least be able to take it for a run around the block. Whoo-hoo!

Ah yes, almost forgot, I made the jackshaft pedestal a little while ago.

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I don't have it in place in this picture, but you can see the nut welded to the backside for the bolt to go through that keeps the jackshaft assembly from sliding forward after the chain is tensioned.

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I was actually pretty happy with my welds on this as well.

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They're not that amazing yet, but little by little I get better.

Thanks for looking
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New Pics 5/26
 

nice, industrial pillow block bearings ftw!


keep up the good work

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New Pics 5/26
 

Great work man Looks rad!!